American Esoterica

Episode 94 - Farce Wars: Attack of the Drone

State of the art technology shows weakness against cheap drone. Difficulty: 70 years ago.

Episode 93 - Warne, P.I.

She was the inspiration for the Pinkerton Detective Agency's famous slogan, and all it took was stopping the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Meet the first female private detective in the United States, Kate Warne.

Episode 92 - Fool Me Thrice

Once more, we play our dangerous game.

Episode 91 - Homer

Our scientists determined that racism was stupid at least as far back as 1896. Here's the story of the test case that became the ultimate stain on the Supreme Court and the country.

Episode 90 - The Baddest Man in Mississippi

When the baddest man in Madison County did a world of good. 

Episode 89 - Fight

This is a story of a tank. And the vehicle he drove.

Episode 88 - Flight

WE FEEL THE NEED... Look, this is a self-indulgent mess of an episode that exists solely to talk about how cool planes are. You in, or not?

Episode 87 - Prized

We learn about history in black and white terms, but the most pivotal moments emerge from the gray. Introducing Arrrbraham Lincoln, almost-pirate.

Episode 86 - On This Day

It could have been a day like any other...but it wasn't.

Episode 85 - Farce Wars: The Farce A-Bacons

A pig, Robert's Rules of Order, Vancouver, and George Pickett. And the dumbest pseudo-war until the next one in this series.