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American Carnage

Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato

  • 39 minutes 58 seconds
    John Brown's Christmas Raid

    What was going through Brown's head at Harpers Ferry? The story of his remarkably successful raid into Missouri gives us clues.

    The second of a two-part bonus series about Brown's final days in Kansas.

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    26 May 2024, 4:34 pm
  • 35 minutes 40 seconds
    Bleeding Kansas' Deadliest Day

    In May 1858, a proslavery gang massacred 11 unarmed Free Staters in eastern Kansas. The incident sparked outrage, and led John Brown to embark one of his most daring exploits. 

    The first of a two-part bonus series about John Brown's final months in Kansas.

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    26 May 2024, 4:34 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Ep 5: A great white light

    What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery?

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    12 March 2024, 5:00 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction

    John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? 

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    28 February 2024, 12:13 am
  • 2 minutes 1 second
    TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction

    John Brown envisioned a mass slave insurrection. So where were they?

    [Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to this full episode by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.]

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    9 January 2024, 2:00 am
  • 57 minutes 42 seconds
    Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows

    As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified.

    [Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to Episode Four, "No Ghost of a Distinction" by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.]

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    9 January 2024, 2:00 am
  • 45 minutes 11 seconds
    Ep 2: Standing on a volcano

    [Audio quality tends to be better on head phones; apologies for any imperfections]

    In a fight to the death on the cold, harsh Kansas prairie, John Brown finds himself at odds with his fellow antislavery settlers.

    Quick correction: We refer in this episode to the Ruffian leader as "Benjamin Frank Stringfellow." It is in fact Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow.

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    28 December 2023, 8:00 pm
  • 56 minutes 6 seconds
    Ep 1: Pierced with the iron

    What would you have been willing to do to free the slaves if you woke up tomorrow in early 19th Century America?

    Host and co-writer Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post.
    Co-writer     Rowley Amato is an editor in New York City.
    Sophia Kurzius is our producer.
    Theme music by     Ned Porter.
    “John Brown’s Body” performed by     Stephen Griffith.

    Artwork by Elena Lacey.



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    28 December 2023, 8:00 pm
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