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| Title | Date published | ||
| The Tudors & the American West Coast | 2024-01-01 | ||
| Prohibition | 2023-12-28 | ||
| The Kennedy Curse | 2023-12-25 | ||
| President James K. Polk: Lies, Warmongering & the Myth of Success | 2023-12-20 | ||
| The Amish: Origins and Society | 2023-12-18 | ||
| Tea, Tax & Revolution: Boston Tea Party Aftermath | 2023-12-14 | ||
| The Boston Tea Party Explained | 2023-12-10 | ||
| President John Tyler: The 'Accidental' President | 2023-12-06 | ||
| The Rise & Fall of Political Parties | 2023-12-04 | ||
| Operation Downfall: What if the Allies Invaded Japan? | 2023-11-30 | ||
| President William Henry Harrison: 32 Days in Office | 2023-11-27 | ||
| Napoleon in America | 2023-11-23 | ||
| JFK Assassination: A Witness Remembers | 2023-11-20 | ||
| JFK: The Most Popular President? | 2023-11-16 | ||
| The Gettysburg Address | 2023-11-13 | ||
| President Martin Van Buren | 2023-11-09 | ||
| Vikings in America | 2023-11-05 | ||
| Killers of the Flower Moon: Native Americans & the FBI | 2023-11-02 | ||
| New Orleans Voodoo | 2023-10-30 | ||
| President Andrew Jackson | 2023-10-26 |