HeyJaredThe History in Motion Podcast
The History in Motion Podcast follows one historical figure at a time to make big events easier to understand. Stay in period, trace real choices and consequences, and see how a life reveals an age. Hosted by Paul and Ritchie. New episodes every two weeks on Tuesday.
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Episode #98 - John Graves Simcoe: Building Upper Canada (opens the original)
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Most Canadians know the name John Graves Simcoe, but far fewer know the broader story of the man behind it. Before becoming the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Simcoe was a British officer in the American Revolution, commander of the Queen’s Rangers, a prisoner of war, politician, and ambitious imperial administrator. In this episode, we trace Simcoe’s life from his early years and military career through his marriage, political ambitions, and his attempt to build Upper Canada into a
Episode #97 - Joseph Brant: Between Two Worlds (opens the original)
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Joseph Brant lived at the crossroads of Indigenous politics, British imperial power, and the American Revolution. A Mohawk leader, warrior, and diplomat, Brant spent much of his life trying to protect the interests of his people as war and settlement transformed the world around them. In this episode, we follow Brant from the Mohawk Valley to the battlefields of the American Revolution, through his alliance with Britain, and eventually to the Grand River in what is now Ontario. Along the way, we
Episode #96 - John D. Rockefeller: The Rise and Reign of an Oil Tycoon (opens the original)
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John D. Rockefeller built Standard Oil into one of the most powerful business empires of the industrial age. We follow Rockefeller from his early days as a Cleveland bookkeeper to his relentless consolidation of the American oil industry. How did discipline, cost-cutting, railroad deals, and a desire for control turn a regional refiner into an industrial giant? And what happened when competitors, journalists, and the federal government pushed back? Along the way, we explore the contradictions of
Episode #95 - Andrew Carnegie: Steel, Strikes & the Gospel of Wealth (opens the original)
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Andrew Carnegie rose from a poor Scottish immigrant to one of history's richest industrialists—and then gave almost his entire fortune away. We explore Carnegie Steel, the bloody Homestead Strike, the Gilded Age and his controversial Gospel of Wealth . Was Carnegie a visionary philanthropist—or the ultimate robber baron trying to solve the problems his own empire helped create?
Episode # 94: Cornelius Vanderbilt: The Man Who Connected America (opens the original)
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In this episode of The History in Motion Podcast , we explore the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt — the ruthless transportation titan who helped connect America. Vanderbilt did not invent the railroad or the steamboat, but he understood something just as powerful: whoever controls transportation controls the market. From his early days ferrying passengers across New York Harbor to his rise through steamboats, railroads, price wars, stock battles, and strategic consolidation, Vanderbilt became one o
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