Best Pierce Amato Podcasts (2024)

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John Brown's Christmas Raid 39:58

5M ago39:58

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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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato

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Bleeding Kansas' Deadliest Day 35:40

5M ago35:40

35:40

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Ep 5: A great white light 1:07:37

8M ago1:07:37

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What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato

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Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction 1:05:40

8M ago1:05:40

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John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato

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Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows 57:42

10M ago57:42

57:42

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.] Learn mor…

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TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction 2:01

10M ago2:01

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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.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato

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Ep 2: Standing on a volcano 45:11

10M ago45:11

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[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 String…

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Ep 1: Pierced with the iron 56:06

10M ago56:06

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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 b…