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Books with Burt

Books with Burt

By Young America's Foundation

Your history class was taught all wrong.

Explore all of the pivotal moments and influential individuals that your teachers overlooked through this breakthrough podcast led by renowned history professor Dr. Burt Folsom. Throughout each episode Dr. Folsom will delve into source material and history textbooks to share the stories you never learned about American History.
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Free Markets Build It Better: The Wright Brothers and Achieving Flight

Books with BurtJun 18, 2020

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Russia, Communism, and Textbook Bias
Aug 20, 202028:37
WW2, FDR, and Textbook Bias
Aug 13, 202029:04
Two Tragic Errors Historians Make about FDR | New Deal or Raw Deal Part VI
Aug 06, 202027:16
Did FDR Buy the 1936 Election? | New Deal or Raw Deal Part V
Jul 30, 202027:59
What Historians Won't Tell You About FDR's Welfare Programs | New Deal or Raw Deal Part IV
Jul 23, 202025:04
Did the New Deal Make the Great Depression Worse? | New Deal or Raw Deal Part III
Jul 16, 202024:58
Why Did Franklin Roosevelt Fail? | New Deal or Raw Deal Part II
Jul 09, 202024:16
What Caused the Great Depression | New Deal or Raw Deal Part I
Jul 02, 202020:53
America’s First Subsidy Disaster
Jun 25, 202022:20
Free Markets Build It Better: The Wright Brothers and Achieving Flight
Jun 18, 202024:39
Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett: A Partnership That Helped Free Thousands From Slavery
Jun 11, 202022:12
The Myth of the Robber Barons Part IX
May 28, 202020:28
Andrew Mellon: What Supply Side Economics, Air Conditioning, and Cheeseburgers All Have in Common | The Myth of the Robber Barons Part VIII
May 21, 202026:01
Christianity and Capitalism: How the Virtues of Giving and Serving Lead to Wealth For All | The Myth of the Robber Barons Part VII
May 14, 202019:53
Rockefeller: The World’s Greatest Innovator and Giver | The Myth of the Robber Barons Part VI
May 07, 202019:04
The Scranton Story: Where Wealth Comes From and What Happens to It | Myth of the Robber Barrons Part V
Apr 30, 202023:37
How America Won Its Economic Independence | Myth of the Robber Barons Part IV
Apr 23, 202029:04
Yes, It Can be Done: James J. Hill and the Privately-Funded Transcontinental Railroad | Myth of the Robber Barons Part III
Apr 16, 202020:29
The Transcontinental Railroads: Subsidies, Protests, and Dynamite | Myth of the Robber Barons Part II
Apr 09, 202022:52
Vanderbilt: The Monopoly Breaker | The Myth of the Robber Barons Part I
Apr 02, 202020:25
Books with Burt Introductory Trailer

Books with Burt Introductory Trailer

Dr. Burt Folsom introduces you to a new podcast, “Books with Burt” where he delves into source material and history books to share stories you never learned about American History.  In this trailer, he shares a short story featuring President Grover Cleveland.

Mar 30, 202005:07