Always a pleasure talking with @presidencies.bsky.social! Andrew Jackson may have hated the “humbuggery” of Harrison’s “big balls,” but Jess and I enjoy digging into their impact before Jerry and I chat about Harrison’s bloated inaugural speech and the most likely cause of his untimely death.

The origins of this presidential zero-year death legend include stories of Native American revenge, planetary conjunctions, and even a little Satanic panic. Join us as we dig into it all on the hunt for the truth behind Tecumseh's Curse.

"Looked 'too much like a rat.'” Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @plodding.bsky.social & @smithsonianmag.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...

Mason Locke Weems )AKA Parson Weems) wrote a variety of moralistic biographies and lurid true crime, but nothing compares to his catty letters with his publisher Matthew Carey. It's the epistolary equivalent of the Real Housewives and I am here for it. Experience it with us at plodpod.com

I’m excited to share my new article about the audacious efforts to promote Billy Possum! www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...

I discovered your podcast fairly recently, and I’m trying to catch up. Thanks for all you and Jess do!

What was John Adams thankful for? In 1782 he wrote, “Thanks be to God, that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right.” Image: “John Adams If You Can” by John Cox

@plodding.bsky.social 's podcast Plodding Through the Presidents is highly endorsed.

Are you looking to explore US presidential history with an irreverent and highly researched approach? Do you like possums and killer rams? Are you a fan of the Adamses? If so, then check out @plodding.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts! #history #POTUS www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com

At one time, cap meant no cap. from the 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

This right here is what I am talking about. Eliminating the Dept. of Education will deny children with disabilities like my daughter their right to an education. Private schools do not offer the support these kids need to succeed or even make through the day.

So much love for these fellow history podcasters. This conversation ranged from broken-hearted election processing to hypothetical Agatha Christie-style presidential whodunnit escapism. Follow all of them! @civicspod.bsky.social @presidencies.bsky.social

Welcome new followers! I live in a weird niche of irreverent and sometimes deeply-researched historical content about the early American presidents, founders, and their families. Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.

Plodding Through The Presidents is relaunching as an ongoing biweekly podcast, part of the Airwave Media network, on FEBRUARY 13—just in time for Presidents’ Day. In an election year. Check out plodpod.com to subscribe and dive into our past bingeable seasons.

Music peaked in 2003. I don’t make the rules.

The #1 History podcast right now on the Apple charts is “Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands.” If you can’t get enough of Elma’s story, follow it with our deeply researched dive into the murder, trial, and boardinghouse full of suspects in our episode “Hamilton, Burr, and the Murder of Elma Sands.”

They're pious and aloofy But sometimes also goofy Loved their HBO movie The Adams family Their house is a museum When people come to see 'em They really are a te-am The Adams family Happy anniversary to John and Abigail, married on this day October 25 in 1764.

For a while at least (during the writers strike) Jeopardy interns have been digging up unused clues and airing them. Allegedly. This one should’ve been flushed @kenjennings.bsky.social www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john...

#OTD in 1789, George Washington’s mother Mary Ball Washington died. For more than 200 years, she has been portrayed in extremes, from the sainted “Mother Mary” to a shrewish harpy intent on thwarting her son’s ambitions and draining him of his wealth. In this episode we dig into her dynamic legacy.