American Carnage - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This is an excellent honest look at John Brown. I am no newcomer here. I learned and understood John Brown starting with reading Thoreau’s defense of John Brown. Thoreau was one of the few Americans who saw the significance of Brown’s campaign to end slavery. As violent and determined a movement, it seemed to Thoreau the only way to stop a violent institution like slavery. Today, we look at John Brown through historically educated eyes. We should challenge ourselves to do this today to see who are today’s John Browns.

Could go with tighter asides during the analysis. Appreciate the injection of context and framing for events that are often much too sanitized intellectually. Hope y’all do more. Would be good to see major cultural/historical periods revisited like this.

Was worried it was going to be amateurish, but quickly realized he was in earnest, and it is well researched. I like that he discusses where he is coming from and his concerns about being able to objectively cover the topic. I really hope he continues. Please do Harriet Tubman next. She is an amazing person and a personal hero of mine.

Loved it, even the bonus episodes, but recommend starting on episode 2….episode 1 was pretty unfocused