The Unlikely President: The Life of Grover Cleveland On a crisp March morning in 1837, in a small house in Caldwell, New Jersey, a baby...

Horace Mann: The Man Who Built America's Public Schools A Boy Who Hungered for Knowledge The sun was barely rising over Franklin,...

Radio Broadcast: The Great Economic Showdown – Adam Smith vs. Karl Marx (Upbeat, patriotic theme music plays as the show begins) HOST:...

The Energy Wars Radio Broadcast: "The Forgotten Genius: Lewis Howard Latimer" HOST:   Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show!...

Pre-Industrial Food Systems Before the Industrial Revolution Before the Industrial Revolution, food systems were built on traditional...

The Accidental Fire: The Mesopotamian Who Discovered Petroleum Could Burn A Young Man’s Mistake The scorching sun hung high over the city...

Introduction to the Cotton Kingdom The rise of the Cotton Kingdom in the United States was a defining factor in the economic, social, and...

The Transportation Revolution A Merchant’s Journey Westward: The Road to Opportunity )(True Story) The morning fog hung low over the town...

The Sparks of a New Language: Samuel Morse and the Birth of Morse Code The sea stretched endlessly before him, its dark waves rolling...

The Man Who Stole the Mill: Samuel Slater’s Industrial Espionage (1789-1790) The damp air inside the Derbyshire textile mill smelled of...