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Heritage of U.S. - A US History Podcast
Hello Friends! Welcome to the Heritage of U.S. with Tom Garfield. Tom Garfield serves as the Dean of Academics at Veritas Scholars Academy, runs Heritage Arts Academy in Moscow Idaho teaching art, drama, and soon history. He served as the principal and superintendent of Logos School from its founding for over 30 years. This is a podcast on history. This is a podcast for educators, parents, teachers, and students alike. Thanks for listening!
Episodes
39 episodes
Overview of the Reagan Era
It’s not every president that has an ‘era’ named after him, but almost everyone acknowledges that the 80s were ‘Reagan’s Era’. Why is that? We will briefly look at the end of the 1970s and that will help us understand why Ronald Reagan’s presen...
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Episode 39
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24:31
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The Interim President’s Woes
President Nixon resigned and left his personally appointed, non-elected vice president to take over as President in 1974. His name was Gerald Ford and he was the only president we’ve had from Michigan (my home state). Let’s look at how he handl...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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21:12
Nixon & Watergate
Not long after one of the most unifying and uplifting events in U.S. history, the moon landing, in 1973 we started hearing about a strange burglary that somehow is connected to the White House and the president! We will take some time to unpack...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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27:29
The Moon Landing
This was one of the most exciting and monumental accomplishments by Americans, right ‘up’ there with the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s! It was also one of the most visible victories we had in the Cold War with the Sovie...
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Episode 36
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20:39
The Disaster of Vietnam (Part II)
We will continue our study of this incredibly controversial war that tore our culture apart in the 60sd and 70s. How was it different from other wars, even from a biblical standpoint? What were the primary elements and events of this war, how m...
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Episode 35
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27:35
The Disaster of Vietnam (Part I)
So how did the most powerful military on earth and arguably in the history of the world, lose a war to a largely agrarian-based, tiny tropical country with almost primitive weapons and fighting techniques? The fathers of the young U.S. soldiers...
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Episode 34
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26:16
Overview of 1965-1979
The second half of the 1960s could hardly have been more different than the first half if we had actually tried! Whatever ‘innocence’ we had from the 50s and early 60s was over - the Boomers were growing up (or at least older), JFK had been mur...
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Episode 33
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25:07
The Race To Space
The Soviet communications satellite, Sputnik, sailed far over our heads in 1957 and produced a vast panic in the United States. Almost every aspect of life was affected by the subsequent and immediate drive to ‘catch up’ with the commies! The S...
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Episode 32
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24:59
The Facts About JFK’s Assassination
Was it a lone shooter or a vast conspiracy that killed JFK on Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas? There are still websites, along with vast numbers of folks who still argue for the latter vs the former theory. In this episode, I will lay all doubt...
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Episode 31
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28:45
The 1950s and Early 60s
The Boomers (including me) look back on the 50s and early 60s with some understandable fondness. Afterall, we were pretty much the center of attention from every part of American culture at the time. Everything from TV to medical advancements t...
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Episode 30
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26:25
The Forgotten War - Korea
Only five years after the shooting stopped and the rebuilding had begun, the U.S. military was called into action again. This time in a far away, Asian nation called South Korea. What brought us into what had been a civil war by any measure? Th...
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Episode 29
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24:38
The Boomers Arrive
Johnny came marching home from the war in the millions, from overseas and from domestic service during the war. Johnny came home, married Suzie (not their real names) and lo and behold the Boomers were born! This is personal since I am one of t...
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Episode 28
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25:17
Epilogue of World War II
What were some of the obvious results of the largest and catastrophic war of all time? We will take a quick look at how it affected the major players in Europe, Asia and, of course, the U.S. Germany was divided up, as planned by the Big Three l...
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Episode 27
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25:10
The Homefront and the Holocaust
In addition to fighting successfully in battle after battle, the United States out-produced its enemies, to the point of not only supplying our troops, but supplying our allies as well. The Homefront in WWII was unlike any other effort we had u...
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Episode 26
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26:31
The Pacific Theater (Part II)
The Japanese had invaded hundreds of Pacific islands so we had to determine the key spots we had to re-take as we headed for Tokyo and victory in the Pacific. Battle after bloody battle would be required, often with Japanese losses in men being...
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Episode 25
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25:10
The Pacific Theater (Part I)
The immediate events in the Pacific following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were loss after loss for the Americans, including the Philippine Islands. But the score began to go the other way starting as early as May of 1942. Even without m...
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Episode 24
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23:36
December 7, 1941
Much has been written about the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan since it was THE event that pulled us into the greatest war in history. There have also been many theories offered as to why we were so surprised instead of being prepared. We will...
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Episode 23
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26:33
The European Theater (Part II)
The Battle of Britain lasted from July of 1940 until May of 1941. Hitler threw wave after wave of bombers against England but the RAF kept fighting and winning. Finally even Hitler had to admit that no invasion of German troops was going to suc...
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Episode 22
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25:39
The European Theater (Part I)
Many people know very little about the Atlantic Theater or the Battle of the Atlantic. It was a critical field of World War II and saw some of the first actions of this war. The British may have had the world’s greatest navy, but the Germans ha...
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Episode 21
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26:25
War Officially Begins & The Atlantic Theater
Hitler’s generals kept telling him he was going too far as he made bold moves in 1936 and 1938 into German-affiliated regions. But no shots were fired and Hitler was proven right time after time. When he prepared to invade Poland in September o...
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Episode 20
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27:04
Collisions of Beliefs and Early Events before WWII
The second World War was not only the obvious result of the events following the Great War, it was an ideological collision between two world views. One (Hitler’s) was based on evolutionary thinking, the other (the Allies) still held to basic b...
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Episode 19
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26:54
Storm Warnings for World War II
As disastrous as the Great War was, you would think the European nations would do anything to avoid another collision. And France and Great Britain did indeed try just about everything, including conceding to a murderous fanatic - Adolf Hitler....
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Episode 18
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24:52
Overview of the 1940s
With Europe once again at war by 1940, the U.S. will supposedly try to stay neutral. “Supposedly” because FDR really wants to help the Allies. The 40s will obviously be dominated in the first half of the decade by the return to war for the U.S....
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Episode 17
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11:55
The Great Depression and the 30s - Part 2
A discussion on the Great Depression and the 30s with Carolyn Wilson.How did the US go from a ‘roaring’ and strong economy to bread lines in just a few years? Whatever the real cause of the ‘Crash’ and subsequent economic depression, th...
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Episode 16
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28:15
The Great Depression and the 30s
How did the US go from a ‘roaring’ and strong economy to bread lines in just a few years? Whatever the real cause of the ‘Crash’ and subsequent economic depression, the current President (Hoover) is blamed and the stage is set for a man who pro...
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Episode 15
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25:05