American Carnage http://americancarnage.net en-us © 2024 American Carnage A podcast about the history of political violence in the United States, launching with a five-part series on the radical abolitionist John Brown. "My new favorite history podcast, a wonderful mixture of dramatic narrative and searching analysis." — Jeet Heer, national political correspondent for The Nation Episode 5 coming soon. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f5f4c47c-ccfd-11ee-ad39-3792333c2b82/image/5cfec01b44f3e29fae1fb88ade93fc4aecd05b192fbfbc2c2f1daa412b7c1921.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress American Carnage http://americancarnage.net no episodic Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato A podcast about the history of political violence in the United States, launching with a five-part series on the radical abolitionist John Brown. "My new favorite history podcast, a wonderful mixture of dramatic narrative and searching analysis." — Jeet Heer, national political correspondent for The Nation Episode 5 coming soon. A podcast about the history of political violence in the United States, launching with a five-part series on the radical abolitionist John Brown.


"My new favorite history podcast, a wonderful mixture of dramatic narrative and searching analysis." — Jeet Heer, national political correspondent for The Nation


Episode 5 coming soon.

]]> Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato jstein1129@gmail.com John Brown's Christmas Raid What was going through Brown's head at Harpers Ferry? The story of his remarkably successful raid into Missouri gives us clues. The second of a two-part bonus series about Brown's final days in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 26 May 2024 16:34:38 -0000 John Brown's Christmas Raid full Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato What was going through Brown's head at Harpers Ferry? The story of his remarkably successful raid into Missouri gives us clues. The second of a two-part bonus series about Brown's final days in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What was going through Brown's head at Harpers Ferry? The story of his remarkably successful raid into Missouri gives us clues.

The second of a two-part bonus series about Brown's final days in Kansas.

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]]> 2398 Bleeding Kansas' Deadliest Day In May 1858, a proslavery gang massacred 11 unarmed Free Staters in eastern Kansas. The incident sparked outrage, and led John Brown to embark one of his most daring exploits.  The first of a two-part bonus series about John Brown's final months in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 26 May 2024 16:34:17 -0000 Bleeding Kansas' Deadliest Day full Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato In May 1858, a proslavery gang massacred 11 unarmed Free Staters in eastern Kansas. The incident sparked outrage, and led John Brown to embark one of his most daring exploits.  The first of a two-part bonus series about John Brown's final months in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In May 1858, a proslavery gang massacred 11 unarmed Free Staters in eastern Kansas. The incident sparked outrage, and led John Brown to embark one of his most daring exploits. 

The first of a two-part bonus series about John Brown's final months in Kansas.

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]]> 2140 Ep 5: A great white light What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:00:00 -0000 Ep 5: A great white light full 1 5 Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery? What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What was it, exactly, about John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry that contributed to the abolition of slavery?

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]]> 4057 Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:13:00 -0000 Ep 4: No ghost of a distinction full 1 4 Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices John Brown envisioned a mass slave uprising. So where were they? 

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]]> 3940 TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction John Brown envisioned a mass slave insurrection. So where were they?[Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to this full episode by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jan 2024 02:00:00 -0000 TRAILER | Episode 4: No ghost of a distinction trailer 1 4 Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato John Brown envisioned a mass slave insurrection. So where were they?[Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to this full episode by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices John Brown envisioned a mass slave insurrection. So where were they?

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]]> 121 no Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified. [Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to Episode Four, "No Ghost of a Distinction" by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 09 Jan 2024 02:00:00 -0000 Ep 3: The stifled wails of widows full 1 3 Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified. [Subscribers can get EARLY ACCESS to Episode Four, "No Ghost of a Distinction" by throwing $3 our way at American Carnage on Patreon.] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices As John Brown and his men swing their steel broadswords on a moon-lit night, we look at the fierce debate among historians over whether even the most righteous forms of political violence can be justified.

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]]> 3462 no Ep 1: Pierced with the iron What would you have been willing to do to free the slaves if you woke up tomorrow in early 19th Century America? Host and co-writer Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post.Co-writer Rowley Amato is an editor in New York City. Sophia Kurzius is our producer.Theme music by Ned Porter. “John Brown’s Body” performed by Stephen Griffith.Artwork by Elena Lacey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Dec 2023 20:00:00 -0000 Ep 1: Pierced with the iron full 1 1 Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato What would you have been willing to do to free the slaves if you woke up tomorrow in early 19th Century America? Host and co-writer Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post.Co-writer Rowley Amato is an editor in New York City. Sophia Kurzius is our producer.Theme music by Ned Porter. “John Brown’s Body” performed by Stephen Griffith.Artwork by Elena Lacey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices What would you have been willing to do to free the slaves if you woke up tomorrow in early 19th Century America?

Host and co-writer Jeff Stein is the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post.
Co-writer Rowley Amato is an editor in New York City.
Sophia Kurzius is our producer.
Theme music by Ned Porter.
“John Brown’s Body” performed by Stephen Griffith.

Artwork by Elena Lacey.



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]]> 3366 no Ep 2: Standing on a volcano [Audio quality tends to be better on head phones; apologies for any imperfections]In a fight to the death on the cold, harsh Kansas prairie, John Brown finds himself at odds with his fellow antislavery settlers.Quick correction: We refer in this episode to the Ruffian leader as "Benjamin Frank Stringfellow." It is in fact Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 28 Dec 2023 20:00:00 -0000 Ep 2: Standing on a volcano full 1 2 Jeff Stein and Rowley Amato [Audio quality tends to be better on head phones; apologies for any imperfections]In a fight to the death on the cold, harsh Kansas prairie, John Brown finds himself at odds with his fellow antislavery settlers.Quick correction: We refer in this episode to the Ruffian leader as "Benjamin Frank Stringfellow." It is in fact Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [Audio quality tends to be better on head phones; apologies for any imperfections]

In a fight to the death on the cold, harsh Kansas prairie, John Brown finds himself at odds with his fellow antislavery settlers.

Quick correction: We refer in this episode to the Ruffian leader as "Benjamin Frank Stringfellow." It is in fact Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow.

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