The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you speak, the ideas you share - can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We'll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we'll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind American Scandal, Tides of History, American Innovations and more.Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of American History Tellers ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.

PodSkip has analyzed 13 episodes of American History Tellers, averaging 4.9 ads per episode (12% of runtime).

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Frontier Legends | Buffalo Bill Cody | 6
Aug 26, 2026
Few people are more closely associated with the Western Frontier than William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Born in 1846, Cody came of age during the era of Westward expansion. As a young man, he began…
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Aug 24, 2026
Introducing Audible True Crime, a dedicated podcast feed where we bring you the best podcasts in true crime, with episodes dropping every single week. Find your next bingeable series about unsolved…
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Frontier Legends | Annie Oakley | 5
Aug 19, 2026
As a young girl in Ohio, Annie Oakley learned to hunt game to keep her impoverished family fed. By the time she was a teenager she’d grown skilled enough to easily beat a traveling sharpshooter named…
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Frontier Legends | Butch Cassidy | 4
Aug 12, 2026
In 1894, a young Utah ranch hand named Robert LeRoy Parker – already going by the alias "Butch Cassidy" – was convicted of horse theft and sent to a Wyoming penitentiary. It was a minor crime that…
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Frontier Legends | Bass Reeves | 3
Aug 05, 2026
In 1875, Bass Reeves became one of the first Black men to serve as a deputy U.S. marshal in the West. Reeves had been born into slavery, but after a violent confrontation with his owner, he fled to…
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Frontier Legends | Wild Bill Hickok | 2
Jul 29, 2026
In 1865, James Butler Hickok, an Army scout and itinerant gambler better known as “Wild Bill,” shot a man dead in the town square of Springfield, Missouri. The gunfight became known as the first…
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Frontier Legends | Davy Crockett | 1
Jul 22, 2026
In 1821, a little-known backwoods hunter named David Crockett won a seat in the Tennessee legislature, despite having little formal education and virtually no political experience beyond his gift for…
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American Revolution | The Revolution Continues | 7
Jul 15, 2026
Today George Washington is remembered as the quintessential “Founding Father,” but his path to becoming an American hero was far from certain. Throughout the Revolution, Washington and countless…
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American Revolution | The Sacred Fire of Liberty | 6
Jul 08, 2026
After six long years of war, the Continental Army was exhausted, and Congress had run out of money. George Washington feared that without a decisive victory, the cause of independence would be…
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American Revolution | A Devil of a Whipping | 5
Jul 01, 2026
In the aftermath of America’s victory at Saratoga, France entered the Revolutionary War, transforming the colonial rebellion into a global conflict. British officials decided that the path to victory…
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American Revolution | Saratoga | 4
Jun 24, 2026
In 1777, as Americans sought the support of France, Benjamin Franklin struggled to convince officials in Paris to form a military alliance with the new United States. Meanwhile, British General John…
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American Revolution | The Times That Try Men's Souls | 3
Jun 17, 2026
In July 1776, the British Royal Navy began landing a massive armada in New York Harbor, setting up the biggest battle of the Revolutionary War. In response, General George Washington faced the…
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American Revolution | Tis' Time to Part | 2
Jun 10, 2026
In the aftermath of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, colonial militiamen converged on Boston to confront the veteran British Army. But over the next six months, newly appointed…
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American Revolution | Liberty or Death | 1
Jun 03, 2026
In 1765, King George III and his ministers in the British Parliament sparked outrage in the American Colonies when they announced they were issuing the Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the…
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Edison vs. Tesla | The Business of Discovery | 4
May 27, 2026
Thomas Edison is one of the most celebrated inventors in American history, having helped transform a world lit by candles and gas lamps into one powered by electricity. Over his lifetime he was…
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Edison vs. Tesla | Triumph of Illumination | 3
May 20, 2026
By 1888, the race to power America's cities had become a battle between the rival visions of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. But when the powerful industrialist George Westinghouse threw his weight…
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Edison vs. Tesla | Work of the World | 2
May 13, 2026
In the spring of 1884, a little-known Serbian immigrant named Nikola Tesla arrived in America with little more than a letter of introduction to the most famous inventor in the world – Thomas Edison…
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Edison vs. Tesla | Prometheus’ Fire | 1
May 06, 2026
In the 1870s, the age of artificial light was still in its infancy. Gas lamps cast a dim glow on city streets, and early arc lights were just beginning to appear in a handful of public spaces. But…
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The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | After the Storm | 4
Apr 29, 2026
The devastation of the 1900 Galveston hurricane left thousands dead and a city in ruins — but it also set in motion a remarkable story of recovery and reinvention. As survivors buried their dead and…
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The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | City of Doom | 3
Apr 22, 2026
On September 9, 1900, the residents of Galveston, Texas woke up to find their island in ruins. Entire neighborhoods had vanished overnight. Telegraph, telephone, and electrical lines were destroyed…
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The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | Night of Terrors | 2
Apr 15, 2026
As a catastrophic hurricane approached Galveston, Texas on the morning of September 8, 1900, residents continued to go about their daily lives, with little warning of what was to come. Children…
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The 1900 Galveston Hurricane | An Absurd Delusion | 1
Apr 08, 2026
At the turn of the 20th century, a booming cotton trade had made the Gulf Coast city of Galveston, Texas an economic powerhouse. Located just a few feet above sea level on a narrow barrier island, it…
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Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Harper Lee: Mockingbird | 6
Apr 01, 2026
In 1949, aspiring writer Nelle Harper Lee moved from her home in small-town Alabama to New York City. She was following in the footsteps of her childhood friend, author Truman Capote. Within a few…
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Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | James Baldwin: The Exile | 5
Mar 25, 2026
Born into poverty in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin rose to become a celebrated novelist, essayist, playwright, and poet, and a leading voice in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. In his debut…
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Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | John Steinbeck: The Observer | 4
Mar 18, 2026
Growing up in the Salinas Valley of Northern California, John Steinbeck dreamed of becoming a professional writer. In his youth he took on odd jobs and worked amongst ranch hands and migrant workers…
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Fan Favorite: Great American Authors | Mark Twain: Voice of a Nation | 3
Mar 11, 2026
In the late 1850s, a young man named Samuel Clemens started out piloting steamboats on the Mississippi River. Within a few years, he embarked on a writing career, adopting the pen name that became…
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