Alycia

Dec. 7, 2025

SATT 033.1/VPOTUS 007.1 - John C Calhoun Part One

Tenure of Office: December 8, 1817 - March 4, 1825 (as Secretary of War); March 4, 1825 - December 28, 1832 (as Vice President); April 1, 1844 - March 10, 1845 (as Secretary of State) Few figures loom as large in the annals of American history or have left such a challenging legacy with which to…

Guests: Alycia , Alex

Nov. 24, 2025

Friendsgiving 4.0: The Voyage to History

History: the final frontier. These are the voyages of four podcasting friends. Their ongoing mission: to explore strange moments in history, to seek out historical narratives to share with their listeners, to boldly go where no podcasters have gone before! That's right, it's time for the annual Fri…

Guests: Kenny Ryan , Alycia , Howard Dorre

Nov. 18, 2024

Friendsgiving 3.0: The Good, the Bad, and the Murder Mystery

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, I pick up my annual tradition of gathering with fellow podcasters Alycia from Civics & Coffee, Kenny Ryan from [Abridged] Presidential Histories, and Howard Dorre from Plodding Through the Presidents to talk about history, podcasting, what we're th…

Guests: Kenny Ryan , Alycia , Howard Dorre

May 19, 2024

S011 - The Center Cannot Hold: 1860

Year(s) Discussed: 1860-1861 Though the United States had experienced an election with four primary candidates before, the presidential election of 1860 was unique in that the candidates were based more on geographic region, and the result of that election would change the course of American his…

Guest: Alycia

April 28, 2024

SATT 027.2 - Richard Rush Part Two

Tenure of Office: February 10, 1814 - November 12, 1817 (as Attorney General); March 07, 1825 - March 05, 1829 (as Secretary of the Treasury) In Part Two of this episode, Rush returned to the Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of John Quincy Adams, but he quickly found ou…

Guest: Alycia

April 17, 2024

SATT 027.1 - Richard Rush Part One

Tenure of Office: February 10, 1814 - November 12, 1817 (as Attorney General); March 07, 1825 - March 05, 1829 (as Secretary of the Treasury) As discussed in this two-part episode, while Richard Rush may not be the most well-known Cabinet member we've examined to date, his career spanning four d…

Guest: Alycia

Nov. 20, 2023

Friendsgiving 2.0: Electric Hullabaloo

As a listener reminded me, if you do something twice, it becomes a tradition. This however is a tradition I think we can all enjoy. To mark the upcoming holiday season, for the second year in a row, I gathered for a lively conversation and some laughs in our Friendsgiving spectacular with Alycia fr…

Guests: Kenny Ryan , Alycia , Howard Dorre

July 31, 2021

SATT 001 – Alexander Hamilton

Tenure of Office: 11 September 1789 – 31 January 1795 We begin our new special series with the first Cabinet member to assume office under the constitutional government – Alexander Hamilton! You may have seen the musical, but there are a few more parts of his history that didn’t make it into th…

Guest: Alycia