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Garbled Twistory: A US History Podcast told through elections!

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Garbled Twistory is a podcast that’s primary objective is to humanize history, through humorizing history. It re-tells history in a way that places special emphasis on the most unusual elements and indiscriminately injects F.U.N by the bucketload! The first season’s focus is US History: as told by all of its presidential elections and all of its presidential election candidates! There will be biographical episodes for every presidential candidate, episodes for every election, and episodes for the years in between them! Get Excited! Expect a new episode to pop up here every Sunday! You can listen on iTunes, Stitcher, many a place! We also have a Facebook Page!

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Garbled Twistory: A US History Podcast told through elections!

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339 episodes

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Belva Ann Lockwood: A Veteran Lady Lawyer? In the 1800s?? 5:58

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Ok so the first prezzy prezzy candidate for 1884 is like... Possibly more rare than a unicorn! Not only is she a woman in 1800s politics, but like... She fought her way through law school too?? Impressive!

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Thomas Andrews Hendricks: WHOA! He's back? 12:13

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12:13

The final VP candidee of 1884 is just... My goodness what is he doing back here? Okay? I guess this is a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 9:39 mark!

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John Alexander Logan: Most Improved? 4:46

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4:46

This VP Candidate seems to have lived a fairly easy life, floating around the government as he preps for 1884...

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William Daniel: Keeping An Eye On The Drunks! 4:26

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These prohibition folks are STILL AT IT in 1884, and this next VP candidate is no exception, that's for sure!

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Absolom Madden West: A Career Traitor. Don't Trust Him. 3:00

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This next 1884 VP candidate is rather unknown... But um. He DOES have a habit of changing allegiances so be careful around him...

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Marietta Stow: Wait, A Woman? 4:05

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4:05

The first VP candidate we're looking at for 1884 ALSO happens to be the first woman to ever run for VP... I mean, it only took a hundred years, but better late than never I guess!

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1883: Fyre Fest But He's A Cannibal 10:18

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Ok so for this final in-between-election episode some crazy man ate people and he's in court now in 1883 and like... I don't like him.

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1882: You Ain't Never Leaving Vulcan Street 3:37

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In this next in-betweener it's time for a cute little story about the invention of how generate electricity in ya household!

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1881: Cleopatra in the Big City! 6:05

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6:05

We are now getting into these in-between-election events! And things are already starting off crazy cuz there's some 1400 BCE stuff going on here!

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ELECTION #24! 14:39

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14:39

The 1880 election is here and why does all this nonsense sound so freaking familiar?

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James Abram Garfield: Stark-Raving Abolitionist Mathemetician! 18:50

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18:50

We have arrived at the final official presidential potential for 1880 and this man's done some rather unusual things indeed!

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Winfield Scott Hancock: A Many-Faced Demon 12:47

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The second-to-last 1880 Prezzy Wezzy candidee has experienced a great deal of recent history from a great number of vantage points all because of his reputation for being frighteningly reliable...

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James Baird Weaver: Man of the Future! 11:50

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As these 1880 Prezzy Wezzy candidates wind down, we find ourselves ahead of our time somehow with this guy...

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Neal Dow: The Forever War Against Alcahol! 12:58

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This presidential candidate for 1880 definitely has one of the stranger backstories regarding his motivations, or should I say primarily singular motivation...

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John Wolcott Phelps: A Soldier in Perhaps Too Many Ways or Just Enough Ways! 4:46

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The first prezzy wezzy candidate for 1880 we're looking at has a very weird, contradictory military history. I don't know what to do with him.

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Chester Alan Arthur: The Slimiest Abolitionist Ever 13:15

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The final VP candidate we are looking at for 1880 has done some of the wildest political shenanigans I have seen in a long time... New York goes CRAZY bro!

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William Hayden English: Willing To Compromise Literally Anything 7:14

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As these VP candidates wind down we meet a dude who honestly is such a square that he's lucky he's from Indiana.

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Barzillai Jefferson Chambers: The Crazed Landlord! 6:38

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These 1880 VP Candidates are really turning out to be an unusual bunch, and BARZILLAI over here is no exception.

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Henry Adams Thompson: He's Just A Math Tearcher Bro. 4:35

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Yes it's another VP candidate for 1880 and uh... his qualifications are uh... Integral Calculus I Guess?

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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy: You want to do WHAT in Panama? 4:39

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4:39

It's 1880 election season time! We must discuss! This first vp potential is a little weirdo who maybe bribed one person that one time? Maybe. It's conjecture.

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1879: Colorado Chaos! 6:46

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There's always an insane number of wars with the natives happening. Literally at any point in the 1800s the US is warring with some local original residents over land... But let's check in on the situation anyways!

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1878: Tornado of Terror! 3:47

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In our second in-between-election episode in this series, we discuss the one thing that unites ALL New Englanders... storm season, for some reason... I don't make the rules!

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1877: Don't Mess With Lizzie Maguire! 13:36

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It is time for the first in-between-election episode of 1877 and MY GOODNESS some of the CRAZIEST things have been happening in Pennsylvania! What in the world?!

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ELECTION #23! 11:25

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The 1876 election is UPON US, and my goodness, the flames of conflict in this one feel... scarily familiar.

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Rutherford B. Hayes: That War Really Banged Him Up! 12:58

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12:58

Here we are! The final Prezzy Wezzy cadlidee before the 1876 election! This dude sure seems to be a mover and a shaker...

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Samuel J. Tilden: The Drug Dealer Who Took Down Boss Tweed! 7:37

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This next Prezzy Wezzy Candidate for 1876 has one of the... WILDER stories I've read in a WHILE okay?

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Peter Cooper: One of the Coolest New York Philanthropists! 7:37

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We are starting to wind down on these 1876 Presidential Potentials and this man? This man is why New York is the way it is when people have good things to say about New York.

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Green Clay Smith: That Sounds Like A Minecraft Item... 3:34

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Alright, it is time to begin discussing the major presidential pieces of this 1876, and this first guy... He's just kinda here isn't he?

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William Almon Wheeler: He Scammed His Way Through College But That's Okay 4:41

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We have made it to the final VP potential of this 1876 saga! Somehow he's flown under the radar the whole time for all this chaos, which baffles me, but hey, let's take a closer look!

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Thomas Andrews Hendricks: He's got the Indiana Recession Blues! 10:38

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Ok, this second-to-last VP candidate for 1876 still seems to be riding gloriously on the wave of a deceased predecessor. Yeah. I wonder if that'll work out for him. Anyway, this is a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 7:40 mark!

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Samuel Fenton Cary: He Likes His Money Green! 4:24

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Alright, it's 1876, and this next VP candidate just kinda popped up outta nowhere so let's find out what his deal is!

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Gideon Tabor Stewart: Wait he ran for governor HOW many times? 3:38

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Yes, we have ARRIVED at the 1876 election, and yes, we're starting to look at some strange VP candidates once again! Here's to hoping these folks have their act together this round...

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1875: Too Many Hoppers In The Grass 5:08

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OK! For this final in-betweener we're talking about BUGS BRO!! BUGGY BUGGED BUGS! They're EVERYWHERE!

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1874: QWERTY 8:58

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Literally look down at whatever you're typing on right now and I'll tell you the 1800's history of why you're forced to type that way.

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1873: The Wives Gather! 5:42

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With another riveting election behind us, it is time to begin the next series of in-between-election episodes, and Oh! It seems the women have had ENOUGH!

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ELECTION #22! 9:53

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Goodness Gracious! What a journey! We've finally made it to the 1872 election after covering a small parade of candidates! And for an election that was a runaway easy win, there sure are a LOT of SURPRISING DEVELOPMENTS...

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Ulysses S. Grant: The Toxic Ally To All! 53:17

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Well, what do we have here? The FINAL contender for this rockin' 1872 prezzy wezzy election? Oh, it's THAT man? What has he been up to as the cucumber of this one? I bet this REBROADCAST will serve as a wild refresher before you're hit with the NEW INFO at the 39:39 mark!

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Thomas Andrews Hendricks: A Random Doofus Appears With A Steel Chair! 8:21

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I think we are truly getting close to the end of this 1872 candidate marathon. I really do. But fools like this one coming out of the woodwork to be a prezzy wezzy candidate does not help matters.

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Horace Greeley: More Powerful Than A President!? 34:02

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This particular prezzy wezzy candidate for 1872 has a history of being like, arguably the most powerful man in America?? The dude's so powerful that everyone is hanging on his every word to the point where it's probably gonna get him in trouble later!

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Charles Jones Jenkins: THIS fool is back? 4:35

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It's still 1872 and we're STILL going through some presidential potentials and I forgot this man even existed and of course when he comes back he's still committing inconsequential acts of unnecessary tomfoolery.

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David Davis: I Wish He Was Here Now! 5:22

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We are still tumbling on through this 1872 election with all its presidential potentials in tow, and this next guy is... Quite a guy!

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Charles O'Conor: Irish Mafioso? 4:00

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This Prezzy Wezzy candidate for 1872 has quite the unusual backstory and quite the legal resume too!

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James Black: He Thinks You're A Problem Drinker 3:08

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We are finally getting into the Presidential Suite of this 1872 election here and some Prohibitionist snuck into the room how did that happen? Aren't we like 40 years early?

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Henry Wilson: A Hundred Years Ahead of His Time!? 19:29

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I am nothing less than astounded by the story of this final 1872 VP Candidate. This man was thinking BEYOND freedom and BEYOND just abolition. This dude would have fit right in for the 1960s. That's crazy to me!

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Benjamin Gratz Brown: He's Radical About Civil Rights! 5:36

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Ah yes! The second-to-last vice principal potential for 1872! As we near the end of this VP conga, we get a... rather refreshing look at a man a head of his time.

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Alfred Holt Colquitt: Just Your Average Military Pick 3:49

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On this next episode of Garbled Twistory, it's another 1872 VP candidate! (I promise, we're in the home stretch here!) And this dude? He's firmly nothing unusual, buster! Well except for the whole "surviving Antietam" thing how did he do that?

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George Washington Julian: This Guy is a Super-Lincoln! 11:44

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Ok, we are still sorting through all these 1872 VP potentials but whoa this guy's back?! We got a real ahead-of-his-time radical here! Wow. Enjoy this REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 5:38 mark!

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Thomas Elliott Bramlette: A man so racist, he voluntarily switched political parties. 7:04

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We talk about a LOT of racist people on this podcast, but rarely is that the SPECIFIC and ENTIRE reason behind changing political parties. This 1872 VP Candidate is here to CHANGE that history...

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John McAuley Palmer: Restorative Justice in the 1800s? 7:39

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Ok! Another VP candidate coming right up! And boy oh boy, this man has some drastic measures for these drastic times!

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Nathaniel Prentice Banks: Wait He Wants to Invade Canada?! 29:44

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Here we are! ANOTHER VP potential is stepping up to the plate for this 1872 election! This man comes from some humble beginnings... Which is unusual actually. But will the humility carry over?

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William Slocum Groesbeck: King of the Midwest Frat Bros! 3:51

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Yes, it's another VP candidate for 1872. Yes, he does show up outta nowhere. Yes, there will be more! What is the deal with these frat bros?

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Willis Benson Manchen: A Lucky Fugitive 5:45

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This next VP Candidate for 1872's got quite the anti-government resume if I don't say so myself. Yeah, I'm not sure this Civil War thing is ACTUALLY over anymore if ya know what I mean...

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John Quincy Adams II: The Honorable Grandson Makes A Move 3:46

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This VP race is starting to get a little zestier for sure and we're only on the second candidate or the 1872 US Election bro! We're already talkin' famous relatives, and it's the tip of the iceberg, my friend!

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John Russell: He Thinks You Specifically Are An Alcoholic! 3:09

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We're kicking off this 1872 US election with a VP Candidate who has literally only one objective on his mind and borderline absolutely nothing else.

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1871: Wait, We're Still Stabbing the Whales? 4:14

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In this FINAL in-between-election episode covering 1871, literal forces of nature band together in the Arctic to put a nail on the coffin of a bloody industry!

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1870: Hoaxes Galore!! 7:58

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It's our second in-between-election episode of the series, and oh man, the Gilded Age sure wouldn't be a Gilded Age without WEIRD 1800'S BIBLE HOAXES. And cities burning down. And race riots. BUT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HOAXES TODAY!

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1869: A Prequel to The Golden Compass 6:06

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Hey uhhh... We're in-between-elections right now and uh... It's lookin' like they FINALLY finished building that giant railroad they've been working on for heaven knows how long dude.

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ELECTION #21! 9:29

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9:29

Here we are! The first ever US election since the on-the-books nationwide banning of enslaving humans! Now it's only happening illegally! Anyways, we have a spicy little election here, don't we!

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Ulysses S. Grant: Blood-Soaked Rags to Riches! 40:03

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This last prezzy wezzy candidate for 1868 is one of the strangest political anomalies I've ever read about. On the surface, this seems like a typical war hero story. But when you look under the hood, there's a lotta different stuff happening I think!

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Horatio Seymour: Always a Candidate, Never a Contender 12:34

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Now that we are looking at the presidential candidates for 1868, this guy right here... I have no idea why he keeps being considered like... New York's really connected like that, ain't it?

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Schuyler Colfax Jr.: An Indiana Powerhouse! 10:29

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OK! The second and final VP Potential for 1868 has arrived! And underneath that smile, there sure is a whole lot of completely justifiable rage if I don't say so maself!

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Francis Preston Blair Jr.: This Indecisive Fool Will Whine You Out Of Office! 10:20

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It is 1868 and we have yet another riveting election on our hands! And if this first VP candidee is any indication of how everybody's doing post-Civil War... Honey, you've got a big storm comin'!

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1867: We Really Need To Fix These Trains! 5:03

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It's 1867 and in this final in-between-election episode EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE in the locomotive industry because well... Yeah. A THING happened.

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1866: Hoax Identification 101! 3:17

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This second in-between-election episode covers one of the silliest "archeological finds" I've ever read about. This is not the hill to die on, and yet! Some still do! Some still do...

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1865: The West Starts Getting Wild!! 11:03

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It's time for our first in-between-election episode covering 1865 and YOU LISTEN HERE BUSTER! AND LISTEN WELL! Just because the Civil War has ended doesn't mean folks are done firing guns at each other! In fact, out west??? It's QUITE THE CONTRARY!

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ELECTION #20! 11:44

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11:44

Here we are! actively at yet another precipice of fate! For the second time in the nation's history, the US is given the task of picking a new CEO in the midst of active company warfare! Who will the new CEO be? Will they even be new? The tension is in the air!

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Abraham Lincoln: Captain America, Civil War!! 43:55

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It's the 1864 US Election and THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, IS BACK!! And this incumbent is making some power moves with this REBROADCAST that has the NEW INFO at the 21:25 mark!

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George B. McClellan: You Can Tell He Mains Guile Bro! 35:29

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Ok now, this 1864 prezzy wezzy candidee is a WHOLE military general, so expect this episode to be filled with a stupid amount of juicy, spicy, PETTINESS!

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Andrew Johnson: The Quintessential Rags-to-Riches Union Racist! 27:45

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The final VP Candideee we're looking at for this 1864 election is a man that whose existence in the history of the United States of America demonstrates so many contradictory forces at play all at once! Indeed, what a confounding figure...

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George Hunt Pendleton: Captain of the Dunderheads! 3:46

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Ok, I know what you're thinking... The country is at war with itself quite literally how in the world are we even still having elections right now?! And, well, I dunno. But we DID and we have a VP candidate right here trying to run at probably the most politically stupid time to run against the sitting Admins but you do you bro!…

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1863: The Women Are Very Angry And Their Needs Are Not Being Met. 5:28

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Yes, it's the final in-between-election episode of 1863, and, while the men are at war, the women are feeling particularly neglected and unheard down south...

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1862: Super Mario's F.L.U.D.D Tramples on Your Sunshine! 10:33

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It's time for the second in-between-election episode covering 1862! And WHOA NELLY, we have a pretty wet and sticky SITUATION on our hands!

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1861: Fear In A Nation At War! 5:41

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Here we are! The first in-between-election episode after 1860! And! Well! Captain America Civil War seems to be all anyone can think about right now, so in a rare twist of events. we MUST stay abreast with the political news! That said, this incident is still pretty weird.

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ELECTION #19! 10:03

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10:03

The nineteenth US Prezzy Wezzy Election is upon us! Yes. It is 1860! And this is the point where over a half-century of tension is going to explode. My goodness, things are about to get TURBULENT!

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Abraham Lincoln: The Man, The Myth, The Legend 22:33

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Yes. Here we are. The final prezzy wezzy potential for 1860! And man oh man! As far as candidates go, he's arguably the most climactic one of all!

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John Cabell Breckinridge: New Year, New Enemies! 28:28

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The second-to-last Prezzy Wezzy Potential for 1860 just so happens to be a man we've discussed quite thoroughly before, so this will be a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 21:16 mark! And man, this is quite the spicy update if I don't say so myself!

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John Bell: Never Steps Out of the Ring! 13:37

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This is one of those kinds of politicians that absolutely refuses to be steamrolled by ANYBODY. But will he make a formidable 1860 Presidential Potential? We shall see...

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Steven A. Douglas: A Most Dangerous Vagabond! 24:17

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This first Prezzy Wezzy Candidate for 1860 is looking extra spicy I say! Extra spicy! Do I hear inter-country cannons in the distance? Yes. Yes I do.

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Hannibal Hamlin: The Man Of The Whales 4:21

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The final VP Candidate was not super remarkable but um... He's got a weird name as well as a WEIRD birth story so it's interesting how he was still kinda basic.

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Joseph Lane: Improvisational Bum Extraordinaire 7:40

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The second-to-last VP Candidate for 1860 is quite an interesting case... The lack of lawyer-like pedigree is surprising for this fellow... But hey, the mouth of a merchant is quite magical!

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Edward Everett: Education Genius? or Professional Quitter? 21:31

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The second VP candidate for 1860 is another newcomer! But it sure seems he's been around the block... Well, many blocks... This guy seems a little unreliable in the grand scheme of things, doesn't he?

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Herschel Vespasian Johnson: Interesting Name, Barely A Force 3:57

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Ok! We're talking about the first VP Potential for 1860 and uh... He's borderline entirely unremarkable. No really. If he didn't have money, nobody would care.

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1859: A Milestone for Cruelty 5:36

il y a 3 years5:36

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For this third and final in-between-election episode! We discuss the biggest discount sale in the United States. Oh, the product? Oh. Um. Not one we should be proud of that's for sure.

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1858: Staten Island Ablaze!! 9:34

il y a 3 years9:34

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For this second in-between-election episode under the star of 1858... Utter chaos, in an utterly chaotic place! What is the DEAL with Staten Island?! Become a Patron!

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1857: Central Park? More like... Seneca Village! 11:19

il y a 3 years11:19

11:19

For this first in-between-election episode, we're diving into a wonderful community where free black people and Irish and German immigrants lived in relative peace and harmony! And how it was destroyed by the elites who weren't into that kind of thing... Become a Patron!

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ELECTION #18! 12:43

il y a 3 years12:43

12:43

Here we are! Another year where the fate of the country hangs in the balance! Yes, my friends, it is time once again to dive into the chaos, 1856 style! Become a Patron!

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James Buchanan: Greedy. Sneaky. Unmarried?!?! 14:19

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14:19

Here we are! The final Prezzy Wezzy Candidate for 1856! And, GOOD HEAVENS! We've talked about this man so much, and yet somehow this is only the first time he's a candidate? Interesting. Interesting indeed... Become a Patron!

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John C. Fremont: The Mass Murdering Master of the Oregon Trail! 34:35

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The second-to-last Prezzy Wezzy Candle Date for 1856 is unarguably one of the most influential figures of his day. A groundbreaking frontiersman-and-mass-murderer-and-abolitionist-sympathizer?! Yeah, this guy's a weirdo. Become a Patron!

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Millard Fillmore: Whoopsie Daisie! I guess he's a President now... 44:09

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Yeah, that's right, this man is back again for some reason! And boy has he been through QUITE A LOT! But I guess that's kinda par for the course for accidental presidencies, ain't it? This is a REBROADCAST with the NEW INFO at the 21:25 mark! Become a Patron!

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John Cabell Breckinridge: Keeping Up With The Breckinridgeseseses! 22:15

il y a 3 years22:15