This is the second in a series of four episodes regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia. It explores America's historical fear of Chinese migrants. Join us to find out the pull and push factors that led to a massive increase in Chinese-Americans, the history of Angel Island immigration center, the origins of the dreaded 1924 Immigration Act, and the "Tacoma Method" used to eradicate Chinese immigrants from coastal cities.

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This is the first in a series of four episodes regarding America's toxic history with xenophobia. This first episode exams the discrimination that white Europeans experienced as they attempted to assimilate to their new nation's culture. Germans, Irish, and Italians receive special focus as each deals with the nativist backlash as they attempted to "prove" their whiteness. The rise of the Know Nothings and the creation of the pseudo-scientific eugenics movement serve as inspiration for the rising Nazi movement in Germany.

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This is the sixth and final episode in a series regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr. Our story's protagonist has beaten two treason trials, but fears being jailed due to a misdemeanor. Fleeing to England, he connects with Utilitarian thinker Jeremy Bentham while hatching new plans to restart his treasonist filibuster against Mexico. Along the way, he finds love, purpose, and a whole lot of prostitutes!

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This is the fifth in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr. Colonel Burr is finally apprehended in the backwoods of Alabama. From there he is transported into Chief Justice John Marshall's courthouse. Acting as his own lawyer, Aaron Burr will have to muster everything he has to not be strung up for treason.

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This is the fourth in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr. Disgraced on both sides of the aisle, Aaron Burr attempts to reclaim his honor by leading a filibuster against Mexico, Spanish Florida, or perhaps against Thomas Jefferson himself. Like any good conspiracy, the details are murky, but for sure Aaron Burr was up to no good.

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This is the third in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr. This episode tells the story of the infamous duel between Aaron Burr, the vice President, and Alexander Hamilton, the leader of the Federalists. The code duello and its inscribed rules are given a detailed treatment in preparation for what goes down in New Jersey.

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This is the second in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr. This episode traces his rise and subsequent downfall in Republican political circles. Burned once before my Thomas Jefferson, Burr's vow to oblige every single elector to throw a vote towards him - resulting in a tied election in 1800. Once tossed to the vote, Alexander Hamilton's backroom dealings lends credence to the fact that Burr might be seeking the top office for himself. In the face of Virginia's raising of an army to back Jefferson, Hamilton relented - pulling the strings of another congressmen to crown Thomas Jefferson. In his explanation, he torches the ground that Burr stride upon - referring to him as an embryo caesar and setting the stage for their infamous duel.

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This is the first in a series of six episodes regarding America's fallen founder, Aaron Burr. This episode traces his childhood as an orphan, his role in the Revolutionary War, as well as early interactions with his rival Alexander Hamilton. Additionally, this episode takes a look at the practice of historical 'erasure' through the examples of Crispus Attucks and Sybil Ludington.

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