<![CDATA[A Practical Guide to American History]]>American history, but in a fun, practical way. Listen, learn, and hopefully use something to become a better American.

]]>https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Fri, 29 May 2026 15:35:53 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2026 19:31:07 GMT60The Americana Scrapbook<p>American history, but in a fun, practical way. Listen, learn, and hopefully use something to become a better American.</p>serialThe Americana Scrapbookagevans789@gmail.comno<![CDATA[Now what?: 1784-1800]]>This one is on the longer side... but that's because this is possibly the one period in our history that people need to know the most: the formation of the United States of America that we live in today.

Feat. Founding Fathers, merchants, carpenters, Quakers, an international scandal, and the birth of party politics in America.

Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e9itKacIiCfEuu7fnpOwFhRYDEQMqpRKk9BoMxRt5eE/edit?usp=sharing

Eras playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/471rYzdZMCG9hqSE1yeeb9?si=scOtF1rGTE2Pg8COjaeF1w

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]]>3cf64ea4-c227-48ef-ab17-ceb9a06cab4dMon, 25 May 2026 18:48:28 GMT<p>This one is on the longer side... but that's because this is possibly the one period in our history that people need to know the most: the formation of the United States of America that we live in today.</p><p></p><p>Feat. Founding Fathers, merchants, carpenters, Quakers, an international scandal, and the birth of party politics in America.</p><p></p><p><b>Further reading 📚: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e9itKacIiCfEuu7fnpOwFhRYDEQMqpRKk9BoMxRt5eE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e9itKacIiCfEuu7fnpOwFhRYDEQMqpRKk9BoMxRt5eE/edit?usp=sharing</b></a></p><p><b>Eras playlist 🎧: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/471rYzdZMCG9hqSE1yeeb9?si=scOtF1rGTE2Pg8COjaeF1w" target="_blank"><b>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/471rYzdZMCG9hqSE1yeeb9?si=scOtF1rGTE2Pg8COjaeF1w</b></a></p><p><b>Notes available on Substack 📨: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://americanascrapbook.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&amp;utm_medium=web" target="_blank"><b>https://americanascrapbook.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&amp;utm_medium=web</b></a></p><p><b>Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory" target="_blank"><b>buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory</b></a></p>no01:25:0914Now what?: 1784-1800full<![CDATA[American Revolution: 1764-1863]]>What were the conditions to make people say, "enough's enough"? What examples did they look to? And how did they pull off what should have been impossible?

Feat. marriage certificates, 13th-century barons, tar-and-feathering, state militias, and the birth of American espionage.

Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vlI3M__K5E-ogxEnenuPUQmIxQrUvfS3qNsaIUjg_E/edit?usp=sharing

Era playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MfeLgaVYcVxxB2doorR9g?si=v6zWf2hoTq-HTQSdzcPYgg

Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/

The podcast will always be free, but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd like to buy me a coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory

]]>0ee0598d-6ce8-4c43-b52d-ee4e23086711Sat, 09 May 2026 01:27:42 GMT<p>What were the conditions to make people say, "enough's enough"? What examples did they look to? And how did they pull off what should have been impossible?</p><p></p><p>Feat. marriage certificates, 13th-century barons, tar-and-feathering, state militias, and the birth of American espionage.</p><p></p><p><b>Further reading 📚: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vlI3M__K5E-ogxEnenuPUQmIxQrUvfS3qNsaIUjg_E/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>https://docs.google.com/document/d/18vlI3M__K5E-ogxEnenuPUQmIxQrUvfS3qNsaIUjg_E/edit?usp=sharing</b></a></p><p><b>Era playlist 🎧: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MfeLgaVYcVxxB2doorR9g?si=v6zWf2hoTq-HTQSdzcPYgg" target="_blank"><b>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MfeLgaVYcVxxB2doorR9g?si=v6zWf2hoTq-HTQSdzcPYgg</b></a></p><p><b>Substack 📨: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/" target="_blank"><b>https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/</b></a></p><p></p><p><b>The podcast will always be free, but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd like to buy me a coffee ☕️?: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory" target="_blank"><b>buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory</b></a></p>no01:09:361American Revolution: 1764-1863full<![CDATA[Finding Our Balance: 1693-1763]]>How does the culture of a society develop? What factors in the 18th century convened to create more egalitarian conditions? How did people work and live? What was America's evolving relationship to the wider world?

Feat. fraternal organizations, taverns, coffeehouses, accusations of libel, the origins of Yankee Doodle, the minuet, evangelicals, Daniel Boone, and French raiding parties.

Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ22LV0dRfxz1NSWNmJznBpIMvoiuiizWqOqoDE49Eg/edit?usp=sharing

Era playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ZmdQSewXQUmI842flmd7U

Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/

All these episodes will always be free... but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd want to take the time to Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory

]]>33a69d6f-9c09-4a7b-a93c-659dfa766a79Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:47:06 GMT<p>How does the culture of a society develop? What factors in the 18th century convened to create more egalitarian conditions? How did people work and live? What was America's evolving relationship to the wider world?</p><p></p><p>Feat. fraternal organizations, taverns, coffeehouses, accusations of libel, the origins of Yankee Doodle, the minuet, evangelicals, Daniel Boone, and French raiding parties.</p><p></p><p><b>Further reading 📚: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ22LV0dRfxz1NSWNmJznBpIMvoiuiizWqOqoDE49Eg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GJ22LV0dRfxz1NSWNmJznBpIMvoiuiizWqOqoDE49Eg/edit?usp=sharing</b></a></p><p><b>Era playlist 🎧: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ZmdQSewXQUmI842flmd7U" target="_blank"><b>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ZmdQSewXQUmI842flmd7U</b></a></p><p><b>Substack 📨: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/" target="_blank"><b>https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/</b></a></p><p><b>All these episodes will always be free... but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd want to take the time to Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory" target="_blank"><b>buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory</b></a></p><p></p>no00:44:1112Finding Our Balance: 1693-1763full<![CDATA[Laying the Foundations: 1492-1692]]>European beginnings in the Americas-- as well as my own beginnings in long-form recording! 😅 What actually were Spanish attitudes towards their American endeavors? What was the business model for colonization, and how did it change over time? And what did each of the different English colonies contribute to our current idea of America? Feat. explorers, Italian bankers, chocolate plantations, second sons, vagrants, King Henry VIII, religious extremists, and the Devil!

Further reading 📚: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12i8wkNdh95KLYxcDDVeawNB-oiKWFl17Wuo13GWnAwQ/edit?usp=sharing

Era playlist 🎧: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hH6yTdTZM1UMnvDbvYidk

Substack 📨: https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/

All these episodes will always be free... but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd want to take the time to Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory

]]>b5fd4c82-4a7d-48c9-8fab-9c4f41620b69Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:00:00 GMT<p>European beginnings in the Americas-- as well as my own beginnings in long-form recording! 😅 What actually were Spanish attitudes towards their American endeavors? What was the business model for colonization, and how did it change over time? And what did each of the different English colonies contribute to our current idea of America? Feat. explorers, Italian bankers, chocolate plantations, second sons, vagrants, King Henry VIII, religious extremists, and the Devil!</p><p></p><p><b>Further reading</b> 📚: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12i8wkNdh95KLYxcDDVeawNB-oiKWFl17Wuo13GWnAwQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/12i8wkNdh95KLYxcDDVeawNB-oiKWFl17Wuo13GWnAwQ/edit?usp=sharing</a></p><p></p><p><b>Era playlist 🎧: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hH6yTdTZM1UMnvDbvYidk" target="_blank"><b>https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hH6yTdTZM1UMnvDbvYidk</b></a></p><p></p><p><b>Substack 📨: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/" target="_blank"><b>https://americanascrapbook.substack.com/</b></a></p><p></p><p><b>All these episodes will always be free... but if you enjoyed it, maybe you'd want to take the time to Buy Me a Coffee ☕️?: </b><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory" target="_blank"><b>buymeacoffee.com/guidetoamericanhistory</b></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>no00:45:0911Laying the Foundations: 1492-1692full<![CDATA[How to Use This Guide]]>Some things to know before we begin.

]]>b957ea2b-4e3d-4b0d-a496-b863b9c8dec1Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:20:24 GMT<p>Some things to know before we begin.</p>no00:08:031How to Use This Guidefull<![CDATA[A Practical Guide to American History]]>History should be practical.

]]>09027f46-dcdd-4975-804b-2ae296696bf3Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:01:59 GMT<p>History should be practical.</p>no00:00:271A Practical Guide to American Historytrailer