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John Brown Today

Louis DeCaro Jr.

John Brown Today is a podcast devoted to historical and contemporary themes relating to the abolitionist John Brown (1800-59), the controversial antislavery and antiracist freedom fighter. John Brown Today is hosted by Louis A. DeCaro Jr., a Brown biographer and researcher, the most prolific author on the John Brown theme since the abolitionist's death in 1859. John Brown Today engages a range of themes from history and biography to popular culture and other contemporary themes.

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60 episodes

  1. The Harper's Ferry Raid: Interview with Jim Silvia, Part 2 34:22
  2. The Harper's Ferry Raid: Interview with Jim Silvia, Part 1 34:09
  3. How Teddy Roosevelt Screwed Over John Brown's Legacy 36:36
  4. Covenant of Blood: John Brown and His Jewish Associates in Kansas, Part 2 15:00
  5. Covenant of Blood: John Brown and His Jewish Associates in Kansas, Part 1 26:44
  6. Experiment: "John Brown Speaks" Meets Google's Notebook LM 50:18
  7. 2011 Throwback: Should John Brown Be Posthumously Pardoned? 26:59
  8. The Terrible Parable of the Dumbass Doyles 29:52
  9. John Brown, Accomplices, and the Struggle Against Systemic Racism: A Conversation with Dan Morrison 55:06
  10. The John Brown Lens: What would Brown Say About Contemporary Zionist Israel, the Charlie Kirk Tragedy, & Trump's War on the History of Slavery 39:46
  11. Echoes of Abolition: An Interview with Biographer and Cultural Historian David S. Reynolds 54:21
  12. A "Secret Six" Tour: Discovering the Contemporary Origin of the Term 24:46
  13. Misusing John Brown: From Luigi Mangione to Christian Nationalism 36:09
  14. The Cat Who Went to Kansas (and Other John Brown Animals) 14:39
  15. Sick of Bonhoeffer? Why the USA Can Celebrate a German Martyr, But Not John Brown 11:45
  16. Back Again! 5:09
  17. The Legend of John Brown's Baby Kiss Revisited 38:54
  18. "From John Brown to James Brown": A Conversation with Ed Maliskas 46:41
  19. The Sellout of Harper's Ferry Station: The Difficult Case of Heyward Shepherd 44:09
  20. Reaction & Reflection: David Blight on John Brown - - "John Brown Terrorist or Hero?" 52:07
  21. What Did Blacks Really Think of John Brown? Kudos & Conflicts (Part 1) 30:32
  22. What Did Blacks Really Think of John Brown? The Question of "Sambo Mistakes" (Part 2) 28:06
  23. Questioning John Brown’s Sanity: A Historical Thread Considered 48:50
  24. John Brown’s Trial: The “Lost” Narrative of George H. Hoyt 57:11
  25. Why John Brown? A Biographer's Reflections in Response to a Thoughtful Critic 44:00
  26. Good Boy with a Gun: The Tragic Story of Will Leeman, A Harper’s Ferry Raider 48:00
  27. "John Brown Has Been Lost to His Own Church": An Interview with Louis DeCaro Jr. by Dr. Chris Dost, July 10, 2021 54:45
  28. Biography: The Ups and Downs of Mr. Brown, 1835-1851 27:38
  29. A Disparate Legacy: Oswald Garrison Villard and the John Brown Biography 39:45
  30. Interrogating History: The Mayflower, “America,” and John Brown 37:01
  31. Light vs. Lies: The Real History of the Harper's Ferry Raid (with a Jan. 6th epilogue!) 51:59
  32. My John Brown Holiday Notes 23:22
  33. A Text For the Nation: John Brown Beyond Biography 30:26
  34. John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Moral Core: A Juxtaposition for December 2 49:17
  35. Explaining John Brown Correctly: A Conversation with Dan Morrison 32:41
  36. Mary Ellen Pleasant and "The Rule of Credible Evidence" 26:24
  37. The Voices of the Past: A Conversation with Ian Barford (Part 2) 24:41
  38. The Voices of the Past: A Conversation with Ian Barford (Part 1) 35:20
  39. Reading John Brown's "A Declaration of Liberty" (July 4, 1859) 49:57
  40. Father and Son 42:40
  41. John Brown Remembrance (2020) 10:53
  42. John Brown's Best Friend in the Twentieth Century 38:29
  43. Hurrah For Old John Brown: The July 4th 1860 Meeting at John Brown's Farm & Grave 53:43
  44. "God's Angry Men" Revisited 18:49
  45. Letters and Friends: A Zoom Conversation with Margaret Washington! 50:36
  46. "Never Tell It": John Brown and the Masonic Lodge 43:01
  47. Zooming John Brown: A Visit with Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner of Magpie 56:56
  48. All Their John Browns (With Some Lincoln Birthday Fun) 40:58
  49. Pulled Back In: America’s Good Terrorist and the Mind of Old Virginia--A Review 42:15
  50. John Brown's Bankruptcy Bookshelf 33:35