Introduction

We are ending series three of your dead to me with five episodes dedicated to american history. Joanne b freeman is a professor of history at yale and specializes in early American politics, political violence and cultural polarization. She's the author of prize winning books such as the staggeringly relevant field of blood violence in congress and the road to civil war. And her book, affairs of honor, inspired a plucky young songsmith called linmanuel miranda to write a duelling song in a thing called hamiltoni never heard of it. This podcast is supported by advertising outside the u.K. Vivis sounds, music, radio podcast.