Empires, Anarchy & Other Notable Moments

This is the first in a series of five episodes regarding the history of Indigenous Americans. Inspired by the work of Yale Professor Ned Blackhawk, this collection of episodes seeks to center the original Americans in the story of America.  We begin by examining the collision of two worlds that begins with Columbus's arrival in the Caribbean. Pocahontas, Squanto, and other major figures will be given a closer look. In the end, the Natives best chance would been expelling the invaders at first contact. Instead, they helped them survive and thrive in their world.  Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the fourth and final episode in a series regarding Mexico's real life Jose Cuervo, a man whose story goes far beyond the drink that he made famous throughout America. Mexico's rebellions are crossing the border into America, threatening the lucrative business of liquor sales at the precise time that the window is closing due to Prohibition's implementation date. Even worse, Pancho Villa is devastating the countryside with bandits being filmed in real-time by Hollywood movie producers who are working behind the scenes to ensure that there is enough available light to film Villa's retributory hangings. Will Cuervo be one of them? Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the third in a series of four episodes regarding Mexico's real life Jose Cuervo, a man whose story goes far beyond the drink that he made famous throughout America. This episode sees Jose Cuervo struggle after the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz drags Mexico into a series of Revolutionary wars. Soon the fighting comes to Tequila and Cuervo's only opportunity is to form up a defensive militia run by a cartel of distributors with him at its head.  Will it be enough to survive the revolutionary era? Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the second in a series of four episodes regarding Mexico's real life Jose Cuervo, a man whose story goes far beyond the drink that he made famous throughout America. This episode sees Jose Cuervo work his way into the Tequila business, to the point that he marries into one of the richest families in the Tequila region. As darkness descends upon the region due to the policies of President Diaz, Jose embarks on aligning his interests with that of his competitors. His goal is to ensure that a railroad is successfully built in order to allow him to tap into the lucrative American market.  Unfortunately, his competitors keep clawing him back down to their level.  Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the first in a series of four episodes regarding Mexico's real life Jose Cuervo, a man whose story goes far beyond the drink that he made famous throughout America. This episode focuses on establishing the challenges that came with life in the Mexican region of Tequila, whose volcanic soil allows them to grow the best blue agave plants in the world. There his uncles would carve out a business empire through violence and political corruption, aided and abetted by a series of political coups. There actions will set the stage for the creation of Mexico's first cartel.  Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the sixth and final episode in a series  regarding America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan.  Although the trial of D.C. Stephenson stopped the forward momentum of the Klan, it continued to pervert American society in a variety of forms.  This episode traces white supremacy, neo-nazism, and the American bund movement before looking at how the Klan operates today in its third (and hopefully final) form. Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the fifth in a series of six episodes regarding America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan.  Hiram Evans, the tooth puller, made a grave mistake in ceding regional control of his Klan to D.C. Stephenson, a man cloaked in half-lies and full-failures. He would take the Klan to its greatest heights, initiating 1/3rd of all Hoosiers, spinning off into a Women's Klan, and sponsoring 'cutest baby contests.'  His depravity would also result in its sudden downfall, as the Pro-protestant 100% American group comes to grips with the idea that the monster lurks among them. Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the fourth in a series of six episodes regarding America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan.  Following the success of America's first blockbuster, The Birth of a Nation, a failed businessman in Atlanta dusts off the name Ku Klux Klan. His struggles were alleviated, however, by two marketers who believed that they saw an opportunity to make boatloads of money. Their efforts took the Klan to soaring heights, but rather than the first instance of the Klan - this 2.0 version dramatically increased its list of enemies.   Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the third in a series of six episodes regarding America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan.  The 15th amendment's bestowing of the vote on African American men was designed to be the ultimate weapon in the fight for equal rights throughout the South. Freedmen represented a core constituency in the South, one that both parties would have to tailor policies towards in order to have any hope of maintaining power.  At least that was what the artifacts believed would happen.  None could fathom what occurred in Wilmington, the site of the only successful electoral coup in American history, one perpetrated by the violence of white supremacists acting on behalf of the Democratic Party.  Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

This is the second in a series of six episodes regarding America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan.  Although it started as a harmless way to poke fun at newly Freedmen by ex-confederate soldiers, the KKK became the number one threat to security in the American South after Former General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest took the reigns. The architect of the Pillow Massacre, one of just two official war crimes during the Civil War, would create a force to be reckoned with in the Reconstructed South. It seemed that only US Grant could save the day - but this time, he was a President rather than a general on the warpath. Contact the show at [email protected] or on Bluesky @EmpiresPod If you would like to financially support the show, please use the following paypal link. Or remit PayPal payment to @Lowery80.  And here is a link for Venmo users. Any support is greatly appreciated and will be used to make future episodes of the show even better.   Expect new shows to drop on Wednesday mornings from September to May. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound