A Guilty Land podcast

Episode 22 Contrabands of War

We are at war. Politics continue to ramp up and the fighting begins. Sorta. Today we introduce some personal heros and then quickly say goodbye to those heros. Ben Butler and Elmer Elmsworth. One will stay and one will go. Also during this episode I contract Covid. 

Episode 18A Supplemental: The Corner Stone Speech

We read the entirity of the cornerstone speech. This way you get all its awful details 

Episode 21 How we discuss the Civil War

In this episode we will disect how we discuss the civil war. This topic is something we hope to return to periodically throughout the podcast as this is the reason we started this project. 

Episode 20 The Shelling of Fort Sumter

Sometimes refered to as the Battle of Charleston Harbor this episode will start the civil war. My dog make a major appereance that I can not edit out. And the sound gets a little off. 

Episode 19 the prelude to Fort Sumter

In this episode we tell the story of everything leading up to the shelling of Fort Sumter. We are finally here. The Civil War is about to begin. 

Episode 18 The Cornerstone Speech

This is the confederate government justifying its existence to the world. It is a wild and miserable speech given by Alexander Stephens the vice president of the so called confederacy. 

Episode 17 Southern conspiracy theories

In this episode we discuss how the southern media creates false narratives and how this helps to create a climate of ripe for revolutionary action. Joel tells some stories about people he met and Mike tells some personal stuff while you can hear a dog in the background. 

King Davis the First gives a speech

This is an supplimental episode where we cover King Davies speech to the country upon his corination. Also my dog makes a bunch of noise. 

Episode 16 Lincoln's inauguration

In this episode we read Lincoln's inauguration speech and discuss the mechanics of the event. Also my dog makes a lot of noise and both of us have a cold. Lincoln's speech is compared to King Davis's pathetic speech and we close on what those two speeches mean. 

Episode 15 The confederacy writes a constitution

For this episode I read the confederate constitution. That was pretty miserable. Then lincoln takes a train ride to Washington City. Thats pretty great.