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Aug 8, 2024 | 
octopus.energy | Greg Jackson
Missing out on the Winter Fuel Payment this year and worried you’ll struggle to pay your bills? Apply to receive support from Octopus instead. Fewer UK households are now eligible for the government’s £200-300 Winter Fuel Payment this year. And we know many customers depended on this help.
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May 20, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“I believe I can swing it.”This is the story of the Coolidge Administration. Calvin Coolidge isn’t the most talkative guy–he’s painfully shy, to be frank–but “Silent Cal” does care deeply about public service. Over the years, the thrifty, hard-working New Englander moves up the ranks, from municipal offices to state offices, until, as Massachusetts Governor, he’s asked to join Warren G. Harding’s run for the White House.
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May 6, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“If you knew of a great scandal in our administration, would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?” This is the story of a brilliant man’s presidency and the greatest presidential scandal to precede Watergate. This is the story of Warren G. Harding and the Teapot Dome Scandal. Growing up in Ohio, Warren–or little “Winnie,” as his mom calls him–shows his brilliance from day one.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“I want to say make no settlement until they sign up that every bloody murderer of a guard has got to go.”This is the story of the largest uprising in the United States since the Civil War. As unions spread across the Progressive-Era United States, West Virginia mine owners manage to keep them out.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
independent.ng | Greg Jackson
GREG JACKSON When you have taught enough fiction writing classes, you begin to take a dim view of craft. I mean craft as maxims, adages, top-down pedagogy. A manual may purport to teach me how to build a table, but such instructions have little to do with the nuances of manipulating the material. It is like this for students of writing, and like this in my own work. Understanding an element of craft in principle, even seeing it executed in practice, offers scant guidance to its artful application.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“Every official except one elected yesterday at the first municipal election of this borough had been endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan.”This is the story of the Second Ku Klux Klan. It’s been nearly half a century since the Third Enforcement Act killed off the Klan in 1871. But amid Jim Crow segregation in 1915, the lynching of a Jewish Georgian Leo Frank, coupled with a new film, The Birth of a Nation, inspires William Simmons to resurrect the Klan. This new Klan has a longer list of enemies.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“Palmer, do not let this country see red.”This is the story of America’s First Red Scare. On June 2, 1919, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer is just going to bed when the first floor of his home is blown apart. It was a bomb, and part of a larger plot to attack several national leaders. It’s the work of anarchists. Shaken to the core, Mitch is determined to use his position as AG to rid the nation of such extremist, violent leftists–anarchists, Bolsheviks, and the like.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“I keep wondering if the Unknown Soldier is one of my men.”This is the story of the United States coping with and facing the aftermath of World War I. The American Expeditionary Force in France is breaking up but that means a lot of different things as doughboys occupy Germany, go fight in Russia, convalesce, or just head home. If only going home was so easy–for many, it’s a hard transition back to civilian life.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“I reject your proposals … and shall defend myself to the last extremity.”This Is the story of the Revolution’s new hot spot: the South. After failing to crush the rebellion in the northern or middle states, British leaders hope to score some quick victories in the South, which they believe to be more loyal. Drawing support from loyalist and enslaved Americans, this new “Southern Strategy” enjoys a strong start as Savannah falls in late 1778. Other events around the world are changing the war too.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
player.fm | Greg Jackson
“Stand fast, my boys, and receive your enemy!”This is the story of a miserable winter at Valley Forge (1777-78), a possible conspiracy, and George Washington’s last major battle before Yorktown. Continental Commander George Washington is loved by many in Congress and the Army. But he has his enemies too. Some see a path to pushing George out of leadership–but will this so-called “Conway Cabal,” which happens while Continental soldiers are freezing and starving to death, actually work?
