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From the Mayflower to the Moon (and Back Again)

Ten journeys that built the United States between the landing of the Mayflower in 1620 and the men who went to the Moon.

Radio 4,12 episodes

Episodes

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De la Salle has left the room
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan.
31 Aug 2020,14 mins
Vitus Bering and the Bering Strait
How to cross the gap between the world's two greatest landmasses.
01 Sep 2020,14 mins
Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
"Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"
02 Sep 2020,14 mins
The Trail of Tears
The forced relocation of Native Americans in the 1830s
03 Sep 2020,14 mins
Interstate Delight
A trip from coast to coast eating only at Hooters restaurants.
04 Sep 2020,14 mins
Lewis and Clark's expedition out west
Joe Queenan's alternative history of the United States
07 Sep 2020,14 mins
The Dust Bowl
Joe Queenan enters the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
08 Sep 2020,14 mins
The Blues
A journey up the Mississippi with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf.
09 Sep 2020,14 mins
From New York to LA
An alternative history of the United States.
10 Sep 2020,14 mins
What have we learnt
The end of the journey from the Mayflower to the Moon.
11 Sep 2020,14 mins
Omnibus 1
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan
04 Sep 2020,57 mins
Omnibus 2
A 400-year journey into the creation of the United States with the writer Joe Queenan
11 Sep 2020,57 mins