Howard Dorre
@plodding.bsky.social
Writer and cohost of the history podcast Plodding Through The Presidents. Adams family enthusiast.
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Howard Dorre
@plodding.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Welcome new followers! I live in a weird niche of irreverent and sometimes deeply-researched historical content about the early American presidents, founders, and their families.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
On October 23, after a long journey to rescue the reputation and remains of Eliza Monroe Hay, Barbara VornDick has something to celebrate.
Bringing Eliza Home
The long journey of an unofficial First Lady.
www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On October 23, after a long journey to rescue the reputation and remains of Eliza Monroe Hay, Barbara VornDick has something to celebrate.
Always a pleasure talking with @presidencies.bsky.social!
Andrew Jackson may have hated the “humbuggery” of Harrison’s “big balls,” but Jess and I enjoy digging into their impact before Jerry and I chat about Harrison’s bloated inaugural speech and the most likely cause of his untimely death.
Andrew Jackson may have hated the “humbuggery” of Harrison’s “big balls,” but Jess and I enjoy digging into their impact before Jerry and I chat about Harrison’s bloated inaugural speech and the most likely cause of his untimely death.
May 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Always a pleasure talking with @presidencies.bsky.social!
Andrew Jackson may have hated the “humbuggery” of Harrison’s “big balls,” but Jess and I enjoy digging into their impact before Jerry and I chat about Harrison’s bloated inaugural speech and the most likely cause of his untimely death.
Andrew Jackson may have hated the “humbuggery” of Harrison’s “big balls,” but Jess and I enjoy digging into their impact before Jerry and I chat about Harrison’s bloated inaugural speech and the most likely cause of his untimely death.
The origins of this presidential zero-year death legend include stories of Native American revenge, planetary conjunctions, and even a little Satanic panic. Join us as we dig into it all on the hunt for the truth behind Tecumseh's Curse.
May 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The origins of this presidential zero-year death legend include stories of Native American revenge, planetary conjunctions, and even a little Satanic panic. Join us as we dig into it all on the hunt for the truth behind Tecumseh's Curse.
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"Looked 'too much like a rat.'”
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly
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April 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Looked 'too much like a rat.'”
Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @plodding.bsky.social & @smithsonianmag.bsky.social!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z
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Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @plodding.bsky.social & @smithsonianmag.bsky.social!
Read/subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z
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Mason Locke Weems )AKA Parson Weems) wrote a variety of moralistic biographies and lurid true crime, but nothing compares to his catty letters with his publisher Matthew Carey.
It's the epistolary equivalent of the Real Housewives and I am here for it.
Experience it with us at plodpod.com
It's the epistolary equivalent of the Real Housewives and I am here for it.
Experience it with us at plodpod.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mason Locke Weems )AKA Parson Weems) wrote a variety of moralistic biographies and lurid true crime, but nothing compares to his catty letters with his publisher Matthew Carey.
It's the epistolary equivalent of the Real Housewives and I am here for it.
Experience it with us at plodpod.com
It's the epistolary equivalent of the Real Housewives and I am here for it.
Experience it with us at plodpod.com
I’m excited to share my new article about the audacious efforts to promote Billy Possum!
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children thought the toy looked "too much like a rat," and it sold poorly
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’m excited to share my new article about the audacious efforts to promote Billy Possum!
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
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I discovered your podcast fairly recently, and I’m trying to catch up. Thanks for all you and Jess do!
February 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I discovered your podcast fairly recently, and I’m trying to catch up. Thanks for all you and Jess do!
What was John Adams thankful for? In 1782 he wrote, “Thanks be to God, that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right.”
Image: “John Adams If You Can” by John Cox
Image: “John Adams If You Can” by John Cox
November 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
What was John Adams thankful for? In 1782 he wrote, “Thanks be to God, that he gave me stubbornness when I know I am right.”
Image: “John Adams If You Can” by John Cox
Image: “John Adams If You Can” by John Cox
Reposted by Howard Dorre
@plodding.bsky.social 's podcast Plodding Through the Presidents is highly endorsed.
Welcome new followers! I live in a weird niche of irreverent and sometimes deeply-researched historical content about the early American presidents, founders, and their families.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
November 18, 2024 at 11:30 PM
@plodding.bsky.social 's podcast Plodding Through the Presidents is highly endorsed.
Reposted by Howard Dorre
Are you looking to explore US presidential history with an irreverent and highly researched approach? Do you like possums and killer rams? Are you a fan of the Adamses? If so, then check out @plodding.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts! #history #POTUS www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com
The Podcast - Plodding through the Presidents
Deeply researched, deeply irreverent history podcast exploring lesser-known stories of the early presidents, founders, and their families.
www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Are you looking to explore US presidential history with an irreverent and highly researched approach? Do you like possums and killer rams? Are you a fan of the Adamses? If so, then check out @plodding.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts! #history #POTUS www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com
At one time, cap meant no cap.
from the 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
from the 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
At one time, cap meant no cap.
from the 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
from the 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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This right here is what I am talking about. Eliminating the Dept. of Education will deny children with disabilities like my daughter their right to an education. Private schools do not offer the support these kids need to succeed or even make through the day.
November 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM
This right here is what I am talking about. Eliminating the Dept. of Education will deny children with disabilities like my daughter their right to an education. Private schools do not offer the support these kids need to succeed or even make through the day.
So much love for these fellow history podcasters. This conversation ranged from broken-hearted election processing to hypothetical Agatha Christie-style presidential whodunnit escapism. Follow all of them! @civicspod.bsky.social @presidencies.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:49 PM
So much love for these fellow history podcasters. This conversation ranged from broken-hearted election processing to hypothetical Agatha Christie-style presidential whodunnit escapism. Follow all of them! @civicspod.bsky.social @presidencies.bsky.social
Welcome new followers! I live in a weird niche of irreverent and sometimes deeply-researched historical content about the early American presidents, founders, and their families.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
November 18, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Welcome new followers! I live in a weird niche of irreverent and sometimes deeply-researched historical content about the early American presidents, founders, and their families.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
Want to know more about Billy Possum and Thomas Jefferson’s killer ram than you’ll find anywhere else? I’m your guy.
Plodding Through The Presidents is relaunching as an ongoing biweekly podcast, part of the Airwave Media network, on FEBRUARY 13—just in time for Presidents’ Day. In an election year.
Check out plodpod.com to subscribe and dive into our past bingeable seasons.
Check out plodpod.com to subscribe and dive into our past bingeable seasons.
January 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Plodding Through The Presidents is relaunching as an ongoing biweekly podcast, part of the Airwave Media network, on FEBRUARY 13—just in time for Presidents’ Day. In an election year.
Check out plodpod.com to subscribe and dive into our past bingeable seasons.
Check out plodpod.com to subscribe and dive into our past bingeable seasons.
Music peaked in 2003. I don’t make the rules.
January 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Music peaked in 2003. I don’t make the rules.
The #1 History podcast right now on the Apple charts is “Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands.” If you can’t get enough of Elma’s story, follow it with our deeply researched dive into the murder, trial, and boardinghouse full of suspects in our episode “Hamilton, Burr, and the Murder of Elma Sands.”
October 26, 2023 at 3:35 PM
The #1 History podcast right now on the Apple charts is “Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands.” If you can’t get enough of Elma’s story, follow it with our deeply researched dive into the murder, trial, and boardinghouse full of suspects in our episode “Hamilton, Burr, and the Murder of Elma Sands.”
They're pious and aloofy
But sometimes also goofy
Loved their HBO movie
The Adams family
Their house is a museum
When people come to see 'em
They really are a te-am
The Adams family
Happy anniversary to John and Abigail, married on this day October 25 in 1764.
But sometimes also goofy
Loved their HBO movie
The Adams family
Their house is a museum
When people come to see 'em
They really are a te-am
The Adams family
Happy anniversary to John and Abigail, married on this day October 25 in 1764.
October 26, 2023 at 2:42 AM
They're pious and aloofy
But sometimes also goofy
Loved their HBO movie
The Adams family
Their house is a museum
When people come to see 'em
They really are a te-am
The Adams family
Happy anniversary to John and Abigail, married on this day October 25 in 1764.
But sometimes also goofy
Loved their HBO movie
The Adams family
Their house is a museum
When people come to see 'em
They really are a te-am
The Adams family
Happy anniversary to John and Abigail, married on this day October 25 in 1764.
For a while at least (during the writers strike) Jeopardy interns have been digging up unused clues and airing them. Allegedly.
This one should’ve been flushed @kenjennings.bsky.social
www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john...
This one should’ve been flushed @kenjennings.bsky.social
www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john...
September 27, 2023 at 12:18 AM
For a while at least (during the writers strike) Jeopardy interns have been digging up unused clues and airing them. Allegedly.
This one should’ve been flushed @kenjennings.bsky.social
www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john...
This one should’ve been flushed @kenjennings.bsky.social
www.ploddingthroughthepresidents.com/2018/02/john...
#OTD in 1789, George Washington’s mother Mary Ball Washington died. For more than 200 years, she has been portrayed in extremes, from the sainted “Mother Mary” to a shrewish harpy intent on thwarting her son’s ambitions and draining him of his wealth. In this episode we dig into her dynamic legacy.
August 25, 2023 at 5:42 PM
#OTD in 1789, George Washington’s mother Mary Ball Washington died. For more than 200 years, she has been portrayed in extremes, from the sainted “Mother Mary” to a shrewish harpy intent on thwarting her son’s ambitions and draining him of his wealth. In this episode we dig into her dynamic legacy.