Howard Dorre
@plodding.bsky.social
Writer and cohost of the history podcast Plodding Through The Presidents. Adams family enthusiast.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.