A deep dive into American history the likes of which you will never find in a text book. Each week features a new, irreverent, hilarious, and (hopefully) educational discussion about the people, places, and events from all over United States spacetime.

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Jerry and Aimee cover an array of topics, including the penis boat incident in the Suez Canal, the reopening of the Kendrick Johnson case, and some discourse over the Second Amendment, its implications, and how it aged.

It Sucks Here (Also, Second Amendment Discussion)

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Jerry and Aimee discuss instances in American history in which winter made things particularly difficult (or otherwise cannibalistic).

The Donner Party and Other Yikesy Winter Things

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For this episode, released on President&#39;s Day, Jerry and Aimee test their knowledge in a quiz about the strangest and most embarrassing facts about U.S. Presidents.

At Least Your Father Didn't Vomit on the Japanese Prime Minister

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In this episode, we discuss the propriety of condemning historical documents and figures for failing to uphold modern social and moral standards. Should we condemn the founders wholeheartedly over their participation in the institution of slavery? Should we remove Huck Finn from scholastic curriculum? Is there a way to clearly distinguish acknowledgement and appreciation? All this and more.

Bad is Bad No Matter Who's Your Dad

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Aimee, JT, and Jerry have a discussion about historical examples of the legality of Free Speech being called into question, along with commentary on if/when censorship is appropriate.

Free Speech is Legal, but Blackcurrants Are Not

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This episode is all about impeachments, how it works, and what led up to the impeachments of former presidents Andrew Johnson and Slick Willy Clinton.

You, Your Kids, and Your Johnson

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Jerry and Aimee discuss the events leading up to the White House burning down during the war in 1812, the only other example of the nation&#39;s capital being under siege beside January 6th, 2021.

Flintlocks Akimbo

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This episode discusses everything Roaring 20s, from the onset of the widespread bootlegging crime syndicate, to the uprising of consumerism, and some of the earliest examples of American media celebrities.

I'll take my pasta Al Capone

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Aimee, Jerry, and JT have a political discussion about modern sociopolitical topics, such as third-wave feminism, gender expression, and &#34;right vs left&#34; ideologies.

What does gender have to do with it, anyway?

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The origins and persistence of counter culture in the United States are discussed, with attention given to topics such as Vietnam, the Beatles, the punk movement, and more.

The Hippies and the Principle of Funkification

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In this episode of Uncommon Sense, Aimee and Jerry talk about disasters in American history that led to new rules, laws, and organizations observed today.

American Disasters that Led to Stricter Laws

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In a more serious episode of Uncommon Sense, Aimee, Jerry, and JT discuss Heaven&#39;s Gate and Jonestown, two American-originated religious cults that ended in disaster.

America's Most Dangerous Cults

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The thrilling conclusion to the two-part saga in which Aimee, Jerry, and JT, discuss presidential history to determine which of our Commanders In Chief would survive a hoard of POTUS-eating zombies.

Ranking the Presidents Based On How Long They Would Survive the Zombie Apocalypse (Part 2)

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In this supplemental episode, podcasters Aimee, Jerry, and JT discuss stories about women who fought in the Revolutionary and Civil War, with a bonus tutorial on death metal vocal techniques.

I'll Pass for Your Comrade (Featuring Death Growling Tutorial)

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Aimee, Jerry, and Sound Man J.T., plod through the list of U.S. presidents in an earnest discussion about how their historical records implicate their ability to survive a hoard of commander-in-chief-eating zombies!

Ranking the Presidents Based On How Long They Would Survive the Zombie Apocalypse (Part 1)

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How and why has the electoral college come to be? How does it work? Does your vote count? Why are there such frightening fractions in the U.S. Constitution? Can Batman be woven into this? All these questions and more are addressed in this episode of Uncommon Sense.

Electoral College and Scary Fractions

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In the pilot episode, podcasters Aimee and Jerry attempt to explore the turbulent origins of American political parties and the Two Party System. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Baron Von Steuben&#39;s highly questionable Pantsless Party factor in as key elements.

Constitution Juice