Make It Rain - a podcast by Mark Chrisler

In the late 19th century, Americans moved into the western states because of one simple phrase. But despite what you learned in junior high, it wasn't "manifest destiny." Today we're talking about the real maxim responsible for westward expansion, a maxim that centered a bizarre bit of pseudo-science that shaped America and then nearly destroyed it.
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Further episodes of The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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