John Brown Today
By Louis DeCaro Jr.
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John Brown Today is a podcast devoted to historical and contemporary themes relating to the abolitionist John Brown (1800-59), the controversial antislavery and antiracist freedom fighter. John Brown Today is hosted by Louis A. DeCaro Jr., a Brown biographer and researcher, the most prolific author on the John Brown theme since the abolitionist's death in 1859. John Brown Today engages a range of themes from history and biography to popular culture and other contemporary themes.
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Covenant of Blood: John Brown and His Jewish Associates in Kansas, Part 2
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Covenant of Blood: John Brown and His Jewish Associates in Kansas, Part 1
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Experiment: "John Brown Speaks" Meets Google's Notebook LM
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May 04, 2026 |
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2011 Throwback: Should John Brown Be Posthumously Pardoned?
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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The Terrible Parable of the Dumbass Doyles
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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John Brown, Accomplices, and the Struggle Against Systemic Racism: A Conversation with Dan Morrison
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The John Brown Lens: What would Brown Say About Contemporary Zionist Israel, the Charlie Kirk Tragedy, & Trump's War on the History of Slavery
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Echoes of Abolition: An Interview with Biographer and Cultural Historian David S. Reynolds
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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A "Secret Six" Tour: Discovering the Contemporary Origin of the Term
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Misusing John Brown: From Luigi Mangione to Christian Nationalism
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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The Cat Who Went to Kansas (and Other John Brown Animals)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Sick of Bonhoeffer? Why the USA Can Celebrate a German Martyr, But Not John Brown
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Back Again!
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Legend of John Brown's Baby Kiss Revisited
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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"From John Brown to James Brown": A Conversation with Ed Maliskas
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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The Sellout of Harper's Ferry Station: The Difficult Case of Heyward Shepherd
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Reaction & Reflection: David Blight on John Brown - - "John Brown Terrorist or Hero?"
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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What Did Blacks Really Think of John Brown? Kudos & Conflicts (Part 1)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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What Did Blacks Really Think of John Brown? The Question of "Sambo Mistakes" (Part 2)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Questioning John Brown’s Sanity: A Historical Thread Considered
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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John Brown’s Trial: The “Lost” Narrative of George H. Hoyt
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Why John Brown? A Biographer's Reflections in Response to a Thoughtful Critic
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Good Boy with a Gun: The Tragic Story of Will Leeman, A Harper’s Ferry Raider
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May 26, 2022 |
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"John Brown Has Been Lost to His Own Church": An Interview with Louis DeCaro Jr. by Dr. Chris Dost, July 10, 2021
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Biography: The Ups and Downs of Mr. Brown, 1835-1851
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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A Disparate Legacy: Oswald Garrison Villard and the John Brown Biography
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Interrogating History: The Mayflower, “America,” and John Brown
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Light vs. Lies: The Real History of the Harper's Ferry Raid (with a Jan. 6th epilogue!)
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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My John Brown Holiday Notes
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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A Text For the Nation: John Brown Beyond Biography
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Moral Core: A Juxtaposition for December 2
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Explaining John Brown Correctly: A Conversation with Dan Morrison
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Mary Ellen Pleasant and "The Rule of Credible Evidence"
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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The Voices of the Past: A Conversation with Ian Barford (Part 2)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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The Voices of the Past: A Conversation with Ian Barford (Part 1)
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Reading John Brown's "A Declaration of Liberty" (July 4, 1859)
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Father and Son
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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John Brown Remembrance (2020)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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John Brown's Best Friend in the Twentieth Century
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May 23, 2021 |
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Hurrah For Old John Brown: The July 4th 1860 Meeting at John Brown's Farm & Grave
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May 06, 2021 |
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"God's Angry Men" Revisited
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Letters and Friends: A Zoom Conversation with Margaret Washington!
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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"Never Tell It": John Brown and the Masonic Lodge
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Zooming John Brown: A Visit with Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner of Magpie
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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All Their John Browns (With Some Lincoln Birthday Fun)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Pulled Back In: America’s Good Terrorist and the Mind of Old Virginia--A Review
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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John Brown's Bankruptcy Bookshelf
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Catch Him if You Can: The True Story of Alexander Ross, John Brown’s Fraudulent “Friend”
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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"Emperor" Shields Green--A Hollywood Movie and My Book Too
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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"What Was John Brown Like?" A Biographer's Deep Dive
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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The Fool as Biographer: Otto Scott and "The Secret Six"
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Dec 12, 2020 |
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John Brown, Philadelphia, and a Decoy Coffin
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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Pottawatomie, 1856: The Political and the Personal
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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The "Battle Hymn" Revision, White Liberals, and Malcolm X
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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How a Theater Critic Saved the Freedom of the Press in 1859
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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"The Good Lord Bird" and the Uses of Art
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Why Were You Miseducated About John Brown?
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Nov 08, 2020 |