Dustin Bass
Author
Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.
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Reginald Fessenden: Father of Voice Radio
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a brilliant Canadian who moves to America to become a pioneer in wireless telegraphy.
Texas Sculptor Recalls Decades-Long Journey to Success
Award-winning sculptor Craig Campobella discusses his beginnings, the importance of honest criticism, and why he chooses to create certain pieces.
Nathaniel Palmer: The Accidental Polar Explorer
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet the son of a shipbuilder who becomes a sealer and ends up making two major polar discoveries.
How Fears of Espionage Created Untenable US-Hungarian Relations
In ‘This Week in History,’ Hungarian communists arrest numerous Americans, conduct show trials, and push US diplomatic relations to the breaking point.
Edward Flanagan: Founder of Boys Town
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a young parish priest who helped homeless boys in Omaha, Nebraska and built a town of his own to do so.
Joseph Pulitzer, a British Editor, and the First Crossword Puzzle
In ‘This Week in History,’ a struggling newspaper became the nation’s largest and gave the world its first crossword puzzle.
How Imperialist Thought Corrupted the CIA’s Original Mission
In ‘The CIA: An Imperial History,’ Hugh Wilford identifies how the agency attained an imperialist posture despite America’s post-WWII anti-imperialism.
From San Francisco to Honolulu: The Story of the Transpacific Cable
In ‘This Week in History,’ naval soundings in the Pacific, the annexation of Hawaii, and the defeat of the Spanish forever changed the way we communicate.
