What would the modern world look like if the Americas had entered history under the English flag from the very beginning?

In this episode, we follow the long consequences of an English Columbus from 1800 to 2026. By the nineteenth century, English America is no longer a colonial experiment, but a mature Atlantic civilization—stretching across the North, the Caribbean, and parts of the central American world, shaped by English law, maritime trade, imperial institutions, and deep cultural ties to Britain.

From there, everything changes. The struggles over slavery, abolition, industrialization, and self-government unfold inside a much larger Anglophone world. A powerful northern federation rises through trade, industry, and migration, while plantation regions and island societies wrestle with the legacies of empire and racial hierarchy.  ...