In this episode, we explore america s violent rise to global power. Imagine watching a time lapse of a teenager growing up. But instead of just the awkward acne and maybe a few voice cracks, this teenager is literally tearing their own limbs off. Oh, wow. That is quite the visual. Right. And replacing their bones with steel and then suddenly stepping out of all that chaos as a heavyweight fighter. Yeah, they have violent, mechanical, just entirely chaotic metamorphosis. that is exactly the story of the United States from 1860 to 1899. Exactly. And welcome into this custom -tailored deep dive, by the way. We are looking at a very specific, a very intense 40 -year time lapse at the U .S. today. Yeah, and we're using a comprehensive Wikipedia timeline covering U .S. history from 1860 to 1899 as our primary source material today. Right, and the goal her ...