In this episode, we explore hidden mechanics of the american civil war. I want you to imagine just for a second a conflict that is so transformative and well so utterly devastating that it claims the lives of up to a million people. Like imagine a war that basically introduces the entire world to the terrifying mechanized horrors of modern industrial combat and in the process. It fundamentally rewrites the very definition of freedom for an entire nation. Yeah, and the really staggering part of that image is realizing this wasn't an invasion by some foreign power. This was a nation literally tearing itself apart from the inside. We're talking neighborhood by neighborhood with battlefields just erupting in farm fields in people's front yards. It's wild. And for you listening, as someone who loves to learn, you probably already know the basic dates and ...