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    Before We Were White

    Before We Were White is unapologetic revisionist history at its most unflinching, meticulously researched, and has received praise from well-known authors and professional historians.

    Before We Were White tells the real story of heartland America, drawing upon facts and evidence buried deep underneath the “official story”.

    Everything from outlaws, river pirates and prairie bandits, to Cherokee midwives and witch trials, fake eugenics, colonial-era Muslims, snake handlers, African-American cowboys, the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Jewish hillbillies, “sporting girls”, Mountain Gypsies and Creole Irish gets a turn under the magnifying lens.

    Whether your interest is in history, politics, ethnology, folklore, music, genealogy, or just a cracking good story, you will find something here to astonish and amaze, entertain and educate.

    Forget everything you thought you knew about North American history.

    Forget everything you thought you understood about the ethnic roots of heartland America.


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    Episode 24: Give Me Back My Country Mar 05, 2026
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    In a time when political gangsters are mobilizing their base by appealing to "White Nationalism", it has never been more important to push back against the ridiculous assertion that "white" is an "ethnicity".

    The idea that the USA as a project is founded mainly upon "white culture" is equally ridiculous.

    BWWW Episode 24: "Give Me Back My Country" explores how country music - a musical tradition often seen as a signifier of "white culture" - finds its roots in America's mixed-ethnic underclasses.

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    Episode 23: Deconstructing the Construct Feb 01, 2026
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    Just over 5 years ago, in the aftermath of the first Trump presidency (which saw a resurgence of racism in the USA), I started Before We Were White as a project for countering the fake history underpinning White Nationalism.

    I've updated and recorded the first essay I wrote 5 years ago.

    Its content has become even more relevant today than it was back then.

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    Episode 22: The Last Shibboleth Sep 29, 2025
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    No nation on earth fetishizes its military in the way the USA does.

    Do the lofty words of praise from US politicians match how veterans are treated?

    And if not, why not?

    In this episode of Before We Were White, we explore who actually fights America's wars.

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    Episode 21: Hillbilly Face Jun 30, 2025
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    A simple question:

    Why have "poor white people" - aka Rednecks and Hillbillies - always been seen as legitimate targets for vicious mockery and public ridicule by "mainstream" American society?

    The answer to that question goes to the heart of early colonial American self-identity.

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    Episode 20: Lights and Makeup Feb 02, 2025
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    What connects The Mayflower with an iconic screen adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

    And what connects the 1931 James Whale film Frankenstein with the 1956 Hollywood musical The King and I?

    Why do so many Americans show South Asian ancestry in DNA tests?

    And where exactly does John Wayne fit into all of this?

    Sometimes the real horror is the story behind the actors and storytellers...

    Before We Were White takes a mid-point break from our four part series on the history of Christianity in America - "New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified".

    Join us as we explore some of the darkness at the heart of Tinsel Town's Golden Era.

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    Episode 19: New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 2 Aug 27, 2024
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    America is easily the most religious country among the wealthy western democracies.

    Why?

    Episode 19 of Before We Were White - "New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 2" is out now.

    Part 2 explores the Medieval Catholic church, and how its quest for total political, economic, and spiritual power and authority led to the birth of Protestantism.

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    Episode 18: New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 1 Jun 30, 2024
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    America is easily the most religious country among the wealthy western democracies.

    In almost every other nation, greater wealth and educational levels correlate with a drop-off in levels of religiosity.

    The USA remains a conspicuous outlier in this regard.

    Why?
    Episode 18 of Before We Were White - "New, Improved, and Super-Sanctified, Part 1" is out now.

    An exploration of the curious synergy between God and Mammon in American history, from Canaan to Corporation, from Pilgrims to Pentacostalism, from Jamestown to Jonestown.

    Part 1 goes right back to the source, tracing the line between Bronze Age storm gods and the Medieval Catholic church.

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    Episode 17: Pre-Deliverance, Part 3 Apr 28, 2024
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    How did a musical instrument which started off hundreds of years ago in Africa end-up becoming a symbol of "white" American country music?

    Was this a case of simple cultural appropriation, or is there another story waiting to be told?

    When it comes to American history, nothing is ever as black and white as people think...

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    Episode 16: Pre-Deliverance, Part 2 Mar 01, 2024
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    Part Two of "Pre-Deliverance" continues our exploration of some of the forgotten roots of American culture and ethnicity.

    In this episode, we get closer to understanding the origins of "Hillbilly Jews".

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    Episode 15: Pre-Deliverance, Part 1 Dec 18, 2023
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    Play a game of word association with the average American.

    Say "banjo".

    Chances are, a great many would reply with words like "hillbilly" or "redneck".

    Some might venture to mention bluegrass music.

    How did a musical instrument which started off hundreds of years ago in Africa end-up becoming a symbol of "white" American music culture?

    And what if some of the earliest people of non-African ancestry to take-up the banjo were actually...Appalachian Jews?

    Join us for another winding trek through the hidden history of heartland America.

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