{"podcast":{"title":"Missing Pages","slug":"missing-pages-6574439","podcast_index_feed_id":6574439,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1101341.rss","website_url":"https://missingpages.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1101341/cd3a070f99eb00c55c26c7a466977f70.jpg","author":"Scott McWilliams","episode_count":27,"summary":"A personal journey through American history. I uncover the pages that are missing from high school history class and discuss the mistakes people make when talking about history.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-06T00:19:09.966578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 2: Discovery, Disease, Death, and Destruction","slug":"episode-2-discovery-disease-death-and-destruction","published_at":"2023-10-06T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439/episode-2-discovery-disease-death-and-destruction","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439","url":"https://missingpages.substack.com/p/episode-2-discovery-disease-death","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/136346820/20a64a7927ecec01d1e5b43240b8322d.mp3","summary":"This episode tackles the colliding of the two hemispheres that had been separated for millennia. I start around 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue and end around the turn of the 17th century. There are a lot of people and a lot of dates covered, but I only scratch the surface of the amount of exploring and conquering that occurred in this time period. I discuss the various reasons for these missions and the success and failures for each of the countries present in the continent. Finally, I address whether the Europeans are to blame for the vast amounts of death that occurred during this century. Like last episode, I branch outside of North America before reaching the traditional starting point in American history education. All of this is vital preliminary information, though, so I would be remiss to skip over any of it. The history notes leave a lot to be desired, but that just gives me more to talk about as I fill in the missing pages. Music Intro: Fractured Timeline - Sémø Outro: Blood on My Hands - Michael McQuaid Sources El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic North America - Carrie Gibson American Colonies: The Settling of North America - Alan Taylor Before the Revolution: America’s Ancient Pasts - Daniel K. Richter 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus - Charles C. Mann Get full access to Missing Pages at missingpages.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"This episode tackles the colliding of the two hemispheres that had been separated for millennia. I start around 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/missing-pages-6574439/episodes/episode-2-discovery-disease-death-and-destruction/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/missing-pages-6574439/episode-2-discovery-disease-death-and-destruction.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}