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Our American Stories

The Epic Story of Mountain Man Kit Carson: Agent of “Manifest Destiny

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3737 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Kit Carson is one of the most complex characters in American history. The good and the bad that come with the great conquest of the American West are summed up in this one man’s unaccountable life. Our regular contributor Roger McGrath tells the story.

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0:00.0

In Mississippi, Yazoo Clay keeps secrets.

0:04.8

Seven thousand bodies out there or more.

0:08.5

A forgotten asylum cemetery.

0:10.6

It was my family's mystery.

0:13.0

Shame, guilt, propriety, something keeps it all buried deep until it's not.

0:20.2

I'm Larison Campbell, and this is under Yazoo Clay.

0:24.2

Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:29.9

Have you ever wondered if your pet is lying to you? Why is my cat not here? And I go in and

0:34.3

she's eating my lunch. Or if hypnotism is real? You will use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control.

0:40.7

But what's inside a black hole.

0:42.4

Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe.

0:45.7

Well, we have answers for you in the new I-Heart original podcast, Science Stuff.

0:50.0

Join me, or Hitcham, as we answer questions about animals, space, our brains, and our bodies.

0:55.3

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0:59.6

Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

1:03.7

Prohibition is synonymous with speak-eas, jazz, flappers, and of course, failure.

1:09.1

I'm Ed Helms, and on season three of my podcast, Snafu,

1:12.5

there's a story I couldn't wait to tell you.

1:14.5

It's about an unlikely duo in the 1920s who tried to warn the public

1:18.4

that Prohibition was going to backfire so badly.

1:21.4

It just might leave thousands dead from poison.

1:25.8

Listen and subscribe to Snafu on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts,

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