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Episode: The Scramble for America with Clement Knox
Pub date: 2026-07-11

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Ever wonder how the US became an empire without anyone really noticing? We are led to believe in the peaceful, founding story of America, is instead a relentless scramble for land and power from the Louisiana Purchase to the conquest of California, this wasn’t just expansion—it was an empire in disguise. This history challenges everything you think you know about the US's borders and sovereignty.

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