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VOTE on an Extra History topic! All patron suggestions!
🕑 Added 2018-05-25 22:25:04 +0000 UTC What series would you like us to air on Extra History? Cast your vote(s) below and let us know! This series will air later in 2018.This poll consists entirely of topics suggested by the $8+ patrons! You can vote for as many choices as you want!
The poll will end at 12:59 PM PT on Monday, May 28.
Current Schedule: The History of Non-Euclidean Geometry --> 1918 Flu Pandemic --> Majapahit: An Empire of Water --> Your Vote!
Feel free to discuss your votes in the comments! We the Extra History team will be staying out of it (except to answer questions, should you have any) because we don't want to influence anyone's opinion.
Proposed Topics & Descriptions
The Gold Rush: Building California
In 1848, prospectors from across the world flooded California. The boom would create the state we know today—from its Chinatowns and vineyards to San Francisco’s gay districts—and redefine the American idea of success. But that growth also came with waves of violence and oppression that still mark the state.
The Viking Expansion: From Constantinople to Canada
Around 1000 CE, Leif Erikson stepped onto the shores of North America. But his settlements there were only the furthest-flung outposts of the Norse expansion. Centuries of raiding, trading, and light invading had spread Northmen from Byzantium to Greenland—and left legacies we can still see today.
Lewis and Clark: The Corps of Discovery
In May 1804, thirty-three soldiers left on a mission to find out exactly what Thomas Jefferson had bought in the Louisiana Purchase. Their duty was to chart and catalogue this new territory—recording its geography and plants, its indigenous people and resources—from Missouri to the Pacific. Yet this ostensibly peaceful mission would carry dark premonitions of things to come.
Captain Cook: Farther Than Any Man
No commoner had ever commanded a Royal Navy vessel… until James Cook stepped aboard the HMS Endeavor. In three stunning voyages, he rewrote the map of the Pacific, exploring the frozen Antarctic, charting the shores of Australia, and contacting dozens of indigenous cultures. In doing so he became a new kind of hero—the humanist, knowledge-seeking explorer—but also paved the way for the destruction of the places and people he studied.
Comments
Lady Bug
I think I got here too late; I just became a patreon today. Annnnd I have little knowledge on how to do this.
Pope Urban II
thanks
Conor donnelly
In sorry I had no idea lol
Conor donnelly
Wait...WHAT!!
Extra History
Oh, Matt's first Extra History series is the 1918 Flu Pandemic.
Erik Eldritch
In nine hundred and ninety-nine Leif sailed the ocean *brine*
Extra History
You can vote for multiple answers, y'know....
Conor donnelly
That one was hard. I eventually chose the vikings though I almost voted for captain cook
arthur D. gonzalez-martin
Cool, gold rush made it on to the polls
Thomas Alfred Weaver
Lewis and Clark has been done to death; lets be more exotic.
Martin Verran
The Sheep Desire that the new Narrator's First Extra History Series be the Viking Expansion. That being said I also Voted for Lewis and Clark because they're Virtually Unknown in our Neck of the Woods, and also for Captain Cook because he Deserves his Own Series. [The Mutiny on the Bounty would make for a good Sequel if Cook were to Win]
Stylion
Welp, Vikings is the least well known, and the least confined to the US, really, and I have a feeling the captain cook's voyages are already pretty well covered in general history classes. Still hoping the Arctic and/or Alpine exploration and scientific discoveries attached to them get a series at one point. That, or the Battle for Fortress Liege and Antwerp in WW1. Makes for a mixture of tragic and comedic elements, as well as the last documented cavalry charge to be employed in a major conflict. Next time, perhaps.
Scott Singer
Voted for Captain Cook (when my girlfriend gets home she may literally murder me for not voting for the Vikings), because I feel that the EH team have strengths more applicable in biography than historical summary. May the best option win (and if Vikings win anyway I may just survive the weekend).
David Harkness
Which of these topics is *not* about lust for gold? ;)
David Harkness
Totally. I so want episodes for all these topics! I'm from California, have a small bit of Viking blood, have just moved to Oregon, and love pirates. Yes, I know it says Cook and not Hook. :) It would be great if we could save up votes until a topic we really care about shows up, but I can already see arguments against that ability.
Skylar Ross
Damn these are all great stories. I'm going for Captain Cook because its the one I know least about.
Brian Rose
I'm rooting for the California Gold Rush myself -- partly because it's my home state, but mostly because it's just so super important for the dozen years leading up to the American Civil War.
Daniel Carroll
It's got to be Cook or Vikings - just so much of the world covered in one go!
Aaron Neumann
Really I've only seen my home town really talk about Lewis and Clark at length. :\
Pope Urban II
In nine hundred and ninety-nine Leif sailed the ocean brine.
Jacob Ashton
Oh gods i want them all
Hayden Tuff
VINLAND VINLAND VINLAND
Ástþór Sigurvinsson
Viking expansion! American history most americans dont know about 😁
Xenin
I've decided to vote for Lewis and Clark, it has been a LONG time since we did any American history.
Sientir
All of these sound so interesting, I might just have to unhelpfully vote for all of 'em!
Sean Sarff
Viking hype!
Trainer
Cool I suggested Lewis and Clark
