Before We Were White - Podcast
@beforewewerewhite.com
Exploring the Hidden History of Heartland America
The idea of a vulgar and venal 250 year old colonialist state, and a 78 year old colonialist ethno-state (both built upon recent ethnic-cleansing and genocide) ganging-up to destroy the inheritors of a 12,000 year old culture, is beyond depressing.
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A Trip to Persia
Away from 'Murica and Eye-raineans
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February 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The idea of a vulgar and venal 250 year old colonialist state, and a 78 year old colonialist ethno-state (both built upon recent ethnic-cleansing and genocide) ganging-up to destroy the inheritors of a 12,000 year old culture, is beyond depressing.
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Say the words "Manifest Destiny" or "American frontier" in a historical sense, and most picture "white settlers" in covered wagons keeping an eye out for Indians.
Yet many of the shock troops for colonialism were from the mixed-ethnic underclasses.
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Yet many of the shock troops for colonialism were from the mixed-ethnic underclasses.
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Mapping Appalachian Ethnicities
The Myth of "Whites" versus "Indians" on the First Western Frontier
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February 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Say the words "Manifest Destiny" or "American frontier" in a historical sense, and most picture "white settlers" in covered wagons keeping an eye out for Indians.
Yet many of the shock troops for colonialism were from the mixed-ethnic underclasses.
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/mapping-ap...
Yet many of the shock troops for colonialism were from the mixed-ethnic underclasses.
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Some Questions for MAGA
How "Unity" and "Divisiveness" Have Become Code for White Supremacy
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How "Unity" and "Divisiveness" Have Become Code for White Supremacy
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Some Questions for MAGA
How "Unity" and "Divisiveness" Have Become Code for White Supremacy
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February 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Some Questions for MAGA
How "Unity" and "Divisiveness" Have Become Code for White Supremacy
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How "Unity" and "Divisiveness" Have Become Code for White Supremacy
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What the Super Bowl LX half-time show told us about America in 2026.
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State of Play
What Super Bowl LX Tells Us About America in 2026
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February 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
What the Super Bowl LX half-time show told us about America in 2026.
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Here's the BWWW weekend article, about how US culture has always funnelled celebrities towards "whiteness", and how AI is currently helping to continue that agenda - to the extent that AI is actually helping to whitewash American history.
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Colorism, Past and Present
How AI is changing our perception of ethnicity in history
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February 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Here's the BWWW weekend article, about how US culture has always funnelled celebrities towards "whiteness", and how AI is currently helping to continue that agenda - to the extent that AI is actually helping to whitewash American history.
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A look at the forerunners of ICE, the broader history of the abuse of minority communities in the USA, and the hypocrisy of the men behind the violence.
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"Here be dragons..."
Hypocrisy and State Violence
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February 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A look at the forerunners of ICE, the broader history of the abuse of minority communities in the USA, and the hypocrisy of the men behind the violence.
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Just a reminder to followers here that Before We Were White is also a podcast!
So if you are having a busy week, and prefer listening to reading, try giving the podcast a go!
New episode out today at link below:
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So if you are having a busy week, and prefer listening to reading, try giving the podcast a go!
New episode out today at link below:
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Episode 23: Deconstructing the Construct | Before We Were White
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 underpi...
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February 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Just a reminder to followers here that Before We Were White is also a podcast!
So if you are having a busy week, and prefer listening to reading, try giving the podcast a go!
New episode out today at link below:
beforewewerewhite.podbean.com/e/episode-23...
So if you are having a busy week, and prefer listening to reading, try giving the podcast a go!
New episode out today at link below:
beforewewerewhite.podbean.com/e/episode-23...
White Christian Nationalist ideology rests on a foundation of lies.
It cannot function where real history is still taught.
This is why authoritarians-in-waiting like J.D. Vance even lie about their own family backgrounds.
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It cannot function where real history is still taught.
This is why authoritarians-in-waiting like J.D. Vance even lie about their own family backgrounds.
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Sometimes We Forget Ourselves
J. D. Vance and Strategic Cultural Amnesia Among Neo-Racists
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January 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
White Christian Nationalist ideology rests on a foundation of lies.
It cannot function where real history is still taught.
This is why authoritarians-in-waiting like J.D. Vance even lie about their own family backgrounds.
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
It cannot function where real history is still taught.
This is why authoritarians-in-waiting like J.D. Vance even lie about their own family backgrounds.
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/sometimes-...
The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti has forced many Americans to ask the question: "Has fascism come to the USA?"
But fascism has always been present in America.
It's just that some people had the luxury of being able to look away...
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But fascism has always been present in America.
It's just that some people had the luxury of being able to look away...
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American Fascism is Here
Or maybe it's just no longer in disguise
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January 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti has forced many Americans to ask the question: "Has fascism come to the USA?"
But fascism has always been present in America.
It's just that some people had the luxury of being able to look away...
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/american-f...
But fascism has always been present in America.
It's just that some people had the luxury of being able to look away...
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Brian Halpin (@beforewewerewhitepodcast)
Remembering the late David Lynch, a year after his death.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Joe Biden used to talk of his roots as if he was virtually an Irishman, even though only 2 of his 8 great-grandparents were born in Ireland.
Americans curate their identity, almost always leaving-out the slaveholders and people of color in their family history.
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Americans curate their identity, almost always leaving-out the slaveholders and people of color in their family history.
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Sparks off the Wheel of Fortune
Joe Biden, Winners, and Losers in American History
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January 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Joe Biden used to talk of his roots as if he was virtually an Irishman, even though only 2 of his 8 great-grandparents were born in Ireland.
Americans curate their identity, almost always leaving-out the slaveholders and people of color in their family history.
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Americans curate their identity, almost always leaving-out the slaveholders and people of color in their family history.
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Just musing today on how a person might love America, while hating "America".
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I Love America
But not "America"
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January 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Just musing today on how a person might love America, while hating "America".
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I am publishing this updated edit of an article I wrote a year ago, when my Substack newsletter had only 350 subscribers.
In light of the events in Minneapolis this week, the time seems right.
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In light of the events in Minneapolis this week, the time seems right.
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"Schuldgefühl"
[I am publishing this updated edit of an article I wrote a year ago, when this Substack had only 350 subscribers.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I am publishing this updated edit of an article I wrote a year ago, when my Substack newsletter had only 350 subscribers.
In light of the events in Minneapolis this week, the time seems right.
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In light of the events in Minneapolis this week, the time seems right.
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This is the year to push back - real hard - against people who presume the right to define who can be called a “Real American”.
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Who is a "Real American"?
And who ain't...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:55 PM
This is the year to push back - real hard - against people who presume the right to define who can be called a “Real American”.
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We’re hurling ourselves straight into the New Year with a piece detailing some of the lies behind the public persona of shapeshifter J. D. Vance.
Our thoughts remain with the innocent people suffering in places like Gaza, Sudan, and now, Venezuela.
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Our thoughts remain with the innocent people suffering in places like Gaza, Sudan, and now, Venezuela.
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Hello 2026!
A Year for Tearing Down the Mythology, Once and for All
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January 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We’re hurling ourselves straight into the New Year with a piece detailing some of the lies behind the public persona of shapeshifter J. D. Vance.
Our thoughts remain with the innocent people suffering in places like Gaza, Sudan, and now, Venezuela.
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/hello-2026...
Our thoughts remain with the innocent people suffering in places like Gaza, Sudan, and now, Venezuela.
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Trump just does it out loud, in the open.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Trump just does it out loud, in the open.
Will end the year same as I started.
Talking about the malevolence of the ruling class, & how the push to "make America white again" is based on settler-colonialist mythology.
Happy New Year everyone, & hope for shared strength in resisting fascism.
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Talking about the malevolence of the ruling class, & how the push to "make America white again" is based on settler-colonialist mythology.
Happy New Year everyone, & hope for shared strength in resisting fascism.
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Good Immigrants
“There is today one state in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception [of immigration] are noticeable.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Will end the year same as I started.
Talking about the malevolence of the ruling class, & how the push to "make America white again" is based on settler-colonialist mythology.
Happy New Year everyone, & hope for shared strength in resisting fascism.
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/good-immig...
Talking about the malevolence of the ruling class, & how the push to "make America white again" is based on settler-colonialist mythology.
Happy New Year everyone, & hope for shared strength in resisting fascism.
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/good-immig...
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Thank you, every one of you, for supporting voices who refuse to accept a world of “alternative facts”, hate, and corporate media propaganda.
We’re going to take a breather for a couple of days, and come out swinging again.
Thank you, every one of you, for supporting voices who refuse to accept a world of “alternative facts”, hate, and corporate media propaganda.
We’re going to take a breather for a couple of days, and come out swinging again.
December 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Thank you, every one of you, for supporting voices who refuse to accept a world of “alternative facts”, hate, and corporate media propaganda.
We’re going to take a breather for a couple of days, and come out swinging again.
Thank you, every one of you, for supporting voices who refuse to accept a world of “alternative facts”, hate, and corporate media propaganda.
We’re going to take a breather for a couple of days, and come out swinging again.
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The kindness and support given by subscribers to the Before We Were White newsletter and podcast over the past year has given this old cynic much hope that goodness and basic decency will in fact eventually prevail.
If I haven’t said it enough over the past year, I’ll say it here again...
The kindness and support given by subscribers to the Before We Were White newsletter and podcast over the past year has given this old cynic much hope that goodness and basic decency will in fact eventually prevail.
If I haven’t said it enough over the past year, I’ll say it here again...
December 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The kindness and support given by subscribers to the Before We Were White newsletter and podcast over the past year has given this old cynic much hope that goodness and basic decency will in fact eventually prevail.
If I haven’t said it enough over the past year, I’ll say it here again...
The kindness and support given by subscribers to the Before We Were White newsletter and podcast over the past year has given this old cynic much hope that goodness and basic decency will in fact eventually prevail.
If I haven’t said it enough over the past year, I’ll say it here again...
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Hoping that everyone out there, whatever their faith, creed, or beliefs, finds themselves in the the company of those who love and care for them this week.
Anyone with a conscience or moral compass will have found events over the past year discomfiting or challenging, to say the least.
Hoping that everyone out there, whatever their faith, creed, or beliefs, finds themselves in the the company of those who love and care for them this week.
Anyone with a conscience or moral compass will have found events over the past year discomfiting or challenging, to say the least.
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Hoping that everyone out there, whatever their faith, creed, or beliefs, finds themselves in the the company of those who love and care for them this week.
Anyone with a conscience or moral compass will have found events over the past year discomfiting or challenging, to say the least.
Hoping that everyone out there, whatever their faith, creed, or beliefs, finds themselves in the the company of those who love and care for them this week.
Anyone with a conscience or moral compass will have found events over the past year discomfiting or challenging, to say the least.
4 days until Christmas.
Will BWWW be easing-back on writing about current social and political issues, and how they relate to US history?
No, we'll just be sipping an injudicious amount of whiskey while we write.
Happy Holidays!
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Will BWWW be easing-back on writing about current social and political issues, and how they relate to US history?
No, we'll just be sipping an injudicious amount of whiskey while we write.
Happy Holidays!
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The 80-10-10 Principle
A Completely Unscientific Observation this Christmas
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December 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
4 days until Christmas.
Will BWWW be easing-back on writing about current social and political issues, and how they relate to US history?
No, we'll just be sipping an injudicious amount of whiskey while we write.
Happy Holidays!
beforewewerewhite.substack.com/p/the-80-10-...
Will BWWW be easing-back on writing about current social and political issues, and how they relate to US history?
No, we'll just be sipping an injudicious amount of whiskey while we write.
Happy Holidays!
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1971. Penthouse magazines, Seventh Day Adventists, and an epiphany in the barber shop.
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Going to the Barber Shop, 1971
Lost Tales from the Americana Files
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December 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
1971. Penthouse magazines, Seventh Day Adventists, and an epiphany in the barber shop.
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Faith and serious history make uncomfortable bedfellows.
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What Would Jesus (or George Washington) Do?
Most of this writer’s posts now follow a similar pattern.Before We Were White is a reader-supported publication.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Faith and serious history make uncomfortable bedfellows.
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