In this episode of Consolation Prize we explore the long and complicated relationship between the United States and the Papal States, the political-religious home of
We’ve been to Mexico a few times this season, but we promised in the first episode that we’d return one last time, to talk about
In Episode 11, we explore the complicated, and sometimes tragic, life of Richard Greener, the first Black consul to a predominantly white post. Before Greener
In today’s episode, we take a look at some people connected to the consular service who are worthy of notice: the women. We’re telling the
In this episode we continue our story of Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb from his decision to resign as an American consul to his inauguration as
In this episode we meet Alexander Russell Webb, U.S. consul to Manila in the Philippines turned Muslim missionary to America. We will wrestle with the