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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Since 2006, this podcast has been using history to elevate today's political debates.  "The perfect antidote to bloviating talking heads, My History is thoughtful, nuanced, and highly engaging." -Colu... Read more

Ranked #1

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The Spanish Flu of 1918 and Its Aftermath - Conversation with Laura Spinney

The Spanish Flu of 1918 and Its Aftermath - Conversation with Laura Spinney

We speak with Laura Spinney, science journalist and author of "Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed th... Read more

2 Mar 2020

37mins

Ranked #2

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The History of the Federal Reserve

The History of the Federal Reserve

A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Jan 2007

29mins

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The Real Story of the 1948 Election

The Real Story of the 1948 Election

Was it a comeback, really, or did the polls just get what was going on wrong. Days before the 2016 election, we looked a... Read more

1 Nov 2016

56mins

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Saturday Night Nixon: The Firing That Sealed Watergate

Saturday Night Nixon: The Firing That Sealed Watergate

The Saturday Night Massacre was the name given to the triple firing of a special prosecutor investigating President Nixo... Read more

17 Dec 2018

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An Historic Election, for Many Reasons, Episode from 2008

An Historic Election, for Many Reasons, Episode from 2008

About the 2008 Election Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Dec 2008

34mins

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Why is There an Electoral College?

Why is There an Electoral College?

A look at the Senator who tried to end the Electoral College and the original reasons for it. It has as much to do with ... Read more

13 Jan 2021

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Russia: Everything You Know About The Russian Revolution is Wrong - Russian Journalist Mikhail Zygar on 1917, History, Putin, Democracy and More

Russia: Everything You Know About The Russian Revolution is Wrong - Russian Journalist Mikhail Zygar on 1917, History, Putin, Democracy and More

Everything you know about the Russian Revolution is wrong, and understanding that is the key to understanding today's Ru... Read more

18 Jul 2018

44mins

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Alcatraz: The American Indian Movement

Alcatraz: The American Indian Movement

The 1969 occupation of the former federal prison by Native American activists was the beginning of a movement and a shif... Read more

14 Jan 2021

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Rules of Political Debate: Godwin's Law is Not a Law

Rules of Political Debate: Godwin's Law is Not a Law

Godwin's Law is Not a Law. And yet, it probably should be followed in most cases. (re-do of past episode that contained ... Read more

1 May 2020

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Schedule of Conventions: Why is the GOP Convention First, Democrats Second, Brexit Other Topics.

Schedule of Conventions: Why is the GOP Convention First, Democrats Second, Brexit Other Topics.

Convention scheduling, and the reasons for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Jun 2016

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The Mystery of Impeachment - How it Works, What Happened in 1868 and More

The Mystery of Impeachment - How it Works, What Happened in 1868 and More

We look at the Chase, Clinton and Johnson precedents for attempted impeachment, we attempt to answer questions about thi... Read more

20 Oct 2019

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I Am James Buchanan

I Am James Buchanan

He's the President that is on the bottom of most lists. But why? And is it fair? What did he think about his place in hi... Read more

26 Nov 2020

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Rigged Elections: That Time the DNC Rigged a Nomination

Rigged Elections: That Time the DNC Rigged a Nomination

A look at 1944 and how intrigue, manipulation, misrepresentation, a few martinis, a song, an axe and a finger in the pag... Read more

26 Apr 2018

43mins

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You Break Everybody's Back: The 1988 Election - Part One

You Break Everybody's Back: The 1988 Election - Part One

The quote from Atwater sums up the race 31 years ago nicely. Gephardt eyes a rusty belt. Dole proto-snarks, Jackson thun... Read more

4 Mar 2021

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America and Rome: w/ Mike Duncan

America and Rome: w/ Mike Duncan

Populism, Corruption, Citizenship and Immigration. Rome struggled with these issues in its Republic phase. Bruce is join... Read more

1 Apr 2018

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Statue Removal: National Valhalla: Statues, Confederates, Slaveowners, Washington, Trump, Memory and Time

Statue Removal: National Valhalla: Statues, Confederates, Slaveowners, Washington, Trump, Memory and Time

From the early attempts to depict Washington, to the first Congressional attempts to block Confederate statues, to today... Read more

10 Mar 2021

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Walter Jenkins and the 1964 Election

Walter Jenkins and the 1964 Election

The October Surprise scandal that could have been, but almost brought down LBJ. What it says about history and today.  L... Read more

29 Sep 2016

32mins

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Infrastructure: The Bad Side and Good Side of Infrastructure - Robert Moses and Other Tales with Greg Young of the Bowery Boys NYC Podcast

Infrastructure: The Bad Side and Good Side of Infrastructure - Robert Moses and Other Tales with Greg Young of the Bowery Boys NYC Podcast

Is infrastructure always good? We talk with Greg Young of the Very Popular "Bowery Boys NYC" podcast, about infrastructu... Read more

31 May 2018

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