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." -Columbia Journalism Review
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An Historic Election, for Many Reasons, Episode...
About the 2008 Election
31 min
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Election of 2008 Review, with an eye to history
Why did the 2008 election go the way it did? we look at that.
36 min
228
Flotsam and Jetsom of the 2008 Election
The 2008 Election was big news, but a lot of little news happened too.
18 min
229
Why Cant We Lean on a Shovel?
Would a WPA style program work in modern times?
42 min
230
Financial Panics in America
a look at America's financial panics
41 min
231
Guns and 2nd Amendment (2008)
a look at the origins of the Second
26 min
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Monroe's First Year as President - 1817
15 min
233
Drifting into Military Involvement in Lebanon 1...
49 min
234
All About Coattails -Does the President Wear a ...
Presidential elections and the House
19 min
235
Staying in Iraq, Staying in Vietnam
a bit of history
10 min
236
Missouri - The Show Me Swing State
a look at Missouri as a swing state
6 min
237
History Picks the President 2008
Using History to Decide the 2008 election and telling some stories along the way.
120 min
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Fixing the Primaries
Attempts to make the primaries work better over time.
16 min
239
British Prime Ministers and US Presidents
From MacDonald to Churchill to Blair, a little bit about British Prime Ministers and U.S. Presidents
10 min
240
Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
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The Constitutional Conventioneers
Who were the people at the Constitutional Convention?
28 min
242
History of Objectivity in the Media
How Objective Has the Media Been in History
33 min
243
The Veto Override
The defense to a Presidential Power, and its usage over time.
19 min
244
American Zig Zag on Immigration Policy
history of immigration
24 min
245
The History of the Federal Reserve
A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.
26 min
246
The Veto and its History
History of the presidential veto. Andrew Jackson to now.
19 min
247
Forty Years of One Party In Congress
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32 min
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Nevada and its Politics
A state born in politics, playing a big role in elections then and now.
11 min
249
History of Fannie Mae
About the history of an important agency
20 min
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Objectivity and The Media (2006)
How objective was the media in the past. In Civil War America, it depended who you read and what their mood was.
33 min