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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Did Stimulus Work? (2009)
19 min
227
An Historic Election, for Many Reasons, Episode...
About the 2008 Election
31 min
228
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
229
Flotsam and Jetsom of the 2008 Election
The 2008 Election was big news, but a lot of little news happened too.
18 min
230
Why Cant We Lean on a Shovel?
Would a WPA style program work in modern times?
42 min
231
Financial Panics in America
a look at America's financial panics
41 min
232
Guns and 2nd Amendment (2008)
a look at the origins of the Second
26 min
233
Monroe's First Year as President - 1817
15 min
234
Drifting into Military Involvement in Lebanon 1...
49 min
235
All About Coattails -Does the President Wear a ...
Presidential elections and the House
19 min
236
Staying in Iraq, Staying in Vietnam
a bit of history
10 min
237
Missouri - The Show Me Swing State
a look at Missouri as a swing state
6 min
238
History Picks the President 2008
Using History to Decide the 2008 election and telling some stories along the way.
120 min
239
Fixing the Primaries
Attempts to make the primaries work better over time.
16 min
240
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
241
Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
242
The Constitutional Conventioneers
Who were the people at the Constitutional Convention?
28 min
243
History of Objectivity in the Media
How Objective Has the Media Been in History
33 min
244
The Veto Override
The defense to a Presidential Power, and its usage over time.
19 min
245
American Zig Zag on Immigration Policy
history of immigration
24 min
246
The History of the Federal Reserve
A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.
26 min
247
The Veto and its History
History of the presidential veto. Andrew Jackson to now.
19 min
248
Forty Years of One Party In Congress
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32 min
249
Nevada and its Politics
A state born in politics, playing a big role in elections then and now.
11 min
250
History of Fannie Mae
About the history of an important agency
20 min