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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Fixing the Primaries
Attempts to make the primaries work better over time.
16 min
252
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
253
Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
254
The Constitutional Conventioneers
Who were the people at the Constitutional Convention?
28 min
255
History of Objectivity in the Media
How Objective Has the Media Been in History
33 min
256
The Veto Override
The defense to a Presidential Power, and its usage over time.
19 min
257
American Zig Zag on Immigration Policy
history of immigration
24 min
258
The History of the Federal Reserve
A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.
26 min
259
The Veto and its History
History of the presidential veto. Andrew Jackson to now.
19 min
260
Forty Years of One Party In Congress
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32 min
261
Nevada and its Politics
A state born in politics, playing a big role in elections then and now.
11 min
262
History of Fannie Mae
About the history of an important agency
20 min
263
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
264
Filibuster: A Brief History
an unintended instrument
21 min
265
How Do You End A War?
How wars are ended in Vietnam and elsewhere.
21 min
266
A History of Speakers of The House
In one of our first episodes when we launched the podcast, we talked all about Speakers. From Mullenburg to Hastert, to Joe Cannon.
23 min
267
Presidents and the Media - Coddling, Manipulati...
The first episode of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics rom July 2006.
18 min
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Has Television Really Changed Politics? An Exa...
We look at TV's history and its impact on politics from the beginning. One of my first episodes, perhaps the second. As we approach the 15th anniversary of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, worth a listen.
29 min