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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Monroe's First Year as President - 1817
15 min
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Drifting into Military Involvement in Lebanon 1...
49 min
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All About Coattails -Does the President Wear a ...
Presidential elections and the House
19 min
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Staying in Iraq, Staying in Vietnam
a bit of history
10 min
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Missouri - The Show Me Swing State
a look at Missouri as a swing state
6 min
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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
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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
309
Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
310
The Constitutional Conventioneers
Who were the people at the Constitutional Convention?
28 min
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History of Objectivity in the Media
How Objective Has the Media Been in History
33 min
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The Veto Override
The defense to a Presidential Power, and its usage over time.
19 min
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American Zig Zag on Immigration Policy
history of immigration
24 min
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The History of the Federal Reserve
A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.
26 min
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The Veto and its History
History of the presidential veto. Andrew Jackson to now.
19 min
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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
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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
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Filibuster: A Brief History
an unintended instrument
21 min
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How Do You End A War?
How wars are ended in Vietnam and elsewhere.
21 min
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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
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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