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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Wendell Willkie and a Lighting Nomination
26 min
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In Which the Winner of the '12 Election is Reve...
All about the 1812 Election, a rough one for James Madison
27 min
328
The Boston Police Strike of 1919 and Public Sec...
From 2011.
27 min
329
Does the Challenger Even Matter?
The last days of Ford and Carter 76 illustrates how close an election can get when the President is not popular but not unpopular. When it's a sitting President - does the person the party picks even matter or is it all about the Incumbent?...
62 min
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The Forgotten Other Great Depression (1893)
40 min
331
Heller Decision on Guns and the 2A
looking at the decision, its meaning, its interpretation.
30 min
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Social Security, Civil War Pensions
While Social Security was developed in the 1930's, it's possible to say that there were always some mechanisms for older persons, though not universal ones.
36 min
333
How the Battle for California Statehood Define...
All About Statehood. What it means, how did Hawaii and Alaska get added, why aren't there more states?
43 min
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How Primary Became a Verb
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25 min
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Famous Brokered Conventions
from 2008
51 min
336
What George W. Bush Says for Himself - A Brief ...
we look at former President Bush's memoir.
16 min
337
History of the Primaries
History of the Primaries
18 min
338
The Terrible Twos?
Second years just seem to bring trouble...
30 min
339
Did Stimulus Work? (2009)
19 min
340
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
342
Flotsam and Jetsom of the 2008 Election
The 2008 Election was big news, but a lot of little news happened too.
18 min
343
Why Cant We Lean on a Shovel?
Would a WPA style program work in modern times?
42 min
344
Financial Panics in America
a look at America's financial panics
41 min
345
Guns and 2nd Amendment (2008)
a look at the origins of the Second
26 min
346
Monroe's First Year as President - 1817
15 min
347
Drifting into Military Involvement in Lebanon 1...
49 min
348
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