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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Social Security Had Its Glitches Too
In the wake of Obamacare problems, we look at the frustrations of those attempting to implement Social Security. The first consultant told Congress to drop the idea. When they refused, an incredible system was developed in the Pre Computer...
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The Creation of Children: Child Labor in the U....
A look at the history of child labor and attempts, mostly unsuccessful for decades, at child labor restrictions. From 2014.
61 min
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They Shall from Time to Time?: History of The O...
history of the reactipon speech to the State of the Union
15 min
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King's Rook: When the President's Party Has the...
Will President Obama retain his protective Senate, a very rare political situation.
26 min
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Did the Founders Care if We Starve?
Did the Founders Care if We Starve?
44 min
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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
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The Boston Police Strike of 1919 and Public Sec...
From 2011.
27 min
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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?...
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The Forgotten Other Great Depression (1893)
40 min
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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
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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
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What George W. Bush Says for Himself - A Brief ...
we look at former President Bush's memoir.
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History of the Primaries
History of the Primaries
18 min
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The Terrible Twos?
Second years just seem to bring trouble...
30 min
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Did Stimulus Work? (2009)
19 min
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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
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Flotsam and Jetsom of the 2008 Election
The 2008 Election was big news, but a lot of little news happened too.
18 min
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Why Cant We Lean on a Shovel?
Would a WPA style program work in modern times?
42 min
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Financial Panics in America
a look at America's financial panics
41 min
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Guns and 2nd Amendment (2008)
a look at the origins of the Second
26 min