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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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
353
Famous Brokered Conventions
from 2008
51 min
354
What George W. Bush Says for Himself - A Brief ...
we look at former President Bush's memoir.
16 min
355
History of the Primaries
History of the Primaries
18 min
356
The Terrible Twos?
Second years just seem to bring trouble...
30 min
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Did Stimulus Work? (2009)
19 min
358
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
360
Flotsam and Jetsom of the 2008 Election
The 2008 Election was big news, but a lot of little news happened too.
18 min
361
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
363
Guns and 2nd Amendment (2008)
a look at the origins of the Second
26 min
364
Monroe's First Year as President - 1817
15 min
365
Drifting into Military Involvement in Lebanon 1...
49 min
366
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
368
Missouri - The Show Me Swing State
a look at Missouri as a swing state
6 min
369
History Picks the President 2008
Using History to Decide the 2008 election and telling some stories along the way.
120 min
370
Fixing the Primaries
Attempts to make the primaries work better over time.
16 min
371
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
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Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
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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