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
352
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
353
Gerald Ford and His Times
From 2007 a talk about Gerald Ford
17 min
354
Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
355
The Constitutional Conventioneers
Who were the people at the Constitutional Convention?
28 min
356
History of Objectivity in the Media
How Objective Has the Media Been in History
33 min
357
The Veto Override
The defense to a Presidential Power, and its usage over time.
19 min
358
American Zig Zag on Immigration Policy
history of immigration
24 min
359
The History of the Federal Reserve
A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.
26 min
360
The Veto and its History
History of the presidential veto. Andrew Jackson to now.
19 min
361
Forty Years of One Party In Congress
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32 min
362
All About Polls
a history of polling and polls, and Truman 1948 is only part of it.
24 min
363
Nevada and its Politics
A state born in politics, playing a big role in elections then and now.
11 min
364
History of Fannie Mae
About the history of an important agency
20 min
365
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
366
Filibuster: A Brief History
an unintended instrument
21 min
367
How Do You End A War?
How wars are ended in Vietnam and elsewhere.
21 min
368
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
369
Presidents and the Media - Coddling, Manipulati...
The first episode of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics rom July 2006.
18 min
370
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