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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An Historic Election, for Many Reasons, Episode...
About the 2008 Election
31 min
352
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
353
Flotsam and Jetsom of the 2008 Election
The 2008 Election was big news, but a lot of little news happened too.
18 min
354
Why Cant We Lean on a Shovel?
Would a WPA style program work in modern times?
42 min
355
Financial Panics in America
a look at America's financial panics
41 min
356
Guns and 2nd Amendment (2008)
a look at the origins of the Second
26 min
357
Monroe's First Year as President - 1817
15 min
358
Drifting into Military Involvement in Lebanon 1...
49 min
359
All About Coattails -Does the President Wear a ...
Presidential elections and the House
19 min
360
Staying in Iraq, Staying in Vietnam
a bit of history
10 min
361
Missouri - The Show Me Swing State
a look at Missouri as a swing state
6 min
362
History Picks the President 2008
Using History to Decide the 2008 election and telling some stories along the way.
120 min
363
Fixing the Primaries
Attempts to make the primaries work better over time.
16 min
364
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
365
Three-Way Elections
Three way elections in history
24 min
366
The Constitutional Conventioneers
Who were the people at the Constitutional Convention?
28 min
367
History of Objectivity in the Media
How Objective Has the Media Been in History
33 min
368
The Veto Override
The defense to a Presidential Power, and its usage over time.
19 min
369
American Zig Zag on Immigration Policy
history of immigration
24 min
370
The History of the Federal Reserve
A Brief history of the Federal Reserve.
26 min
371
The Veto and its History
History of the presidential veto. Andrew Jackson to now.
19 min
372
Forty Years of One Party In Congress
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32 min
373
Nevada and its Politics
A state born in politics, playing a big role in elections then and now.
11 min
374
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