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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PROTEST, ARMS, RIGHTS: SHAYS' REBELLION
73 min
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ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3 - We May Have to Recons...
81 min
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ZACHARY TAYLOR - PART 2: What Do You Mean He Ha...
46 min
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ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 1 - He is Ready
56 min
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CIVIL WAR: THE MAN WHO SOLD YORK, PENNSYLVANIA....
28 min
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PRESIDENTS, WAR AND BOMBING: THE NIXON ZILCH MEMO
21 min
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EARLY TRUMP: Trump and Harrah's
19 min
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PRESIDENT'S FAMILIES: CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND ...
21 min
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TARIFFS: CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS
17 min
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ECONOMY: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLD STANDARD?
19 min
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STATUES AND STATUE REMOVAL : NATIONAL VAHALLA: ...
54 min
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IMMIGRATION: SCOTUS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECI...
21 min
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PATRIOTISM: "WHY BRITAIN LOST" Whitelaw Reid 19...
56 min
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GUNS: THE WORD "INFRINGE": History of a Word an...
49 min
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DECLARATION after Signing?...
68 min
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A SECOND LOOK AT THE EVENTS of 1776 w/ Tom McMi...
39 min
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DEMOCRACY AND FASCISM: THOMAS WOLFE TURNS AGAIN...
39 min
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PRESIDENTS IN PEACE AND WAR: Snack, Dessert, Di...
Nixon's first bombing campaigns had the names of mealtimes which seem to also correspond with the years of his first term: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. In this episode we look at Nixon, Kissinger and the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War. In addition to providing some additional context for the Saigon 1975 situation so much in the news today, we revisit whether the accord was a sham peace or a true deal. The deal left hundreds of thousands of enemy troops in South Vietnam as U.S. troops exited. Could a better deal have been etched? Or could the same deal have been made sooner. And what about those leopard spots? The great debate over the negotiating table? and the dingy carpet? All this and more.
67 min
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WAS WATERGATE A BIG DEAL?: Part III: Grand Jury...
31 min
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ARTICLE ONE GUY: Listener Talk with Page Brousseau
43 min
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WAS WATERGATE A BIG DEAL?:- Part 2 The Nixon S...
28 min
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WAS WATERGATE A BIG DEAL?: Part I - Almost a S...
37 min
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BOLD IDEAS AND CATHARTIC TRUTHS - Listener Tal...
94 min
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MIDTERMS: LINCOLN'S BLUE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION...
27 min
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FREE SPEECH AND THOUGHTS
In this episode, no big deal, we just tackle about every significant problem we have in our politics today.  norm-breaking, free-speech and free-speech limits, threats and violence, double impeachments, pushing envelopes and reverse virtue...
102 min