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
A look at the life and career of Richard Nixon, from childhood to Presidency, originally aired in 2014 as 'Get Your Nixon On' This title feels more descriptive. I don't know whether time has changed this cast, or if this cast has more meaning...
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MORE ABOUT THE KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DO...
48 min
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KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY - A F...
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IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART TWO
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THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART ONE
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PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS AND AIDES "Separated B...
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CARTER 1981
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CARTER 1979
In the third year of the Presidency, Jimmy Carter wrestles with combining the principles of his first term with realities of the American economy amid myriad domestic struggles, two hostage-taking incidents, and a intraparty political rival. He attempts to make a speech that will reconnect him with the American people. We are part of Airwave Media Network To advertise, email advertising@airwavemedia.com
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CARTER 1977
Can the Presidency be done differently? Can a President be less Imperial, more of a citizen, turning the thermostat down in the White House and carrying his own bags? In many ways, Jimmy Carter approached 1977 seeing himself in this light. We look at the first year of Carter's Presidency.
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CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 5: "HE IS NOT ARTHUR ANYM...
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CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 4: THE PISTOL AND THE TRA...
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CHESTER ARTHUR PART 3: I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINA...
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CHESTER ARTHUR PART 2: I AM A STALWART!
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CHESTER ARTHUR PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS
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DEATH BY LIGHTNING: My Opinion of the Netflix S...
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JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
Three Mile Island led to no deaths or injuries to plant workers or members of the nearby community. Nonetheless it changed nuclear power forever. It also may have contributed to the derailing of a Presidency. The case of the Johnstown Flood was more tragic, and not at all Presidential, but led to improved standards thereafter.
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1989 MAYORAL PRIMARY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND TODAY
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1990'S EPHEMERA
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EXTRAS from the Airline Deregulation Story
Stories of baseball, banking and love. More from our episode on airline deregulation. What was left on the legal pad and didn't make it into the episode.
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FRIENDLY SKIES - The Story of Airline Deregulation
A Democratic President and a liberal Senator push a free-market reform in the late 1970s that affects us all today. We look at the story of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. Among the topics - legroom politics, cold fried chicken, consumer rights, cargo politics, Carter's legislative ability or lack of it, champagne denial, mistreated pets, and the deregulator now wearing a robe at SCOTUS.
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WONG KIM ARK, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, THE CHARM...
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TALKING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S NEBRASKA ALBUM (WIT...