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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News
Politics
1
SHOW UPDATE: "PATREON SUMMER" AT MHCBUYP
12 min
2
IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART TWO
42 min
3
THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART ONE
43 min
4
1989 MAYORAL PRIMARY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND TODAY
28 min
5
ALCATRAZ AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT OF 1969
The 1969 occupation of the former federal prison by Native American activists was the beginning of a movement and a shift in perception that lives on today. http://www.myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.com/alcatraz.mp3 We discuss: Why Alcatraz? The 1973 Stan
48 min
6
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, McKINLEY AND TARIFFS, Biden a...
70 min
7
A SECOND LOOK AT THE EVENTS of 1776 w/ Tom McMi...
39 min
8
KENT STATE 1970: AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
We know that on May 4th, 1970, fifty years ago, four students were killed by the National Guard at Kent State in Ohio.  What is not always known is everything that happened after that.  Opinion wasn't universally with the slain students, the...
63 min
9
Like the Visions of a Fever: America in Pre-War...
A look at pre-war America, 1941, the passage of Lend-Lease, and the sinking of four ships in the Atlantic. Robin Moor, Greer, Kearny and Ruben James, each inflicting a body blow but not yet producing war. As Americans waited for war in one ocean, it came in another.
75 min
10
Listen Now — Fiasco: Iran-Contra
43 min
11
LINCOLN'S LAND IN IOWA - Now on Patreon
5 min
12
GROVER CLEVELANDS THREE WARNINGS ABOUT TARIFFS
20 min
13
FEDERAL JUDGES AND PRESIDENTS
67 min
14
ASHAMED IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT - Resistance to...
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren's policy of Indian population removal, which lead to the Trail of Tears and thousands of deaths, was not uncontested or passively allowed at the time. Nearly half of Congress opposed it, as did petition writers all over the nation. So did one of the President's former friends and of course, most of the elected representatives of the Cherokee people. These debates happened not in modern times but then. One of Jackson's friends voted against so he would not be Ashamed in the Day of Judgment and sought the Presidency in his stead. Support our sponsor Inkl - www.inkl.com/my-history Support the Podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mhcbuyp Music by Lee Rosevere Email sales@advertisecast.com to enquire about advertising on the podcast We are part of Airwave Media Podcast Network. - airwavemedia.com
44 min
15
Now on The Patreon - Chester Arthur, Part 2- St...
2 min
16
Now on the Patreon: Chester Arthur's Early Year...
3 min
17
PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS AND AIDES "Separated B...
102 min
18
Now on the Patreon: Franklin Roosevelt Takes on...
4 min
19
AN "INDUSTRIAL SELMA" AND OTHER STORIES - FINAL...
The idea of saving manufacturing jobs is front-and-center in American politics today. Examining the history of plant closings and job losses In the 70's and 80's provides an interesting contrast. "We ought to make stuff here, or we should try to keep this plant open." were radical stances, confined to political fringes, and usually left. In once case, a group of workers, residents and church leaders in a town try for what is called an Industrial Selma - a radical plan to reopen a plant led by an activist straight from the Freedom Summer civil rights fights and anti- Vietnam War protests. In the course of telling the story we look at the early American Rust Belt, we look at typical Rust Belt city (that happens to be Bruce's ancestors home). We look at alternatives to closing plants, and we hear a story about the Panic of 1873. This will be the final episode of our second-run of the Ark of Commerce series. This is one of the original episodes, and I'm pleased to provide to Patrons early.
89 min
20
MAKE IT STOP (Stopping Commerce with Embargoes,...
In our series on American commerce, a look at three instances of when U.S. commerce was stopped, for a variety of reasons - from an offensive war effort, to a bid for peace, to a management of peacetime.  And we look at the effects of...
72 min
21
WONG KIM ARK, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, THE CHARM...
43 min
22
MEASURE EVERYTHING: THE ARK OF COMMERCE
An unknown man in a forgotten office develops a number that makes and breaks Presidents. A poet turns his song away from beautiful pastures and towards a metal object. Two 19th century men tire themselves out making machines They can't know their work will one day put us on the...
83 min
23
THE RACE OF CITIES - EXTRA EPISODE - GET IT ON ...
6 min
24
DOLLARS IN THE AIR - THE ARK OF COMMERCE
Air commerce is covered in this episode. Not only vehicles that imitate naval travel in the skies, which seemed to be the future of travel. But also, putting waves into the air and changing the air's temperature. Plus, building large buildings that touch the sky.
68 min
25
SHOPPING WITH MRS. LINCOLN - THE ARK OF COMMERCE
The history of American retail, from Mrs. Lincoln's shopping trips and the innovator who accommodated her, to the price salvationists and tea servers, and finally the Socialist concept that gets the shopping mall going, and the possible death of the shopping mall. Plus the movies, and more.
71 min