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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WATERGATE PASTRY: Part I - Almost a Shooting
37 min
2
BOLD IDEAS AND CATHARTIC TRUTHS - Listener Tal...
94 min
3
LINCOLN'S BLUE MIDTERM: 1862
27 min
4
SPEECH AND SAFETY (from 2021)
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
5
CALIFORNIA BANK ROBBERIES: Talking With Listene...
51 min
6
HUMPHREY HAS GOT NO CASH and ALICE's REAL RESTA...
16 min
7
BONUS ARMY March of 1932: Ohio v. The World Fea...
85 min
8
CRANKY CONFEDERATES: THE C.S.A. MIDTERMS OF 186...
43 min
9
TUNING IN FROM MAINE: Talking to My History Can...
24 min
10
2002 MIDTERM: Against The Trend
28 min
11
ZUNE MEMORIES: Talking to My History Can Beat U...
39 min
12
NIXON'S LONELY MIDTERM, 1970
40 min
13
ICH BIN AMERIKANER: Tales From The Very German ...
17 min
14
VOTES DURING WARTIME: THE 1942 MIDTERMS
27 min
15
RONALD REAGAN TWELVE: FINALE - WHERE'S REAGAN?
66 min
16
DID REAGAN WIN THE COLD WAR? - RONALD REAGAN PA...
106 min
17
RONALD REAGAN PART TEN: First Term Cold War Moves
53 min
18
THE FORGOTTEN FOUR WORDS IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT:...
30 min
19
"LEFT AND RIGHT" IN POLITICS, THE UNUSED PART O...
24 min
20
VANCE AND ORBAN in CONTEXT
16 min
21
RONALD REAGAN PART NINE: SHOCKWAVE 1981
38 min
22
Q&A: Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech, Richard Oak...
56 min
23
THE IRANIAN SIDE OF IRAN CONTRA And other stories
The Iran-Contra Scandal was a significant moment of the Reagan Administration and the 80's, but its rarely seen from the other country's side. In Iran, the event was not insignificant. A mix of unreleased content and some long-lost episodes that were quite popular in their time and still have some points today on this podcast.
57 min
24
DESERT ONE / EAGLE CLAW - 1980 IRAN RESCUE EFFO...
44 min
25
RONALD REAGAN PART EIGHT: Iran-Contra
44 min