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

History
News
Politics
1
THE ZILCH MEMO
21 min
2
TRUMP AND HARRAH'S
19 min
3
CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND GRANDSON
21 min
4
CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS
17 min
5
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLD STANDARD?
19 min
6
NATIONAL VAHALLA: ALL ABOUT STATUES, MONUMENTS,...
54 min
7
SCOTUS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECISION - Trump ...
21 min
8
"WHY BRITAIN LOST" Whitelaw Reid 1906 London Sp...
56 min
9
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DECLARATION after Signing?...
68 min
10
A SECOND LOOK AT THE EVENTS of 1776 w/ Tom McMi...
39 min
11
SNACK, Dessert, Dinner, Supper: The Vietnam War...
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
12
WATERGATE PASTRY: Part III: Grand Jury Anger
31 min
13
ARTICLE ONE GUY: Listener Talk with Page Brousseau
43 min
14
WATERGATE PASTRY: Part II -- The Nixon Shove, T...
28 min
15
WATERGATE PASTRY: Part I - Almost a Shooting
37 min
16
BOLD IDEAS AND CATHARTIC TRUTHS - Listener Tal...
94 min
17
LINCOLN'S BLUE MIDTERM: 1862
27 min
18
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
19
CALIFORNIA BANK ROBBERIES: Talking With Listene...
51 min
20
HUMPHREY HAS GOT NO CASH and ALICE's REAL RESTA...
16 min
21
BONUS ARMY March of 1932: Ohio v. The World Fea...
85 min
22
CRANKY CONFEDERATES: THE C.S.A. MIDTERMS OF 186...
43 min
23
TUNING IN FROM MAINE: Talking to My History Can...
24 min
24
2002 MIDTERM: Against The Trend
28 min
25
ZUNE MEMORIES: Talking to My History Can Beat U...
39 min