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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ARTICLE ONE GUY: Listener Talk with Page Brousseau
43 min
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WATERGATE PASTRY: Part II -- The Nixon Shove, T...
28 min
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WATERGATE PASTRY: Part I - Almost a Shooting
37 min
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BOLD IDEAS AND CATHARTIC TRUTHS - Listener Tal...
94 min
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LINCOLN'S BLUE MIDTERM: 1862
27 min
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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
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CALIFORNIA BANK ROBBERIES: Talking With Listene...
51 min
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HUMPHREY HAS GOT NO CASH and ALICE's REAL RESTA...
16 min
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BONUS ARMY March of 1932: Ohio v. The World Fea...
85 min
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CRANKY CONFEDERATES: THE C.S.A. MIDTERMS OF 186...
43 min
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TUNING IN FROM MAINE: Talking to My History Can...
24 min
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2002 MIDTERM: Against The Trend
28 min
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ZUNE MEMORIES: Talking to My History Can Beat U...
39 min
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NIXON'S LONELY MIDTERM, 1970
40 min
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ICH BIN AMERIKANER: Tales From The Very German ...
17 min
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VOTES DURING WARTIME: THE 1942 MIDTERMS
27 min
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RONALD REAGAN TWELVE: FINALE - WHERE'S REAGAN?
66 min
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DID REAGAN WIN THE COLD WAR? - RONALD REAGAN PA...
106 min
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RONALD REAGAN PART TEN: First Term Cold War Moves
53 min
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THE FORGOTTEN FOUR WORDS IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT:...
30 min
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"LEFT AND RIGHT" IN POLITICS, THE UNUSED PART O...
24 min
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VANCE AND ORBAN in CONTEXT
16 min
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RONALD REAGAN PART NINE: SHOCKWAVE 1981
38 min
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Q&A: Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech, Richard Oak...
56 min
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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