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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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THE HEADSHAKE THAT CHANGED HISTORY And Other Stories
We depart from our Chester Arthur Series briefly with a focus on the moment Garfield was shot, and how a quick action by James Blaine, Secretary of St...
CHESTER ARTHUR Part 4: The Pistol and the Transom
Political violence changes politics. Vice President Chester Arthur is getting the hang of Parliamentary procedure, and building a reputation for being...
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 3: I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION
Arthur makes an unlikely comeback in the 1880 Republican Convention in this episode. The story is a little more complex than it's often told, and invo...
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 2: I AM A STALWART!
(2nd posting ) We look at Chester Arthur and also at Roscoe Conkling, New York Senator and political "boss" of the post-Civil War period. The two are...
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS
He fought for civil rights and nearly saved New York City. But all we remember is his hair. We start our series on President Chester Arthur with a...
LABOR UNIONS IN FIVE ANGLES
A look at labor unions from their historical beginnings and their height in the 30s to 60s to today, (2015)
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ANDY JOHNSON OPPOSES THE TELEGRAPH, AND OTHER STORIES
An invention ties together the stories of many people. A frustrated painter, a faded novelist, and a future President.
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Truman vs. Stark Primary
We almost had no Harry S. Truman as President, except that he was able to beat a tough opponent in a primary, with his typical outworking handshaking...
BECOMING NATIONS AGAIN, w/ Adam Crepelle
"It shouldn't be that hard" says our guest. Americans first recognized Indians as tribes and as nations, at least at a national level. North America's...
ST. LOUIS ARCH - CORRUPTION AND BEAUTY - NOW ON THE PATREON
We discuss the Gateway Arch Memorial in St. Louis, and its improbable
story, in a special Patreon episode.
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SHOW UPDATE: "PATREON SUMMER" AT MHCBUYP
Until mid-September we will be updating this program Only on the Patreon. So consider joining (as little as $5 a month).
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IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART TWO
Stalemate breaks in a surprise operation. An apathetic America gets involved on both sides. The fighting stops, but nothing is the same after 1988.
THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART ONE
This terrible war, fought in the 1980's, changed everything. Both in the Middle East, and America. We tell the story in two parts.
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1989 MAYORAL PRIMARY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND TODAY
Ed Koch is a pretty popular guy in the 1980's. He's come to personify New York. But after 3 terms and two easy victories, he's in the fight of his pol...
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...
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, McKINLEY AND TARIFFS, Biden and Other Listener Questions.
Bunch of topics - we get into eos, how McKinley really felt about tariffs, versus the campaign platforms, and about all the Biden talk.
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A SECOND LOOK AT THE EVENTS of 1776 w/ Tom McMillan, Author of "The Year That Made America"
With Tom McMillan, we take a look at some of the assumptions of 1776 in the history books. First of all, why July 4th and Not July 2nd? And wha...
KENT STATE 1970: AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
In this episode, we talk about everything that happens after that moment when four students were killed at a protest at a college (only two were parti...
Like the Visions of a Fever: America in Pre-War 1941
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,...
Listen Now — Fiasco: Iran-Contra
If you like My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, you’ll enjoy the new season of Fiasco, a podcast from Slow Burn creator Leon Neyfakh. Leon transport...
LINCOLN'S LAND IN IOWA - Now on Patreon
Lincoln owned land in Iowa, but didn't get a chance to see it. It did remain in the family for a while. We talk about it, what happened to it, and th...
GROVER CLEVELANDS THREE WARNINGS ABOUT TARIFFS
The 22nd and 24th President staked his first re-election bid opposing tariffs. There were reasons. He felt they increased prices on all goods, includi...
FEDERAL JUDGES AND PRESIDENTS
Federal judges and Presidents have clashed in the past. It's rarely been cheery. As executive power exists only within the frame of law, this should b...
ASHAMED IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT - Resistance to Jackson Indian Removal Policy in its Time
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 uncontest...
Now on The Patreon - Chester Arthur, Part 2- Stalwarts!
What does it mean to be a Stalwart? In history, it's just a name for political machine pros seeking jobs and being corrupt. But it was more. While t...
"REGO" - AL GORE'S REINVENTING GOVERNMENT 1993
It was clunky, and a little Office Space-like. And it cut federal jobs. But then-Vice President Al Gore's "REGO" program was different in many ways f...
Now on the Patreon: Chester Arthur's Early Years, and More
A bit about what we've got cooking at Patreon, including the first of three parts of our series on the 21st President.
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PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS AND AIDES "Separated By a Swinging Door"
From the man who answered T.R.'s phone and maybe saved his life, to the secret "Sphinx" around Woodrow Wilson, to Coolidge's surprise enforcer. We loo...
Now on the Patreon: Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Jimmy Walker
Now on the Patreon: Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Jimmy Walker In the sweltering summer of 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt found himself ensnared in a...
AN "INDUSTRIAL SELMA" AND OTHER STORIES - FINAL OF THE ARK OF COMMERCE SERIES
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...
MAKE IT STOP (Stopping Commerce with Embargoes, Takeovers and Other Methods)- THE ARK OF COMMERCE
In our series on American commerce, a look at three instances of when U.S. commerce was stopped, for a variety of reasons. The embargo of 1807 is an...
WONG KIM ARK, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, THE CHARMING BETSEY AND THE SAND LOT PROTESTS
When it comes to citizenship decided by birth, the story of Wong Kim Ark, a young man born in the US of Chinese descent who was denied entry to his co...
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 toward...
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,...
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,...
LOCO: ARK OF COMMERCE SERIES - A HISTORY OF LAND COMMERCE
A mysterious crash. A strange contraption. A fateful race, an outbreak of violent activity and a crafty watch-seller. A look at the railroad history o...
TERRIBLE TUESDAY 1987 ("It Was Almost as Bad as Black Monday") THE ARK OF COMMERCE
For Wall Street Insiders, Black Monday was not the worst day. The next day, Terrible Tuesday was an agonizing test of the financial system. As part of...
IF BY SEA- THE ARK OF COMMERCE
A unique boat is built to overcome a powerful challenge in interstate water commerce. a revolution is fed by fish. A writer turns commerce into words....
BLACK MONDAY 1987 AND THE PRICE OF EGGS: ARK OF COMMERCE Series
What's the stock market crash of 1987 got to do with the price of eggs/ Plenty, in a historical context. We look at the infamous crash of 1987 and how...
CRASH PARTY 1929 - THE "ARK" OF COMMERCE
We are replaying our series on American business history with an eye to its inseparable effect on politics. In this look at American commercial histor...