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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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Make It Stop: When Commerce Stopped (Ark of Commerce Part 4 Replay)

Apr 18, 2020
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Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - The 3 Words That Changed Presidential History

Mar 18, 2020
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The Spanish Flu of 1918 and Its Aftermath - Conversation with Laura Spinney

Mar 2, 2020
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Iowa, Impeachment and the Universe

Feb 2, 2020
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Skokie, Neo-Nazis and Free Speech

Jan 24, 2020
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The Surprising, Perhaps, History of Martin Luther King Day

Jan 20, 2020
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Mister 22 and Mister 24: Grover Cleveland

Jan 1, 2020
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Impeachment - Conversation with David Priess and Bruce Carlson

Dec 2, 2019
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A World Disrupted - Interview w/ Charles Emmerson, Author of "Crucible - The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924"

Dec 2, 2019
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A Deep Dive into The Emancipation Proclamation

Nov 14, 2019