My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
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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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292 episodes
Playing Cards With the Signers of The Declaration w/ Jason Petri
First - The history of the Declaration -- the actual document, and how it was saved from British capture. Then we speak with listener Jason Petri abo...
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...
Snack, Dessert, Dinner, Supper: The Paris Peace Accords
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...
ARTICLE ONE GUY: Listener Talk with Page Brousseau
Congress should be doing a lot more, and they would in Listener Page Brousseau's world. He and Bruce talk about Michigan, Article I, tariffs, and part...
WATERGATE PASTRY: Part I - Almost a Shooting
In this series, we uncover the lesser-known stories of Watergate.
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BOLD IDEAS AND CATHARTIC TRUTHS - Listener Talk With Chris Novembrino
Chris joins the show again - it' s been a while. We catch up and talk today's politics.
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LINCOLN'S BLUE MIDTERM: 1862
From 2010, but still spot on...Lincoln had just one miderm in his Presidency, and it didn't go well. He very nearly lost control of Congress during a...
CALIFORNIA BANK ROBBERIES: Talking With Listener Peter Houlahan
I talked with Peter about bank robberies in California in the 1970's through the 1990's and why it was the bank robbery capital of the country.
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BONUS ARMY March of 1932: Ohio v. The World Featuring Bruce Carlson of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
We join Alex Hastie of Ohio v. The World Podcast once again!
and Author Paul Dickson (https://www.amazon.com/Bonus-Army-American-Epic/dp...
CRANKY CONFEDERATES: THE C.S.A. MIDTERMS OF 1863-4
It had a short history, but within the time of the Civil War, the Confederate States had two Congressional elections. The second in 1863 (and 1864 in...
TUNING IN FROM MAINE: Talking to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Listeners: Kevan Whitten
Kevan Whitten has been listening for at least a decade and a half. He's from Maine (So we have to talk James Blaine) and he's talks about the program...
2002 MIDTERM: Against The Trend
The midterm election that didn't. In 2002, With national security on the minds of voters and a poor message in opposition, the President's party gaine...
Zune Memories: Talking to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Listeners - Billy Paige
We've been podcasting for 20 years and Billy Paige has listened to the show for all of those years. We talk to him and other listeners in some special...
LONELY MIDTERM, 1970
Nixon's first presidential midterm election (the election in which the House and Senate would be up for election) would turn out to be his last, but n...
ICH BIN AMERIKANER: Tales From The Very German United States
This phrase may have been stated by a Pennsylvanian in the 1880's described as a "German." as we talk about in this episode about family, assimilation...
VOTES DURING WARTIME: THE 1942 MIDTERMS
The island-hopping and Second-front hoping after Pearl Harbor did not bring FDR a reverse of the traditional midterm curse or a victory for his party....
RONALD REAGAN PART ELEVEN: DID REAGAN WIN THE COLD WAR?
Starting with the Reykjavik Summit of 1986 and a fly on the wall view of the events there, we look at the pro-Reagan and anti-Reagan arguments regardi...
THE FORGOTTEN FOUR WORDS IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT: "or to the people"
That's the State's Rights amendment, right? Ask just about anyone about the Tenth Amendment and they will say "States." States rights, powers, prote...
RONALD REAGAN PART NINE: SHOCKWAVE 1981
This new President is defying all norms! Shocking statements and words, crazy economic theories. Scary foreign policy. Bruce Springsteen is angry. We'...
DONALD TRUMP'S 1987 NEW YORK TIMES AD Attacking Oil Ship Escorts and More
The political world was shocked in 1987 when a 41-year old developer put an ad in the NY Times. Now it's 2026: he's consistent, sorta. What does it...
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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MCMXCIII: Bill Clinton's 1993 - Part One
It's 1993. A new President jogs through his first year, with an unexperienced staff and a hostile White House press corps.
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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...
LBJ 's "CELL PHONE" AND HIS DECISION TO JUMP ON THE TICKET IN 1960
In answering a question about JFK's health and its role in Lyndon Johnson's decision to accept the Vice Presidency, Bruce takes a look at the people a...
WHY TALK ABOUT LBJ TODAY?
Why talk about LBJ? There's a few reasons.
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Show Update, Zachary Taylor Question, Commentary on Recent News
Mostly a pitch for the Patreon. Thanks for listening.
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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...
NIXON IN FULL: Part 2
A great accomplishment and a historic scandal. And not the scandal you are thinking of, probably.
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Nixon in Full
Nixon - a mix of what you know and what you may not. First part of a 2014 episode. I don't know whether time has changed this cast, or if this cast ha...
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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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...
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...
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...
1977 NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE
As a blackout, serial killer and budget crisis hits New York City, an election is held. 2 major figures run, but it's the newcomers who steal the show...
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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CARTER 1981
A President becomes a former President. But not before one of the toughest final days of a Presidency.
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