My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

History Podcasts

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

Episodes

OBSCURE (BUT IMPORTANT) MIDTERMS 1886, 1914, 1898

HOW BOOMERS WERE VIEWED IN 1966

REFUSING A CROWN? WASHINGTON AND HIS DECISION w/ RICHARD LIM OF THIS AMERICAN PRESIDENT

"I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE NEWS IS" OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, EIGHTH AND FINAL

COXEY'S ARMY, MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS WITH JERRY SPENCER

BIAS: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART SEVEN

ANDREW JACKSON'S MEDIA SPOILS: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART SIX

GIGGLE CLUB: FDR'S PRESS STRATEGY - OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART FIVE

GRANT'S TROLL AND THE MAN IN THE CASTLE: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART FOUR

GET ME ON TV: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC - PART THREE

LINCOLN'S CRITIC: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC - PART TWO

OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART ONE

20 YEARS OF MY HISTORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR POLITICS

PRESIDENTS AND MIDDLE EAST: 1979 US EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN INCIDENT

SHAYS' REBELLION

THE MAN WHO SOLD YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. AND OTHER STORIES

THE ZILCH MEMO

TRUMP AND HARRAH'S

CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND GRANDSON

CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS