My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Author: Bruce Carlson Language: English Episodes: 100
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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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KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY - A FEW THOUGHTS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:30
No I don't think the Iroquois Confederacy influenced th Revolution much. (Nor do I think Burns says this). And I take a little issue with American Revolution as a Civil War theory. (If it was merely that, it would have b…
GENERATION "T" - WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE BORN IN 1869 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:08
What was it like to be born in 1869? A generation that could b "Gen T" (though they did not us that term, it's Gen T if you look back from X 25 years or so each Gen) defined by a technology that shook off the yoke of the…
CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 4: THE PISTOL AND THE TRANSOM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:34
Political violence changes politics. Vice President Chester Arthur is getting the hang of Parliamentary procedure, and building a reputation for being a more partisan vice president than we've seen in a while, Not on the…
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 3: I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:28
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 involves a bit more of Arthur's skill than is often mentioned. Learn more…
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 2: I AM A STALWART! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:49
(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 tied together in history. Arthur was, to a point, a Stalwart, which me…
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:33
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 look at his boyhood / young lawyer years. Learn more about your ad choice…

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