CARTER 1977

Author: Bruce Carlson August 28, 2025 Duration: 1:21:41

Can the Presidency be done differently? Can a President be less Imperial, more of a citizen, turning the thermostat down in the White House and carrying his own bags? In many ways, Jimmy Carter approached 1977 seeing himself in this light. We look at the first year of Carter's Presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Author: Bruce Carlson Language: English Episodes: 100

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"YOU ENSLAVED ME!" - LEFTOVER NOTES FROM THE ZACHARY TAYLOR SERIES

26.01.2026

Duration: 48:29

From a town in California named for Zachary Taylor, to a famous letter sent by Frederick Douglass, we tell a few stories that didn't make it in to the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice…

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ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3 - What Could Have Been

19.01.2026

Duration: 1:23:39

It comes down to milk and cherries? Plans change when a nation's hero falls, and historians go to work, reinterpreting the events of 1850. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ZACHARY TAYLOR PART 2 - We May Have to Reconsider Him

12.01.2026

Duration: 48:13

They thought he was an illiterate frontier colonel. They thought he'd never use the veto. Never comment on issues. Let Congress do the heavy lifting. But he has a plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…

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ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 1 - Soldier Goes To Washington

06.01.2026

Duration: 56:05

A new President comes to Washington. No one knows what to expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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WAR POWERS,AND WHY IT COULD BE BROKEN

05.01.2026

Duration: 58:14

It was passed to stick it to Nixon. A look at Presidents and Congress and use of military. A look at history. Presidents and Congresses, and a specific legislation that applies that is used, ignored, lightly used, skirte…

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ASHAMED IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT - Resistance to Jackson Indian Removal Policy in its Time

01.01.2026

Duration: 46:34

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 uncontested or passively allowed at the time. Nearly half of Congress opposed i…

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EVEN MORE 90's EPHEMERA: CNN Find My Missile, Are We Falling? Japan Upended, Grunge Tragedy (Not The One You Think)

01.01.2026

Duration: 1:10:55

CNN confirms that a missile strike hit for the White House, Japanese politics implodes, a grunge music tragedy and strange local traditions make mainstream in our extra episode of leftovers from the previous 1990's ephem…

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1990'S EPHEMERA: Howard Stern Saved My Life, France Misbehaves? What Happened to Bush? Those Nutty Gen Xers

30.12.2025

Duration: 1:26:54

Push in the drawer of your CD-ROM and enjoy random stories of politics and culture from the 1990's. that did not get much notice since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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NIXON IN FULL: Part 2

24.12.2025

Duration: 46:57

A great accomplishment and a historic scandal. And not the scandal you are thinking of, probably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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NIXON IN FULL, Part 1

22.12.2025

Duration: 45:55

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 has more meaning now, or less, that is for the listener to judge. Sponso…