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This Day (An America 250 History Show)
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Over There! The US At War (Part 2)
28 mins; April 02, 2026
America Debates WWI (Part 1)
45 mins; March 31, 2026
The Boston Molasses Disaster [Some Sunday Context]
21 mins; March 29, 2026
How Triangle Ushered In An Era Of Reform [Part 2]
29 mins; March 26, 2026
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Shocks America [Part 1]
45 mins; March 24, 2026
Obama's Rocky 2008 + A 538 Doc Teaser [Some Sunday Context]
20 mins; March 22, 2026
How Obama Spoke To Us About Race [Part 2]
37 mins; March 19, 2026
Obama, Rev. Wright, and "A More Perfect Union" [Part 1]
40 mins; March 17, 2026
The Gingrich Revolution [Some Sunday Context]
24 mins; March 15, 2026
How Clinton-Lewinsky Set The Template For Modern Politics [Part Two]
32 mins; March 12, 2026
Clinton, Lewinsky, FOX & Drudge [Part 1]
42 mins; March 10, 2026
The Speech That First Made Lincoln [Some Sunday Context]
18 mins; March 08, 2026
"With Malice Towards None" w/ Jamelle Bouie [Part Two]
44 mins; March 05, 2026
Lincoln's Second Inaugural w/ Jamelle Bouie (1865) [Part 1]
40 mins; March 03, 2026
How To 250: Live from On Air Fest!
25 mins; March 01, 2026
How Valley Forge Forged George Washington [Part Two]
29 mins; February 26, 2026
Valley Forge: From Militia To US Army (1778) [Part One]
26 mins; February 24, 2026
The Bomb And The Flag [Some Sunday Context]
34 mins; February 22, 2026
The Iwo Jima Mystery And The Power Of War Images [Part Two]
35 mins; February 19, 2026
"Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima" (1945) [Part 1]
40 mins; February 17, 2026
Roots: The Book [Some Sunday Context]
16 mins; February 15, 2026
What Roots Viewers Saw [Part 2]
31 mins; February 12, 2026
Roots Takes Over The Airwaves (1977) [Part 1]
41 mins; February 10, 2026
A Compromise To Avert Civil War [Some Sunday Context]
13 mins; February 08, 2026
Gold Changes Everything (1849) [Part 2]
31 mins; February 05, 2026
Gold Rush! (1848) [Part 1]
35 mins; February 03, 2026
A Guy Throws His Shoe At George W Bush [Some Sunday Context]
18 mins; February 01, 2026
How We Got The "War On Terror" (2002) [Part 2]
34 mins; January 29, 2026
The "Axis Of Evil" (2002) [Part 1]
30 mins; January 27, 2026
A New Orleans Slave Rebellion [Some Sunday Context]
18 mins; January 25, 2026
Andrew Jackson Takes Control (1815) [Part 2]
24 mins; January 22, 2026
The Battle Of New Orleans and The New American Century (1815) [Part 1]
33 mins; January 20, 2026
The Bootletter Biplane Bombings [Some Sunday Context]
16 mins; January 18, 2026
The Drinking Continues (1920) [Part 2]
36 mins; January 15, 2026
Prohibition Arrives (1920) [Part 1]
35 mins; January 13, 2026
From Bicentennial to Semiquincentennial: History Under Trump
32 mins; January 11, 2026
The Bicentennial Boondoggles (1976) [Part 2]
32 mins; January 08, 2026
Bicentennial Fever! (1976) [Part 1]
25 mins; January 06, 2026
2026 Predictions and Provocations
19 mins; January 04, 2026
"Give Me Liberty Or..." [2025 Favorite]
20 mins; December 30, 2025
Wikipedia Saves The Internet [2025 Favorite]
32 mins; December 28, 2025
Sanctuary Churches vs Immigration Enforcement [2025 Favorite]
19 mins; December 25, 2025
"I'm Just A Bill" [2025 Favorite]
19 mins; December 23, 2025
Starbucks Fixes Racism [2025 Favorite]
21 mins; December 21, 2025
The Anglo-American Film Spat (1947)
20 mins; December 18, 2025
Archie Bunker's America (1971) w/ Oscar Winberg
31 mins; December 16, 2025
Meet America's Most Influential Black Congressman (1971) w/ Marion Orr
28 mins; December 11, 2025
The First Transgender Celebrity (1952)
25 mins; December 09, 2025
A Big Vaccine Win (Some Sunday Context)
22 mins; December 07, 2025
The Vaccine Fights Go Mainstream (Part Two)
28 mins; December 04, 2025
The First Vaccine Fights (Part One)
24 mins; December 02, 2025
Hippo For Thanksgiving w/ Dan Pashman [Thanksgiving Week]
27 mins; November 27, 2025
An Aid Ship To Ireland (1847) [Thanksgiving Week]
13 mins; November 25, 2025
"Death By Lightning" and Chester Arthur's Rise (Some Sunday Context)
15 mins; November 23, 2025
Evacuation Day: NYC's Forgotten Holiday (1783)
23 mins; November 20, 2025
The Myth of The Myth of Lewis & Clark (1805)
22 mins; November 18, 2025
The Penny Is Dead [Some Sunday Context]
13 mins; November 16, 2025
Sesame Street Premieres (1969)
26 mins; November 13, 2025
The Birth of Sesame Street (1969)
24 mins; November 11, 2025
Utah's Revolutionary Senator (1868)
16 mins; November 06, 2025
The Sewer Socialist Mayor (1916)
24 mins; November 04, 2025
Japanese Cars, Made In America (1982)
24 mins; October 30, 2025
Dizzy Gillespie For President (1964)
24 mins; October 28, 2025
The Memory Palace: This Weekend's Teach-In
11 mins; October 24, 2025
The (Actual) Tree Of Liberty
24 mins; October 23, 2025
A Toxic Town Fights Back (1982)
25 mins; October 21, 2025
Teddy Roosevelt's "Race Suicide" Fears (1903) w/ Andrew Porwancher
31 mins; October 16, 2025
The Obamacare Website Crashes On Day One (2013)
24 mins; October 14, 2025
Teach-Ins (Plus A Special Announcement!) w/ Nate DiMeo
29 mins; October 09, 2025
The First Modern Shutdown w/ Steve Kornacki (2013) [Archive Episode]
24 mins; October 07, 2025
The First Time Democrats Shut Down The Government (1879) [Some Sunday Context]
21 mins; October 05, 2025
"We Didn't Start The Fire's" Crash Course In History (1989)
31 mins; October 02, 2025
The Elaine Massacre (1919)
24 mins; September 30, 2025
Post-911 Patriotic Mania (2001) [Chilled Speech Week Pt 2]
31 mins; September 25, 2025
The Red Channels Whisper Network (1950) [Chilled Speech Week Pt 1]
27 mins; September 23, 2025
Campus Loyalty Oaths [Some Sunday Context]
16 mins; September 21, 2025
Washington's Masonic Cornerstone (1793)
20 mins; September 18, 2025
The Great Crush Train Crash (1896)
17 mins; September 16, 2025
Ollie North, Still In The News [Some Sunday Context]
29 mins; September 14, 2025
The Irish-Americans Fighting For Mexico (1847)
22 mins; September 11, 2025
The Hummer Takes Over (2001)
19 mins; September 09, 2025
Fred Tuttle Goes From Mockumentary to Senate Candidate (1998)
23 mins; September 04, 2025
Alaska vs. Ohio: Mt McKinley To Denali And Back Again (2015)
18 mins; September 02, 2025
The Subway Vigilante Shooting (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh [Archive Favorite]
31 mins; August 28, 2025
The U.S. Gets A New Capitol - For One Day (1814) [Archive Favorite]
17 mins; August 26, 2025
Emergency Podcast: Smithsonian Showdown, Relitigating Slavery, More (2025)
41 mins; August 24, 2025
The First Battle Over The Smithsonian (1846) [Archive Favorite]
21 mins; August 21, 2025
The Dumbest, Most Perfect, Political Question Ever (2012) [Archive Favorite]
18 mins; August 19, 2025
Jefferson Gets An Anti-Slavery Appeal (1791) [Archive Favorite]
19 mins; August 17, 2025
Moral Panics, D&D, Steam Tunnels and More (1979) [Archive Favorite]
20 mins; August 14, 2025
Trump On Charlottesville: "Very Fine People" (2017) [Archive Favorite]
28 mins; August 12, 2025
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1846) [Archive Favorite]
16 mins; August 10, 2025
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and The Brutal Calculus of WWII (1945) w/ Garrett Graff
32 mins; August 07, 2025
WWII Internment: Latin Americans in Texas (1944)
18 mins; August 05, 2025
Texas Dems Flee To Stop Redistricting (Some Context) w/ Harry Enten
15 mins; August 04, 2025
Weird, Controversial, and Fake Historical Markers (Part 2)
25 mins; July 31, 2025
The History Of History Markers (Part 1) (1913)
22 mins; July 29, 2025
The Frick Near-Assassination (1892)
23 mins; July 24, 2025
John Dillinger Is Killed, The FBI Is Born (1934)
18 mins; July 22, 2025
Willis Carrier Invents Air Conditioning (1902)
20 mins; July 17, 2025
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