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This Day (An America 250 History Show)
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The Ft Ontario Holocaust Refugees (1944) w/ Sarah Botstein
22 mins; July 18, 2023
The Lost Robert E. Lee Oath Theory (1975) w/ John Reeves [[Archive Episode]]
23 mins; July 16, 2023
Hubert Humphrey Takes Center Stage (1948) w/ Samuel G Freedman
25 mins; July 13, 2023
Skylab Crashes Back To Earth (1979)
14 mins; July 11, 2023
Nativists vs Catholics in Philadelphia (1844) [[Archive Episode]]
17 mins; July 09, 2023
L'Enfant Maps Out DC (1791) w/ Scott W Berg
28 mins; July 06, 2023
Napalming Harvard's Soccer Field (1942)
15 mins; July 04, 2023
The Great American Roadtrip (1956) w/ Eddie Alterman [[Archive Episode]]
25 mins; July 02, 2023
The Abortion Pill Protest (1992) w/ TJ Raphael
21 mins; June 29, 2023
Readmitting Rebel States (1868)
12 mins; June 27, 2023
Flag Burning Is Free Speech (1989) w/ Michael Liroff
22 mins; June 25, 2023
Superman vs KKK (1946)
20 mins; June 22, 2023
Nightwalking w/ Bianca Giaever
22 mins; June 20, 2023
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1900)
20 mins; June 18, 2023
The Seligman Affair (1877) w/ Zev Eleff
26 mins; June 15, 2023
The Challenger Disaster Final Report (1986)
15 mins; June 13, 2023
Death On The Lot: Hattie McDaniel's Fight w/ Hadley Meares and Brian Steele
20 mins; June 11, 2023
Death On The Lot: Hollywood's Wild Labor History w/ Brian Steele and Hadley Meares
30 mins; June 08, 2023
The Obama Oral History Project Is Here
22 mins; June 06, 2023
An Ode To The Obit w/ Don Van Natta and Jacob Feldman
22 mins; June 04, 2023
You Get A Podcast!
27 mins; June 01, 2023
Etan Patz And The Rise Of "Stranger Danger" (1979)
19 mins; May 30, 2023
Memorial Rerun: The Vietnam Memorial Controversy
15 mins; May 28, 2023
Addy, American Girl Doll (Part 2) w/ Aisha Harris
24 mins; May 25, 2023
American Girl Doll (Part 1) w/ Aisha Harris
24 mins; May 23, 2023
William Burns, America's Sherlock Holmes (1934)
16 mins; May 21, 2023
The Bath School Bombing (1927)
15 mins; May 18, 2023
Wounded Knee '73 (1973)
18 mins; May 16, 2023
RFK's Fateful Meeting With Baldwin And Belafonte (1963) w/ Paul Kix
28 mins; May 14, 2023
The Gaston Bombing in Birmingham (1963) w/ Paul Kix
20 mins; May 11, 2023
Biden Spoils Obama's Gay Marriage Evolution (2012) w/ Sasha Issenberg
31 mins; May 09, 2023
Clinton Boxers or Briefs (1994) w/ Kelsey and Alex from Normal Gossip
21 mins; May 07, 2023
Anne Royall, Common Scold (1826) w/ Kelsey and Alex from Normal Gossip
23 mins; May 04, 2023
USS Jamestown Helps Ireland (1847)
12 mins; May 02, 2023
The Caning of Michael Fay (1994)
15 mins; April 30, 2023
The Abu Ghraib Photos (2004)
24 mins; April 27, 2023
Sybill's Midnight Ride (1777)
15 mins; April 25, 2023
Recent Favorite: Colored Conventions (1830)
15 mins; April 23, 2023
Recent Favorite: Franklin in France (1776) w/ Mike Duncan
33 mins; April 20, 2023
Recent Favorite: JFK Almost Assassinated (1960)
12 mins; April 18, 2023
DC, Not A Swamp (1810)
18 mins; April 13, 2023
Reverse Freedom Rides (1962)
16 mins; April 11, 2023
Rosewood Reparations (1994)
18 mins; April 09, 2023
The Tank Fire-Nado (1926)
13 mins; April 06, 2023
Mecham: Worst Governor Ever? (1990)
18 mins; April 04, 2023
The Hippo Meat Plan (1910) w/ Dan Pashman
26 mins; April 02, 2023
The Oyster Wars (1959) w/ Christine Keiner
19 mins; March 30, 2023
H1N1 Reaches America (2009) w/ James Hamblin
24 mins; March 28, 2023
A Confederate Day of Fasting and Prayer (1863)
18 mins; March 26, 2023
Uncle Sam Is Born (1852)
16 mins; March 23, 2023
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Bestseller (1852)
13 mins; March 21, 2023
The Spitzer Scandal Breaks (2008) w/ Azi Paybarah
32 mins; March 19, 2023
Evacuation: A Very Boston Holiday (1901)
16 mins; March 16, 2023
Ike's War On Squirrels (1955)
14 mins; March 14, 2023
Ruby Robinson and SNCC (1961)
16 mins; March 12, 2023
Nixon Sneaks Into China (1972)
13 mins; March 09, 2023
Lincoln's Almost-Assassin (1869)
18 mins; March 07, 2023
Superman Gets Sold For $130 (1938) w/ Glen Weldon
28 mins; March 05, 2023
Thatcher Meets Reagan (1981) w/ Dan Snow
25 mins; March 02, 2023
Clinton In Quebec (1995)
18 mins; February 28, 2023
Good Sport Week: Aging and Growth
11 mins; February 26, 2023
Good Sport Week: What Stadiums Can Teach Us
17 mins; February 23, 2023
Fat Tuesday Special: Integrating Mardis Gras (1992) w/ Oliver Thomas
25 mins; February 21, 2023
Good Sport Week: Limbaugh and Sports Talk (2003)
16 mins; February 19, 2023
Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (1988)
12 mins; February 16, 2023
Gandhi Meets the US Civil Rights Movement (1936)
13 mins; February 14, 2023
Utah Grants And Un-Grants Women The Right To Vote (1870)
12 mins; February 12, 2023
The Beating of Isaac Woodard (1946) w/ Matthew Delmont
26 mins; February 09, 2023
Tractorcade! (1979)
13 mins; February 07, 2023
Huey Long Invents a Bank Holiday (1933)
22 mins; February 05, 2023
Laddie Boy! First Celebrity Presidential Pet (1929)
12 mins; February 02, 2023
Carter Hacks Iowa (1976)
17 mins; January 31, 2023
Elian Gonzalez, Stuck in the US (2000) w/ Geraldo Cadava
27 mins; January 29, 2023
The Black Panther Breakfast Program (1969) w/ Mary Phillips
25 mins; January 26, 2023
The Billy Possum Craze (1909)
15 mins; January 24, 2023
The Lumbees vs. the KKK (1958)
18 mins; January 22, 2023
The Donkey and the Elephant (1870)
20 mins; January 19, 2023
Topsy the Elephant is Electrocuted (1903)
23 mins; January 17, 2023
McKinley Lost-Causes The Civil War (1898)
19 mins; January 15, 2023
Recent Favorite: Family Jewels w/ Rick Perlstein
28 mins; January 12, 2023
Recent Favorite: The Dominion of Melchizedek (1993)
14 mins; January 10, 2023
On The Media: The Divided Dial
29 mins; January 08, 2023
In The Bubble: Ken Burns on Franklin, Public Health, and More
37 mins; January 05, 2023
Ask Us Anything (Part 2)
26 mins; January 03, 2023
Ask Us Anything (Part 1)
29 mins; January 01, 2023
Stuff That Inspired Us: Popular Work
39 mins; December 29, 2022
Stuff That Inspired Us: Academic Work
32 mins; December 27, 2022
The Reagan Astrology Scandal w/ Mangesh Hattikudur (1988)
25 mins; December 25, 2022
Karl Rove's "IT Guru" and the 2004 Ohio Rumor Mill (2008)
21 mins; December 22, 2022
Ford on "Dynasty" (1983)
15 mins; December 20, 2022
JFK Almost Assassinated (1960)
13 mins; December 15, 2022
Bernie Madoff's Pyramid Collapses (2008)
20 mins; December 13, 2022
Sandy Hook Conspiracies Take Root (2012)
23 mins; December 11, 2022
The Video Game Freakout (1993)
19 mins; December 08, 2022
The Nullification Crisis and the Almost-Civil-War (1832)
16 mins; December 06, 2022
Colored Conventions Movement (1830)
14 mins; December 04, 2022
The First Email. Probably. (1971)
17 mins; December 01, 2022
Jews To Alaska (1938)
13 mins; November 29, 2022
401 Episodes! w/ Jacob Feldman
12 mins; November 27, 2022
400 Episodes! (pt 1) w/ Jacob Feldman
17 mins; November 24, 2022
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