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This Day (An America 250 History Show)
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Washington Asserts His Privilege (1796) w/ Lindsay M. Chervinsky
22 mins; March 29, 2022
Brando and Littlefeather Refuse The Oscar (1973) w/ Amy Nicholson
21 mins; March 27, 2022
Gerry + Mander (1812) w/ Harry Enten
25 mins; March 24, 2022
Monopoly's Secret History (1903)
19 mins; March 22, 2022
US Boycotts Russian Games (1980)
17 mins; March 20, 2022
The Cornerstone of the Confederacy (1861)
17 mins; March 17, 2022
Latasha Harlins and the LA Riots (1991)
15 mins; March 15, 2022
The US Hunts Pancho Villa (1916)
13 mins; March 13, 2022
A Raisin In The Sun (1959)
18 mins; March 10, 2022
We Are The World (1985)
22 mins; March 08, 2022
The War on Pinball (1948) w/ Harry Siegel
25 mins; March 06, 2022
The Woman Behind The New Deal (1933) w/ Jenny Kaplan
18 mins; March 03, 2022
Mixing at Mardi Gras (1992) w/ Oliver Thomas
24 mins; March 01, 2022
Lincoln At Cooper Union, The Speech That Changed Everything (1860)
15 mins; February 27, 2022
Our Favorite "Making Trouble" Stories
21 mins; February 24, 2022
Birth of The Peace Symbol (1958) w/ Ian Chillag
18 mins; February 22, 2022
The Long Telegram (1946)
18 mins; February 20, 2022
Black History Month Week: Baldwin v Buckley (1965) w/ Nick Buccola
31 mins; February 17, 2022
Black History Month Week: Capital B w/ Jelani Cobb
31 mins; February 15, 2022
Black History Month Week: Where BHM Came From (1924)
19 mins; February 13, 2022
The Anarchist Soup Plot (1916)
19 mins; February 10, 2022
"Birth Of A Nation" (1915) w/ Tyler Parry
27 mins; February 08, 2022
The Smoking Section (1987) w/ Sarah Milov
27 mins; February 06, 2022
The SPAM Strike (1986) w/ Julia Longoria
26 mins; February 03, 2022
McDonald's Comes to Moscow (1990)
15 mins; February 01, 2022
Here Come the AKAs (1908)
20 mins; January 30, 2022
Early Prohibition and The Rise of Weird Liquor Laws (1838)
15 mins; January 27, 2022
The U.S. Almost Nukes Itself (1961)
17 mins; January 25, 2022
Carter Pardons Draft Dodgers (1977)
18 mins; January 23, 2022
Lurleen Wallace, Proxy Governor (1967)
19 mins; January 20, 2022
Silver Shenanigans (1980) w/ Bijan Stephen
22 mins; January 18, 2022
The Great Boston Molasses Flood (1919) w/ Cara Giaimo
18 mins; January 16, 2022
The Hawaii (False) Missile Alert (2018)
19 mins; January 13, 2022
The Harrisburg Seven's Plot to Kidnap Kissinger (1971)
16 mins; January 11, 2022
Declaring "War" on Poverty (1964)
19 mins; January 09, 2022
January 6th, In Context (2021)
30 mins; January 06, 2022
"The Body" Becomes Governor (1999)
20 mins; January 04, 2022
'21 Favorite: The Cussing Parrot (1845)
14 mins; December 30, 2021
'21 Favorite: NYC Slavery Revolt (1712)
18 mins; December 28, 2021
'21 Favorite: Zoot Suit Riots (1943) w/ Emily Spivack
22 mins; December 26, 2021
Favorite: A History of the War On Christmas (Part 2) w/ Michael Hobbes
27 mins; December 23, 2021
Favorite: A History of the War On Christmas (Part 1) w/ Michael Hobbes
28 mins; December 21, 2021
The Calumet Christmas Tragedy (1913) w/ Erik Loomis
24 mins; December 19, 2021
Grant Expels Jews (1860)
14 mins; December 16, 2021
Bush, Meet Shoe (2008)
16 mins; December 14, 2021
A Vote Against Entering WWII (1941)
15 mins; December 12, 2021
The John Birch Society Is Born (1958) w/ John S Huntington
31 mins; December 09, 2021
The Coup in Wilmington (1898)
16 mins; December 07, 2021
Lenny Bruce Is Not Afraid (1962)
16 mins; December 05, 2021
NYC Almost Burns to the Ground (1864)
16 mins; December 02, 2021
The Battle In Seattle (1999)
19 mins; November 30, 2021
'21 Favorite: Drafting the Confederate Constitution (1861)
17 mins; November 28, 2021
'21 Favorite: Oprah's Beef Beef (1996)
21 mins; November 25, 2021
'21 Favorite: Instant City (1889) w/ Sam Anderson
27 mins; November 23, 2021
'21 Favorite: The Kerner Alarm (1967) w/ Jelani Cobb
21 mins; November 21, 2021
Milhouse's Missing Minutes (1973)
12 mins; November 18, 2021
Murkowski's Write-In Surprise (2010)
14 mins; November 16, 2021
Why Sherman Marched (1864) w/ Anne Sara Rubin
27 mins; November 14, 2021
Bootlegger Biplane Bombings (1926)
14 mins; November 11, 2021
"The Enemy Is The Knife" (1974)
16 mins; November 09, 2021
Snatching Lincoln's Body (1876)
16 mins; November 07, 2021
Carol Moseley-Braun Wears Pants (1992)
16 mins; November 04, 2021
A Minimum Minimum Wage Increase (1977)
16 mins; November 02, 2021
Spy vs. Spy in Louisiana (2015)
20 mins; October 31, 2021
Godless Americans (2008)
16 mins; October 28, 2021
Central Park's Black Village is Demolished (1857) w/ Bobby Wooten
20 mins; October 26, 2021
Lennon's FBI File (1971) w/ Hrishikesh Hirway
27 mins; October 24, 2021
Billy Beer (1978)
22 mins; October 21, 2021
The Textbook Wars Spiral Out of Control (1974)
22 mins; October 19, 2021
Why Lincoln Grew A Beard (1860)
17 mins; October 17, 2021
The President Who Cried Swine Flu (1976) w/ Jim Hamblin
26 mins; October 14, 2021
Perot Crashes The Debate (1992)
15 mins; October 12, 2021
The HoJo Incident (1957)
14 mins; October 10, 2021
The Access Hollywood Tape (2016) w/ Roy Wood, Jr
26 mins; October 07, 2021
Borking (1987) w/ Jay Willis
24 mins; October 05, 2021
Earl "Rusty" Butz Gets Weirdly Racist (1976)
13 mins; October 03, 2021
The Congressional Page Scandal (2006)
16 mins; September 30, 2021
Lincoln's Spiritualist Stumper (1864)
16 mins; September 28, 2021
The War on Rats (1977)
19 mins; September 26, 2021
Atlanta Massacre (1906)
19 mins; September 23, 2021
DADT No More (2011)
16 mins; September 21, 2021
Charlie Chaplin's Exile (1952)
18 mins; September 19, 2021
Calendar Confusion (1752)
12 mins; September 16, 2021
Attica (1971) w/ Heather Ann Thompson
28 mins; September 14, 2021
Ship of Gold (1857)
15 mins; September 12, 2021
Monkey Business (1987) w/ Matt Bai
28 mins; September 09, 2021
McKinley Shot (1901)
15 mins; September 07, 2021
The Condom On Jesse Helms's House (1991)
18 mins; September 05, 2021
Camp Casey (2005)
19 mins; September 02, 2021
Fred Korematsu's Internment (1942)
17 mins; August 31, 2021
Teacher In Space (1984)
16 mins; August 29, 2021
Capitol for A Day (1814)
16 mins; August 26, 2021
The Battle of Blair Mountain (1921) w/ Anna Sale
17 mins; August 24, 2021
Nat Turner's Community (1831) w/ Vanessa Holden
18 mins; August 22, 2021
Banneker's Sneaky Letter (1791)
19 mins; August 19, 2021
Leo Frank and the KKK's Resurgence (1915)
19 mins; August 17, 2021
The Flag, Elvis, Aliens (1977) w/ Josh Levin
27 mins; August 15, 2021
Lizzie Borden, Axe Murderer, Maybe (1892)
13 mins; August 12, 2021
"Macaca" (2006) w/ Peter Hamby
26 mins; August 10, 2021
East Africa Bombings (1998) w/ Karen Greenberg
21 mins; August 08, 2021
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