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This Day (An America 250 History Show)
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Reagan Fires Air Traffic Controllers (1981)
15 mins; August 05, 2021
Garvey's Great Gathering (1920)
16 mins; August 03, 2021
The Black Tom Explosion (1916)
14 mins; August 01, 2021
The U.S. Rewrites the Haitian Constitution (1915) w/ Jelani Cobb
19 mins; July 29, 2021
Kerner and the "Long Hot Summer" (1967) w/ Jelani Cobb
21 mins; July 27, 2021
The Beer Summit (2009)
19 mins; July 25, 2021
The Lost Robert E. Lee Oath Theory (1975) w/ John Reeves
23 mins; July 22, 2021
Vanessa Williams Loses Her Crown (1984)
13 mins; July 20, 2021
Detroit Goes Bankrupt (2013)
17 mins; July 18, 2021
Mary Lincoln's Money (1870)
15 mins; July 15, 2021
A Native-Confederate Alliance (1861)
12 mins; July 13, 2021
FDR Wants More (1940)
16 mins; July 11, 2021
The Roswell Crash (1947)
14 mins; July 08, 2021
The Death of Marsha P Johnson (1992)
15 mins; July 06, 2021
Garrison's 4th of July Defiance (1854)
17 mins; July 04, 2021
Old Enough To Fight, Old Enough To Vote (1971)
18 mins; July 01, 2021
Moneybomb! (2008)
19 mins; June 29, 2021
Joseph Smith's Assassination (1844) w/ Spencer W McBride
21 mins; June 27, 2021
Sanford Hikes the Appalachian Trail (2009)
16 mins; June 24, 2021
Mandela in Boston (1990)
16 mins; June 22, 2021
The Len Bias Law (1986) w/ Adam McKay
20 mins; June 20, 2021
A Rumor, An Exhumation (1991)
17 mins; June 17, 2021
Borat Before Borat (1970) w/ Jill Lepore
26 mins; June 15, 2021
Congressional Baseball Shooting (2017)
23 mins; June 13, 2021
The Case of the Cussing Parrot (1845)
14 mins; June 10, 2021
Those Pesky Fenians (1866)
15 mins; June 08, 2021
Ollie! (1994)
21 mins; June 06, 2021
Zoot Suit Riots (1943) w/ Emily Spivak
21 mins; June 03, 2021
Harriet The Spy (1863)
17 mins; June 01, 2021
The Day Before The Tulsa Massacre (1921) w/ Cord Jefferson
24 mins; May 30, 2021
Voyage of the Damned (1939)
15 mins; May 27, 2021
The Unabomber Gets His Start (1978)
17 mins; May 25, 2021
A Texas Dem Split (1944)
13 mins; May 23, 2021
Slow Your Roll (1901)
16 mins; May 20, 2021
Dan Quayle vs Murphy Brown (1992)
17 mins; May 18, 2021
The First Radio Debate (1948)
17 mins; May 16, 2021
The MOVE Bombing (1985) w/ Gene Demby
23 mins; May 13, 2021
Dust, Everywhere (1934)
12 mins; May 11, 2021
Sitting Bull in Canada (1877)
13 mins; May 09, 2021
Kennedy's Pulitzer Controversies (1957)
22 mins; May 06, 2021
SEAL Team Six (2011) w/ Dan Taberski
24 mins; May 04, 2021
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED (2003) w/ Noreen Malone
19 mins; May 02, 2021
The First HBCU* (1854)
19 mins; April 29, 2021
Hinckley's Insanity (1982)
19 mins; April 27, 2021
Our Library (1800) w/ Kerri Greenidge
21 mins; April 25, 2021
Boom Town (1889) w/ Sam Anderson
26 mins; April 22, 2021
The Franklin Cent (1787)
12 mins; April 20, 2021
John Freeman's Freedom (1809)
14 mins; April 18, 2021
Oprah's Beef (1996)
20 mins; April 15, 2021
The CIA LSD Experiments (1953)
18 mins; April 13, 2021
Pets are People (1866)
21 mins; April 11, 2021
Go Ahead, Make Me Mayor (1986)
19 mins; April 08, 2021
NYC Revolt (1712)
17 mins; April 06, 2021
MLK at Riverside (1967) w/ Peniel Joseph
17 mins; April 04, 2021
Blowing Smoke
17 mins; April 01, 2021
The Rosenbergs (1951) w/ Jamelle Bouie
19 mins; March 30, 2021
Three Mile Meltdown (1979)
14 mins; March 28, 2021
I'm On A Boat (1933)
12 mins; March 25, 2021
Illinois Blazes A Trail (1872)
15 mins; March 23, 2021
La Masacre de Ponce (1937) w/ Alana Casanova-Burgess
15 mins; March 21, 2021
Terri Schiavo's Right To Die (2005)
17 mins; March 18, 2021
3000 Troops To Honduras (1988)
14 mins; March 16, 2021
The Newburgh Conspiracy (1783)
13 mins; March 14, 2021
The Confederate Constitution (1861)
17 mins; March 11, 2021
The Murder of Dr. Gunn (1993)
14 mins; March 09, 2021
Know-Nothings Steal The Pope's Stone (1854)
13 mins; March 07, 2021
Florence Nightingale, Huge Nerd (1855) w/ Tim Harford
27 mins; March 04, 2021
The Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol (1971)
20 mins; March 02, 2021
Sickles, American Weirdo (1859) w/ Wright Thompson
21 mins; February 28, 2021
The Canuck Letter and Muskie's Tears (1972)
18 mins; February 25, 2021
The Polio Vaccine Arrives! (1954)
19 mins; February 23, 2021
Betty Friedan's Critique (1963) w/ Nichole Perkins
20 mins; February 21, 2021
The Chippendale's Conundrum (1984)
14 mins; February 18, 2021
US vs Pirates (1804)
12 mins; February 16, 2021
A Fascist Coup Plot (1935)
18 mins; February 14, 2021
Ike's Vietnam (1954)
11 mins; February 11, 2021
Martial Law in Seattle (1886)
14 mins; February 09, 2021
The Mayflower of Liberia (1820)
15 mins; February 07, 2021
Nixon Saves The Eagle (1973)
13 mins; February 04, 2021
Harding's Lust Letters (1920)
16 mins; February 02, 2021
The 13th You May Not Know (1865)
14 mins; January 31, 2021
Delaying The Civil War (1850)
10 mins; January 28, 2021
Run Margaret Run (1964)
13 mins; January 26, 2021
Fluoride Scare (1945)
16 mins; January 24, 2021
"Blood In The Air" at the Capitol (1861)
12 mins; January 21, 2021
Inauguration Day Special (and Kellie's First Show!)
23 mins; January 19, 2021
The Pets.Com Implosion (2001) w/ Julia Furlan
18 mins; January 17, 2021
Ford's (Second) Assassin (1976)
18 mins; January 14, 2021
Victory Sausages (1943)
16 mins; January 12, 2021
Vatican Ties (1984)
17 mins; January 10, 2021
Bush Vomits on the Japanese PM (1992)
16 mins; January 08, 2021
The Nixon Recount Committee (1961)
17 mins; January 05, 2021
2020 Favorite: "Coya Come Home" w/ Harry Enten
13 mins; January 03, 2021
2020 Favorite: Dukakis on the Tank w/ Amy Walter
20 mins; December 31, 2020
2020 Favorite: Wyoming's Suffrage w/ Maeve Higgins
13 mins; December 29, 2020
2020 Favorite: Obama's Tan Suit w/ Sam Sanders
14 mins; December 27, 2020
The War On Christmas (Part 2) w/ Michael Hobbes
26 mins; December 24, 2020
The War On Christmas (Part 1) w/ Michael Hobbes
27 mins; December 22, 2020
Back On The Montgomery Bus (1956) w/ Christina Greer
18 mins; December 20, 2020
Ellis Island Opens (1900) w/ Brian Lehrer
25 mins; December 17, 2020
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