This Day in Esoteric Political History
We’re living in unprecedented times. Maybe. In this show, Jody Avirgan, Nicole Hemmer and Kellie Carter Jackson (and guests) take one moment, big or small, from that day in U.S. political history and explore how it might inform our present –– all in about fifteen minutes. New episodes release Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Find us at ThisDayPod.com. We’re also posting about moments from the past @thisdaypod on Twitter and Instagram. If you have a suggestion for a topic, get in touch. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX.
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- http://www.thisdaypod.com
- Description
- <p>We’re living in unprecedented times. Maybe. In this show, Jody Avirgan, Nicole Hemmer and Kellie Carter Jackson (and guests) take one moment, big or small, from that day in U.S. political history and explore how it might inform our present –– all in about fifteen minutes. New episodes release Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Find us at ThisDayPod.com. We’re also posting about moments from the past @thisdaypod on Twitter and Instagram. If you have a suggestion for a topic, get in touch. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX.</p>
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- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-21 10:45
- last episode published
- 2024-11-19 09:30
- publication frequency
- 2.43 days
- Contributors
- Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
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- Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
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- Number of Episodes
- 702
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| 2024-11-19 | **It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**As Trump floats RFK Jr -- a fluoride skeptic --... |
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| 2024-11-17 | **It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of Th... |
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| 2024-11-14 | **It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of Th... |
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| 2024-11-12 |
Memory Palace Week: Hercules Posey and George Washington (1797) w/ Nate DiMeo **It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**All this week, we're joined by Nate DiMeo of Th... |
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| 2024-11-10 | It's November 9th. This day in 1970, a Soviet computer scientist named Victor Glushkov pitched to his bosses for a series of decentralized computer networks that would share information with one another. In other words: an early internet.Jody, Niki, an... |
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| 2024-11-06 | One final episode about the 2024 election, as we gather to discuss Donald Trump's decisive victory on Tuesday night, how to place it in historical context, and what comes next.And these will all be video episodes! So if you'd like to watch the conversa... |
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| 2024-11-05 | Happy Election Day! Today we're bringing you an episode from earlier this year about how we ended up with Tuesday as our voting day to begin with.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why that day was designated, and the many pitfalls that now exist around th... |
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| 2024-11-03 |
2024 Election Sunday: Final Days, Polling, Lawn Sings, Balance On Sundays between now and the election, we're going to dip into the 2024 race to talk about the latest events -- plus offer some historical perspective.And these will all be video episodes! So if you'd like to watch the conversation, visit our YouTube... |
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| 2024-10-31 | It's October 31st. Happy Halloween! In October 1974, Saturday Night Live premiered and, from the jump, included political satire.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the way that SNL's spoofs have changed, whether their skits have had a political impact -- a... |
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| 2024-10-29 | It's October 29rd. This day in 1892, Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland are locked in a presidential election rematch, but not out on the campaign trail in the final days of the election.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how the campaigns both took a ... |
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