My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Since 2006, bringing historical context to the politics of today. TV pundits discuss politics in a vacuum. Cable news tells you everything is 'breaking news' but in most cases, events have long roots in history. In this podcast, we smash and bash the politics of today with a healthy dose of history
- Website
- https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com
- Description
- Today's political debates, particularly on cable news, talk radio and blog comments can be limiting. In this podcast, Bruce Carlson applies as much history as possible to the politics of today.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-01-20 20:39
- last episode published
- 2025-01-11 05:00
- publication frequency
- 9.93 days
- Contributors
- Bruce Carlson
- Author Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 683
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture National News History Government & Organizations
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| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-01-11 | Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices |
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| 2025-01-10 | Air commerce is covered in this episode. Not only vehicles that imitate naval travel in the skies, which seemed to be the future of travel. But also, putting waves into the air and changing the air's temperature. Plus, building large buildings that tou... |
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| 2025-01-06 | The history of American retail, from Mrs. Lincoln's shopping trips and the innovator who accommodated her, to the price salvationists and tea servers, and finally the Socialist concept that gets the shopping mall going, and the possible death of the sh... |
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| 2024-12-29 | Random, yet relevant stories about Jimmy Carter as a candidate, a governor and President Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices |
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| 2024-12-19 |
BLACK MONDAY 1987 AND THE PRICE OF EGGS: ARK OF COMMERCE Series What's the stock market crash of 1987 got to do with the price of eggs/ Plenty, in a historical context. We look at the infamous crash of 1987 and how the computers did not save us. Nor did insurance which has a lot do with eggs, and eggs have a lot do... |
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| 2024-12-12 |
ARK OF COMMERCE SERIES COMING W/ EXTRA EPISODE ON PATREON. ALSO PARDONS AND MORE We will be running the Ark of Commerce series again between now and February. Also pardons, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices |
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| 2024-12-02 |
THEY WILL JUBILATE! - WHAT IT WAS LIKE AFTER CLEVELAND'S SECOND NON-CONSECUTIVE ELECTION, NOV 1892. Viewing newspapers from November, 1892 we get a sense of what was being said the last time a former president came back and the "ex" was switched from the former President to the current President. From parades to sour notes and recriminations, from st... |
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| 2024-11-26 | We get into a little on history compared to 2024 this on the episode. Join the Patreon GET THIS EPISODE AD-FREE to ask questions or listen to extra episodes, www.myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a... |
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| 2024-11-17 | Can a President shut down the Senate. Legal scholars agree on an answer "Yes but..." President-Elect / President Trump has invoked an obscure section of the Constitution that has never been used, in order to prod Senators on his appointments. Is it a t... |
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| 2024-11-14 |
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME? HOW A CITY KEPT ITS NAME AND LINCOLN - THREE QUICK STORIES We look at three stories from history. How did Bismarck North Dakota retain its name? Is there really a Stockholm Syndrome, and Lincoln's pardons and commutations, as seen by a supporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices |
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