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
- 2024-04-22 18:05
- last episode published
- 2024-04-22 04:00
- publication frequency
- 10.13 days
- Contributors
- Bruce Carlson
- Author Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 643
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture National News History Government & Organizations
Recommendations
Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-22 |
THE ELECTION OF 1916 - Part Three; Not a Man To Be Enthused About In our third episode on the close 1916 election, a group of events take place between the nomination of candidates and the voting that help to determine the election. In the end, it comes down to two states. In a development that will never happen agai... |
|
| 2024-04-18 | Both major parties have their conventions. The Democratic swashbucklers are at the podium, firing up a party to get excited about Wilson by linking him to a cause. One he didn't ask to be linked to. The Republicans get their party united, and toastmast... |
|
| 2024-04-15 |
THE ELECTION OF 1916 - Part One: Everything is Different Now America decides whether or not to re-elect a President and it's close. Bruce does his best 1916 version of Steve Kornacki going through the returns as they come in and as the nation awaits a verdict. A President that hadn't been elected with a majority... |
|
| 2024-04-08 |
NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: Part Three - Aaron Burr, Stephen Douglas, James Monroe and Others Did Aaron Burr try to run for President on the sly, while claiming he didn't? What about that dinner with Jefferson? Did Stephen Douglas stump when he said he was "just visiting his mom?" Did President Monroe actually have a campaign for President in 1... |
|
| 2024-04-01 |
NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: Part Two - The Case of Mario Cuomo They called him the "Hamlet on the Hudson." What series on people not running for President in American history would be complete without the former governor of New York Mario Cuomo. He was famous for coming ever-so-close to running for President. An... |
|
| 2024-03-25 |
NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: Part One - Horatio Seymour, Horace Greeley and Others One thing Horatio Seymour made clear was that he was not running for President. He made it clear by saying not only he would not run but that he "must not be President." His party simply didn't care. And so, there he was on the ballot. In this three-pa... |
|
| 2024-03-18 |
Brown vs. The Board of Ed, Swain, PICS Decision, Busing and School Integration The Supreme Court said in 1954 that segregated schools were inherently illegal. It took decades to fully address the problem. While events in the South are often discussed, events North also are important to focus on to understand the history. This cas... |
|
| 2024-03-07 | Extras from the Student Loans episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices |
|
| 2024-02-26 | In this episode, I talk to fellow Airwave Media podcaster Will Clark of Grey History about the French Revolution and how it shaped American history, how American politicians reacted to it at the time, 100 years ago, and today. We also get into 'grey a... |
|
| 2024-02-19 | With Edward Segal, author of Whistle-Stop Politics, we talk about the unique method of campaigning for President - by train. And why it's not just a thing of the past. See more about Edward's book here: https://edwardsegal.com/whistle-stop-politics/ ... |
|