In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It Matters

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2020-07-31

  Who Was Alexander Hamilton?

In this episode of ITPL, we focus on Alexander Hamilton. You may have noticed that Hamilton has become the hottest Founder in recent years – and it’s all due to the smash Broadway hit, “Hamilton: The Musical.” So here’s the lineup: 1. First, I provide ... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-At-Large author
2020-07-16

  The Civil War Draft Riots

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a significant but often overlooked event during the Civil War, the Draft Riots of July 1863. Protests against drafting men into the Union Army broke out in many places, but ... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-at-Large author
2020-07-03

  Brutality & Lawlessness: America's First Great Police Scandal

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the first great police scandal in US history. It occurred in the mid-1890s in New York City when an investigation into the NYPD exposed widespread corruption and brutality t... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-At-Large author
2020-06-22

  196 The Molly Maguires

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a legendary labor uprising by a mysterious group known as the Molly Maguires. They were Irish and Irish American coal miners in Pennsylvania in the 1870s who used vigilante ...
2020-06-03

  Where Have You Gone, Robert F. Kennedy?

This week at In The Past Lane, the podcast about American history and why it matters, we take a close look at Robert F. Kennedy. Here’s the lineup: 1) First up, it’s a short feature on the basics of the life of RFK. 2) Next, I speak with author Larry T... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell and Larry Tye author
2020-05-26

  The Tulsa Race Massacre 0f 1921 + This Week in US History

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at one of the most deadly incidents of anti-black violence in US history: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. White mobs rampaged through Tulsa, Oklahoma’s African American neighborh... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-at-Large author
2020-05-13

  The Pullman Strike of 1894 + This Week in US History

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the famous Pullman Strike of 1894. It began as a protest over wage cuts in the midst of a severe economic depression and quickly grew to virtually paralyze the nation’s rail... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell. Historian-At-Large author
2020-05-06

  The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920

This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Nancy Bristow  about her book, American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. In November 1918, even as millions of Americans and Europeans celebrated the e... 		  Nancy Bristow and Edward T. O'Donnell author
2020-04-28

  Coxey’s Army and the Original March On Washington + This Week in US History

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the original March on Washington. “Coxey’s Army” was a group of 500 men who amidst a terrible economic depression in 1894, marched from Ohio to the nation’s capital to deman... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-At-Large author
2020-04-21

  The Story of Earth Day + This Week in US History

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the origins of Earth Day 50 years ago this week, and the two high profile environmental disasters in 1969 that helped to inspire it, the Santa Barbara, CA oil spill and the ... 		  Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian at Large author