SKOKIE, NEO-NAZIS, FREE SPEECH AND SAFETY
A look at the Neo Nazi rally in Skokie, IL in 1977 and the resulting Supreme Court Case and the ACLU's role. In recent days Skokie has been brought up; and a look at the history of events is useful. W...
24 Helmi 202535min
THE FINAL DAYS OF THE 1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
It wasn't supposed to be close. Then new strategies, a speech and a surprising foreign policy event completely changed the election between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Two vice presidents battl...
17 Helmi 202556min
THE ARK OF COMMERCE - AN "INDUSTRIAL SELMA"
The idea of saving manufacturing jobs is front-and-center in American politics today. Examining the history of plant closings and job losses In the 70's and 80's provides an interesting contrast. "We ...
6 Helmi 20251h 31min
THE ARK OF COMMERCE - MAKE IT STOP (Stopping Commerce with Embargoes, Takeovers and Other Methods)-
In our series on American commerce, a look at three instances of when U.S. commerce was stopped, for a variety of reasons. The embargo of 1807 is an important part of the Presidency of Thomas Jeffers...
3 Helmi 20251h 16min
THE ARK OF COMMERCE: MEASURE EVERYTHING
Business must be measured. An unknown man in a forgotten office develops a number that makes and breaks Presidents. A poet turns his song away from beautiful pastures and towards a metal object. Two 1...
20 Tammi 20251h 26min
THE ARK OF COMMERCE - DOLLARS IN THE AIR
Air commerce is covered in this episode. Not only those airship vehicles that imitate naval travel in the skies, which seemed to be the future of travel. But also, putting waves into the air and chang...
10 Tammi 20251h 11min
THE ARK OF COMMERCE: SHOPPING WITH MRS. LINCOLN
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 s...
6 Tammi 20251h 11min
ARK OF COMMERCE: LOCO -A HISTORY OF LAND COMMERCE
A mysterious crash. A strange contraption. A fateful race, an outbreak of violent activity and a crafty watch-seller. A look at the railroad history of America and the changes the railroad brought. Le...
3 Tammi 20251h 45min
