34.A) Ike v McCarthyism, an interview with Larry Tye

34.A) Ike v McCarthyism, an interview with Larry Tye

Dwight Eisenhower ascended to the presidency when the United States was in the grips of a red scare - a red scare fanned by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy. As McCarthy exploited the public fear to steal the spotlight with hundreds of unfounded accusations of communist sympathies, Eisenhower, and three future presidents then in the Senate, had to grapple with the moral and societal threat of McCarthy to the republic, and what they were willing to do to stop him. New York Times best-selling au...

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2025 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

2025 Friendsgiving History Podcast Spectacular

It's the week of Thanksgiving, which means its time for the fourth annual Friendsgiving Podcast Spectacular. Four compelling podcast hosts sit down for a round table where each host gets to ask 1 ques...

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20.B) Death by Lightning, an interview on the assassination of James Garfield with Candice Millard

20.B) Death by Lightning, an interview on the assassination of James Garfield with Candice Millard

Historian Candice Millard, author of Destiny of the Republic, discusses what it's like to have your book turned into a major Netflix Miniseries, Death by Lightning, and what first attracted her to the...

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The improbable Victoria Woodhull, an interview with Eden Collinsworth

The improbable Victoria Woodhull, an interview with Eden Collinsworth

"While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it," - Victoria Woodhull, April 2, 1870, in a newspaper column announcing her candidacy for presidency of the United States. You may know th...

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Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 2

Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 2

Please enjoy this preview of my new podcast, Democricide. Athenian Democracy was established, but who cared? Compared to the mighty Persian empire, the Greek city states were a bunch of backwaters. An...

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Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 1

Democricide season 1: Who Killed Athenian Democracy? Episode 1

Please enjoy this preview of my new podcast, Democricide. Athens wasn't always a democracy, but when a tyrant overplayed his hand and a revolutionary proposed something better, it launched a new form ...

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45.) Donald Trump part 1 2017-2021

45.) Donald Trump part 1 2017-2021

"This American carnage stops right here and stops right now." - Donald Trump, inauguration speech, Jan. 20, 2017. The American presidency had long fascinated Donald Trump. Ever since attending the 198...

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8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

8.A) Martin Van Buren, America's first politician, an interview with James Bradley

Martin Van Buren is known as the "little magician." If he was a magician, he cast a powerful spell. The two party system he championed and helped establish has ruled the United States for two centurie...

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44.A) Obama's 08' Iowa campaign, an interview with Chelsea Waliser

44.A) Obama's 08' Iowa campaign, an interview with Chelsea Waliser

What's it like to be on the inside of a dark horse presidential campaign? Chelsea Waliser knows. Waliser was an Obama campaign regional field director during the lead up to first-in-the-nation 2008 I...

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