BECOMING NATIONS AGAIN, w/ Adam Crepelle
"It shouldn't be that hard" says our guest. Americans first recognized Indians as tribes and as nations, at least at a national level. North America's indigenous peoples had government and effective g...
28 Jul 202536min
THE HEADSHAKE THAT CHANGED HISTORY And Other Stories
We depart from our Chester Arthur Series briefly with a focus on the moment Garfield was shot, and how a quick action by James Blaine, Secretary of State and no political friend to Arthur, might have ...
22 Jul 202518min
ALCATRAZ AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT OF 1969
The 1969 occupation of the former federal prison by Native American activists was the beginning of a movement and a shift in perception that lives on today. http://www.myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.c...
17 Jun 202550min
A SECOND LOOK AT THE EVENTS of 1776 w/ Tom McMillan, Author of "The Year That Made America"
With Tom McMillan, we take a look at some of the assumptions of 1776 in the history books. First of all, why July 4th and Not July 2nd? And what about May 15th, when Adams got delegates to move...
19 Mai 202541min
KENT STATE 1970: AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
In this episode, we talk about everything that happens after that moment when four students were killed at a protest at a college (only two were participating in the protest). Opinion wasn't universal...
28 Apr 20251h 6min
GROVER CLEVELANDS THREE WARNINGS ABOUT TARIFFS
The 22nd and 24th President staked his first re-election bid opposing tariffs. There were reasons. He felt they increased prices on all goods, including non-imports, he thought they were limited in be...
10 Apr 202522min
FEDERAL JUDGES AND PRESIDENTS
Federal judges and Presidents have clashed in the past. It's rarely been cheery. As executive power exists only within the frame of law, this should be expected. There are freak events where President...
25 Mar 20251h 10min
"REGO" - AL GORE'S REINVENTING GOVERNMENT 1993
It was clunky, and a little Office Space-like. And it cut federal jobs. But then-Vice President Al Gore's "REGO" program was different in many ways from "DOGE" -The 1993 program was bipartisan, consi...
5 Mar 202527min
