Posse Comitatus and Billy The Kid
A law that may have given Billy The Kid a few more months of life, long enough to build a legend is still a part of today's politics. The rich history of the Posse Comitatus law that separated militar...
4 Nov 201838min
Thomas Paine, Common Sense and The American Mind
A look at one of America's earliest blockbusters, the little book that changed American minds: Common Sense, its author Thomas Paine, the impact it had at the time and what it might mean today. We als...
16 Okt 201839min
War: 1983 and How Close We Came to Nuclear War w/ Marc Ambinder
Examining the moment in 1983 when nuclear war was possible with new research and stories from the Soviet side. How close did we come to war? And could that war have been accidental? w/ White House Cor...
29 Jul 20181h 7min
RFK Anniversary: Chris Matthews on Bobby Kennedy and the Missing Element in Today's Politics
Chris Matthews of Hardball joins the program!! He has just finished his book Bobby Kennedy - A Raging Spirit. Chris talks about RFK and how his history and childhood, and his relationship with Joe Ken...
28 Jul 201833min
Russia: Everything You Know About The Russian Revolution is Wrong - Russian Journalist Mikhail Zygar on 1917, History, Putin, Democracy and More
Everything you know about the Russian Revolution is wrong, and understanding that is the key to understanding today's Russia as well. A very interesting conversation with Mikhail Zygar, Editor in Chie...
18 Jul 201844min
GERRYMANDERING: Gerry and His "Mander" (from 2013, with an Update on Gerrymandering Supreme Court case)
Elbridge Gerry lent his name to a tricky political maneuver. Not that he wanted to, or perhaps, deserved it. With gerrymandering of congressional districts and state legislative districts on the agend...
18 Jul 201859min
Civil War Bonds - The Importance of Commerce to the Civil War
In this quick episode, a missing part from the Ark of Commerce series, we look at the role of money in the battle between Confederate and Union governments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
10 Jul 20189min
Soccer and Repression: 1978 and the World Cup in Argentina
The story of the 1978 World Cup, a cautionary tale about democracy. The world spotlight on the junta that controlled Argentina that year helped focus some attention on the plight of the victims of a v...
8 Jul 201848min
