Brothers, Not Saints: The Founders' Fight to Hold It Together
They argued. They schemed. One of them shot another one dead.The night before America's 250th birthday, we look past the marble statues to the actual men underneath — proud, brilliant, deeply flawed, ...
3 Jul 9min
The Real Midnight Ride
He never finished the ride. And it didn't matter.Everyone knows the poem — the lone rider, the lantern, the gallop through the night. The truth is messier, braver, and a lot more moving. On our Road t...
28 Jun 14min
The President Will See You Now: A Story of Loyalty, Love, and Letting Go
What happens to a president after the power is gone? For Ronald Reagan, the answer is one of the most poignant stories in American history. In this episode of Bahr's History Hits, we explore The Presi...
18 Jun 9min
The General's Dog: A Special Episode
Special episode alert! My 8-year-old son Steven is taking over Bahr's History Hits — and he's brought his favorite book with him. George Washington and the General's Dog tells the remarkable true stor...
7 Jun 6min
Beyond the Oval Office
Only a handful of people have ever held the most powerful job in the world—and that shared experience bonds them in ways nothing else can. Today we're pulling back the curtain on the Presidents Club: ...
6 Jun 11min
The Preacher & the Presidents
He preached the gospel to an estimated 215 million people in person. He knelt in prayer with presidents in the Oval Office. He took midnight phone calls from Lyndon Johnson, who was drowning in Vietna...
21 Mai 17min
The Forgotten War that Forged A Nation
They called it the forgotten war. But the War of 1812 shaped the United States in ways Americans still feel today. In this bonus episode, host Michael Bahr — drawing on Walter R. Borneman's gripping n...
8 Mai 13min
