The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Trial of the Chicago 8 | 2
A special series with Legal Wars. In 1969, the war in the streets became a war in the courtroom. The trial of the Chicago 8 pitted the federal government against eight prominent anti-war activists. Th...
30 Jan 201944min
The 1968 Chicago Protests - The Battle of Michigan Avenue | 1
A special series with our sibling show Legal Wars. The 1968 Democratic National Convention attracted demonstrators from all over the country. Thousands of students, Yippies, Peaceniks, and other prote...
23 Jan 20191h 1min
1865 versus 2018 and Why History Matters | 7
We live in historic times, but how do they compare to that other tumultuous era of American history — 1865 and the years following President Lincoln’s death and the end of The Civil War? Steven Walter...
2 Jan 201939min
Political Parties - The Reagan Revolution | 6
The year 1968 marked a watershed in American politics. Anti-war protests were roiling the country. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was shot dead in Memphis. Democratic President Lyndon John...
26 Des 201848min
Political Parties - The New Deal Coalition | 5
The 1929 stock market crash saw 14 billion dollars vanish in a matter of hours — and with it, the Republican party’s decades-long grip on American politics. As Americans lost their livelihoods, they t...
19 Des 201844min
Political Parties - The Golden Age of the GOP | 4
As the Civil War came to a close, the government set its sights once again on the future of the United States. Working closely with a Republican President, the Republican Congress expected a swift and...
12 Des 201847min
Political Parties - The Turbulent 1850s | 3
The United States won the The Mexican–American War in the 1840s, and with it vast new stretches of western land. But in the 1850s, the question of what to do with this land – and whether to allow slav...
5 Des 201843min
Political Parties - Jacksonian Democracy | 2
Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 presidential election to John Quincy Adams through what some called a “corrupt bargain” in the House of Representatives. The maneuver was masterminded by hot-headed but po...
28 Nov 201846min
