How The U.S. Capitol Historical Society Keeps Democracy Real
The U.S. Capitol is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world, but many Americans don’t realize there’s an organization dedicated to preserving its story and turning that history into practi...
10 Jun 23min
Elizabeth Willing Powel
A woman in Philadelphia tells George Washington, plainly, that the country needs him to serve again and she does not write for personal gain. That single moment opens a much bigger story about how inf...
9 Jun 23min
Social Media And Modern Elections
A single TikTok can redefine a candidate faster than a week of traditional ads, and that reality is changing American elections in real time. We sit down with educator Spencer Burrows to trace how cam...
8 Jun 24min
D-Day: What Does Courage Look Like When History Is Watching
D-Day gets reduced to a date and a diagram, but the truth is messier, riskier, and far more human. We sit down with historian Dr. Michael Butler to talk about June 6, 1944 not just as the Normandy inv...
5 Jun 27min
The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” sounds like a secret back hallway of law and that’s exactly why it triggers so much public suspicion. We sit down with Spencer Burrows, an 11th grade dean, AP US Go...
4 Jun 26min
How Eleanor Roosevelt And JFK Turned Conflict Into Partnership
Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy don’t sound like a natural pairing and that’s exactly why we wanted to sit with this story. We talk with presidential historian Barbara Perry of UVA’s Miller Cent...
3 Jun 35min
Jackie Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier
A First Lady can’t sign bills, command troops, or issue executive orders, yet Jacqueline Kennedy still reshaped American civic life. We sit down with Barbara Perry, presidential historian at the Unive...
2 Jun 31min
Dolly Madison’s Hidden Power
Dolly Madison is famous for saving a portrait, but that’s the smallest part of her story. We sit down with Dr. Lindsay Cormack, political scientist and Director of the Diplomacy Lab at Stevens Institu...
1 Jun 18min
