How Clinton, Trump, and Epstein Rewired America’s Moral Compass
We revisit the scandal-soaked 1990s—Packwood, Thomas, Clinton—and explore how failing to enforce norms around abuse of power helped create the world in which the Epstein scandal could flourish. This e...
26 Nov 202551min
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Socrates
We are coming up on the 50th anniversary of punk, the genre that smashed the old rock gods and stripped down the music to its essence. In this episode of Breaking History, we examine the examined lif...
12 Nov 202541min
Beautiful Losers: Mamdani & The End of Socialism’s Losing Streak
For 124 years, the American socialist movement has been defined by defeat. From Eugene Debs’ doomed presidential runs to Michael Harrington’s quiet organizing, it’s been a story of almosts: almost mai...
29 Okt 20251h
Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit
On October 21, 2023, beloved Detroit community leader Samantha Woll was found brutally stabbed to death outside her home—two weeks to the day after the October 7 attacks on Israel. It looks like an op...
21 Okt 20251min
London Falling: How the Birthplace of Free Speech Became a Censor’s Paradise
Once, Britain was the cradle of free speech- the land of Milton, Orwell, and John Stuart Mill. But in 2025, police are arresting citizens for tweets, comedians are detained for jokes, and ordinary peo...
15 Okt 202552min
James Comey: The Case That Could Break America
James Comey isn’t a hero. But prosecuting him like this? It’s not justice—it’s political theater. In this episode, we tell the origin story of Comey, the now indicted former FBI chief, and unpack the ...
1 Okt 202555min
Defying the Assassin’s Veto: Grace in a Time of Violence
In a week when political violence has returned to the national stage, we revisit a moment from the 1970s when Shirley Chisholm, the first black congresswoman, visited segregationist Alabama governor G...
17 Sep 202544min
How a Russian Spy Destroyed a Beautiful Mind
This week Breaking History dives into a century-old mind game: Russia’s information war against America. More specifically, how it keeps driving us crazy. From Soviet spycraft to this summer’s Russiag...
3 Sep 20251h 11min
