Saturday Night Nixon: The Firing That Sealed Watergate
The Saturday Night Massacre was the name given to the triple firing of a special prosecutor investigating President Nixon, the AG and the deputy AG on the same night in 1973. After the firing of the F...
17 Des 201831min
George H.W. Bush, 03 30 81
Bruce takes a look at one day in the life and career of President George H.W. Bush - not in his presidency but in his vice-presidency. That day revealed his leadership style and set future precedents,...
2 Des 201831min
Presidents After Midterms with Matt K. Lewis
Bruce and Daily Beast/CNN correspondent Matt K. Lewis talk about midterms, and Presidents post midterms. Bruce tells a story about Lincoln that he told 11 years ago. (more information on that story in...
20 Nov 201837min
David Priess on the Realities of Impeachment and the History of Presidential Removal
We are joined today by David Priess, former CIA intelligence officer and author about his new book on the history and the realities of impeachment, what people think it is, and what has really happene...
14 Nov 201856min
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
