FDR Before The New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt is usually introduced as the New Deal president, but we wanted to rewind the tape and look at the receipts. With Dr. Sean Beienberg joining us, we walk through FDR’s pre-1933 record...
1 Maj 26min
Herbert Hoover, Rugged Individualism
“Rugged individualism” gets thrown around like a simple definition of Herbert Hoover, but the real story is far stranger and far more useful. We start with the parts of Hoover’s life that don’t fit th...
30 Apr 15min
Calvin Coolidge, Address on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1926)
A president in 1926 stands in Independence Hall and argues something that still feels like a dare: you can modernize policies, but you can’t “upgrade” the Declaration’s core truths. With Dr. Beienberg...
29 Apr 20min
Coolidge And Limited Government
Calvin Coolidge is usually remembered as “Silent Cal,” a pro-business placeholder in the Roaring Twenties, or a punchline about doing nothing. We don’t buy that version. With Dr. Sean Beienberg, we un...
28 Apr 19min
The 19th Amendment
One vote. One state. A constitutional change that rewired American democracy. We tell the story of how the 19th Amendment finally became law in August 1920, when Tennessee turned into the last battle...
24 Apr 8min
Prohibition’s Unraveling and the 21st Amendment
Prohibition didn’t just give America speakeasies and gangsters it gave us one of the clearest stress tests of the U.S. Constitution. We dig into a paradox that surprises a lot of people: national alco...
23 Apr 17min
From Temperance To The 18th Amendment And The Politics Behind It
Prohibition didn’t rise because America suddenly forgot how to party. It rose because a lot of powerful groups saw alcohol as the key that unlocked the problem they cared about most, and they were wil...
22 Apr 20min
