The Case for America
Two hundred fifty years ago, fifty-six men risked the rope to sign their names to an idea. Today, we ask if that idea still holds.On the actual anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we close...
4 Juli 10min
Brothers, Not Saints: The Founders' Fight to Hold It Together
They argued. They schemed. One of them shot another one dead.The night before America's 250th birthday, we look past the marble statues to the actual men underneath — proud, brilliant, deeply flawed, ...
3 Juli 9min
The Real Midnight Ride
He never finished the ride. And it didn't matter.Everyone knows the poem — the lone rider, the lantern, the gallop through the night. The truth is messier, braver, and a lot more moving. On our Road t...
28 Juni 14min
Bloody Footprints: How Valley Forge Saved a Revolution
The Declaration was signed in July. This is what almost killed it in December.As we count down to America's 250th anniversary, we open the road to independence not with fireworks, but with frostbite. ...
22 Juni 10min
The President Will See You Now: A Story of Loyalty, Love, and Letting Go
What happens to a president after the power is gone? For Ronald Reagan, the answer is one of the most poignant stories in American history. In this episode of Bahr's History Hits, we explore The Presi...
18 Juni 9min
The General's Dog: A Special Episode
Special episode alert! My 8-year-old son Steven is taking over Bahr's History Hits — and he's brought his favorite book with him. George Washington and the General's Dog tells the remarkable true stor...
7 Juni 6min
Beyond the Oval Office
Only a handful of people have ever held the most powerful job in the world—and that shared experience bonds them in ways nothing else can. Today we're pulling back the curtain on the Presidents Club: ...
6 Juni 11min
The Preacher & the Presidents
He preached the gospel to an estimated 215 million people in person. He knelt in prayer with presidents in the Oval Office. He took midnight phone calls from Lyndon Johnson, who was drowning in Vietna...
21 Maj 17min
