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2024 Election Results Discussion 14.11.2024 30:05 ↓

A bit about the election that just happened.

17th Amendment, Constitution “Almosts,” Economy – Questions from Patrons 10.10.2024 1:04:40 ↓

A bunch of questions from listeners.

Extras from the 1916 Election Podcast 10.10.2024 41:48 ↓

Extras from the legal pad for the 1916 podcast series.

1864 Election, Part 4 – Terminus 07.09.2024 1:18:33 ↓

The original name of the city of Atlanta, Terminus, reflected its importance to the economy of the South.  It was the factory of the Confederacy and the train junction as well.

1864 Presidential Election, Part 2 – Calico Hero 07.09.2024 43:23 ↓

Lincoln faces his own general in an election.

1864 Election, Part I – Bloody Men 11.08.2024 59:47 ↓

In our four-part series on the 1864 Election, we look at Lincoln’s political situation.

Miami 1972 07.07.2024 49:35 ↓

Story of the convention that ruined a campaign.

7 Stories from the 1988 Election 25.05.2024 7:42 ↓

A deeper look into Gary Hart’s scandal, and other items.

The Last Years of Grover Cleveland 25.05.2024 35:43 ↓

Using Grover Cleveland’s letters we tell the story of Grover Cleveland’s post-Presidency.

Texas Annexation 1844 06.05.2024 25:56 ↓

We take a look at Benjamin Perley’s book of remembrances from 1886, and look at his description of Washington D.C. in 1844 and the time of the Texas Annexation, and how and why John Tyler put the policy through.

FDR During D-Day, Presidential Trains and Other Stories 06.05.2024 43:36 ↓

What was FDR doing around the time at D-day, Hoover deals with hecklers on his train and other stories.

After Yorktown 11.04.2024 40:32 ↓

The American Revolution ended in Yorktown, but that wasn’t necessarily a sure thing.  A bit about the events after Yorktown, most of them in Britain that contributed to the end of the war.

Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse. The Realities of The American Revolution 22.02.2024 43:42 ↓

In this episode we talk about two battles that began the end of the American Revolution.  It wasn’t easy to tell at the time that they would be decisive.  One was clear win for the Americans, the other a technical … Continued

Extra’s from ‘You Break Everybody’s Back’ The 1988 Election Podcast 13.02.2024 22:36 ↓

From Trump’s VP run to the Lyndon Johnson Rule, we talk about some topics that didn’t make it into the six-part series.

Life in New York, October 1988 18.01.2024 26:08 ↓

Thorough the pages of New York Magazine in 1988, we look at the culture of the times of 1988 as America decides who will be President.

Zachary Taylor’s Amusements and Other Things – Jottings from Recent Library Trip 17.12.2023 27:27 ↓

A good haul from some recent library trips – story about an NYC cop, What Zachary Taylor did for fun and other stories.

1979 US Embassy in Pakistan Incident 25.11.2023 21:14 ↓

An incident at the US Embassy in Pakistan in 1979, that almost turned into another hostage crisis, and related events.

Desert One, and Other Stories 25.11.2023 44:29 ↓

What if Carter’s rescue mission had worked?

The Shoemaker: Henry Wilson 24.10.2023 44:15 ↓

A look at Grant’s second vice president, one of 7 to die in office.

Child Report Scoops Big Story, Truman Meets World Leaders at Potsdam, Patti Hearst 11.10.2023 53:02 ↓

A bunch of leftovers from the Carter cast mixed with books I’ve read over the summer and early fall here.  Hope they are enjoyed.

Theodore Roosevelt and Samuel Gompers, Story from Thomas Marshall’s Hoosier Salad 07.10.2023 25:03 ↓

As a young assemblyman, Theodore Roosevelt was ready to vote against a ban on cigar making in homes in New York.  It was he thought ‘socialistic’  Then Samuel Gompers took him on a tour.

Lincoln, The Billiards Player, Prop 15, Founding of Rolling Stone Magazine, and More. 02.09.2023 37:38 ↓

From some trips to the library a few isolated history-political stories.

Multi Level Marketing Politics: The Bush Amway Strategy of 2004 14.07.2023 40:03 ↓

In a tight race, Bush-Cheney tried a novel, and now forgotten strategy.  They looked to multi-level marketing groups and emulated some tactics.  It may have worked, or not.