American History Too!
Pulling back the curtain on all the great debates and controversies of American History.
Episodes
February 2, 2020 • 35 mins
It's another episode of A-Z, and the lucky letter is J! On the menu this week:
John Birch Society
Jacobs, Harriet
Jackson
Japanese Internment
Jazz Singer, The
And many more!
Thanks again for listening and we'll be back soon with our brand new series on the US and the Middle East!
Cheers,
Mark and Malcolm
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January 17, 2020 • 65 mins
Following a delay thanks to strikes, illness, and a furious effort to finish writing a book, we're back with the final episode of our Lyndon Johnson's America series!
We discuss the various legacies of Johnson, his Great Society, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the long Sixties.
And we also provide a preview of our NEW upcoming series - tune in to find out what we'll be discussing next!
Thanks a lot for listening to this series and we l...
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November 24, 2019 • 36 mins
It's our fifth episode of A-Z, where we take a letter from the alphabet and use it to take a journey through American History for 30 minutes.
And on this occasion it's the letter T! Among the topics discussed on this episode:
Truman
Three Mile Island
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Tupperware
Tobacco
We hope you enjoy and we'll back next with our final episode of the LBJ's America series.
Cheers,
Mark and Malcolm
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November 10, 2019 • 69 mins
It's the penultimate episode of our LBJ's America series!
On this episode we round out 1968, which sees Richard Nixon win the presidential election and be on his way to the White House. We chat about Nixon's record and how, after promising to bring the American people together, he ended up driving them further apart.
Also, was LBJ really trying to be a hippie in his final years before dying 1973? We answer this question and much mo...
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October 26, 2019 • 35 mins
On this month's A-Z, we tackle the letter 'W' for 30 minutes, including discussion of:
World War I & II
Watergate
The West Wing
Victoria Woodhull
And even, William Wallace.
We hope you enjoy and we'll be back soon with the penultimate episode in our LBJ's America series.
Cheers,
Mark
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October 13, 2019 • 62 mins
It's the fourth installment of our series on Lyndon Johnson's America and we are into crisis mode.
We pick up the story in mid-1967 and discuss how Vietnam, racial violence, and a host of other contentious issues rise to the fore and overwhelm Lyndon Johnson, leading to his eventual withdrawal from office.
Along the way we compare 1967/8 with today's political climate, discuss race riots, Tet, the media, the counterculture, secon...
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September 25, 2019 • 37 mins
It's the third in our series of 30 minute discussions of random US history topics beginning with a letter of the alphabet.
Today - it's R!
Republicans
Rambo
Red Scare
Republican Motherhood
...are just a few of things that we chew over.
Cheers,
Mark and Malcolm
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September 8, 2019 • 59 mins
It's Part 3 of Lyndon Johnson's America and we arrive at the event which arguably shaped LBJ's presidency more than anything else - the Vietnam War.
In this episode, we cover the early years of the conflict (1964-67) and discuss:
- Why Vietnam?
- Why does Johnson escalate in 1965?
- What role do race and gender play during the Vietnam War?
- The early anti-war movement
- American strategic mistakes in Vietnam
In next month's episod...
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August 25, 2019 • 35 mins
It's the second of our episodes where we discuss a series of events, people, and places drawn at random that begin with a specific letter. And today's letter is H!
Fannie Lou Hamer
Adolf Hitler
Jimi Hendrix
Hollywood
and many, many more!
We'll be back next month with another episode of A-Z!
Cheers,
Mark and Malcolm
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August 12, 2019 • 63 mins
On the second episode of Lyndon Johnson's America, we encounter an optimistic America. A United States prospering and beginning to deal with its original sin of racism. We delve into civil rights victories and Johnson's pursuit of a Great Society. But we also discuss the rise of television, the British Invasion led by the Beatles, and America's pursuit of putting a Man on the Moon.
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July 8, 2019 • 64 mins
(OUR APOLOGIES FOR THE SOUND QUALITY ON THIS EPISODE - ROGUE MICROPHONE ISSUE)
We're back!
And we're embarking on a six part series examining 'Lyndon Johnson's America'. Essentially, we're using the life and times of LBJ to examine and explore the United States over which he presided in the tumultuous 1960s.
This episode, however, explores the ascent of Johnson up the political ladder, while simultaneously discussing a host of inte...
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July 8, 2019 • 36 mins
It's a new podcast!
The idea is simple. We've written down loads of names/events/developments that relate to American History that begin with the same letter. They have been scrunched up in a hat, they are picked at random, and we have 30 minutes to discuss whatever comes out the hat.
And today, we're all about the letter C!
We discuss everything from Lewis and Clark to China, Civil Rights to the CIA. And much more!
We hope you enj...
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January 10, 2019 • 2 mins
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December 3, 2018 • 66 mins
On Episode 54 we're joined by Grainne McEvoy (@GrainneMcEvoy) for a timely discussion of American immigration policy over the past 150 years.
In particular, we discuss two pieces of legislation that drastically changed the type of immigrants who would arrive in the United States, and thus shaped the face of America as it exists today. We also discuss the idea of the 'Melting Pot', the effect of the Cold War, and the role that t...
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November 10, 2018 • 52 mins
We're back with a sequel to our bonus podcast on the 2016 election election whereby we breakdown the Midterm 2018 results, discuss the importance of Midterms in American History, and reflect on the implications of this year's results for the future.
And, of course, we're joined by Paddy Andelic (@pkandelic) to help us along the way!
We'll be back to our regular programming from here out, as later this month we'll return with a podc...
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October 31, 2018 • 59 mins
As we prepare to return in November with two episodes, including a special on the midterm election results, here is a re-run of an old episode on Black History Month (which falls in October in the UK, so we felt it was ideal to re-post this now)
On Episode 34 of American History Too! we were joined by the University of Birmingham's James West (@ejwestuk) to discuss the history of Black History Month and the debates that surround BH...
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September 28, 2018 • 53 mins
In Episode 53 we're joined by the University of Oxford's Dan Rowe (@dan_rowe1) to discuss the reasons for the emergence of America's 'Rust Belt' - an area of the United States characterized by decline and struggle since the last third of the 20th century.
Where is the Rust Belt? How do people who live there feel about the label and how have their lives been affected by the economic and social challenges that have befallen the regio...
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August 29, 2018 • 57 mins
On Episode 52, we're joined by Kings College London's Chris Parkes to discuss sex and sexuality in the first half of the twentieth century.
Chris guides us through how sexuality was understood at this time, why it became the policy of the federal government to discriminate against gay and lesbian Americans during World War I and World War II. We then shift focus to Sumner Welles, a diplomat and close adviser to Franklin Roosevelt...
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We're back! After a delay to allow for holidays and research trips, on a bumper Episode 51, we are joined by two guests - York St John University's Stephen Robinson (@drSRRobinson) and the University of Essex's Miguel Hernandez (@MHernandezGdV) to work through one of the worst eras in American race relations.
We discuss why race relations were so awful, the career of Booker T. Washington, and the revival of the Second KKK. Finall...
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June 26, 2018 • 50 mins
It's our 50TH EPISODE! And for this exceptional landmark, we could think of no more appropriate topic to discuss than American Exceptionalism.
What does that term mean? Where does it come from? Does US exceptionalism differ from other kinds of exceptionalism? And what is the current state of American Exceptionalism now that it has a president, in Donald Trump, who has openly refuted the concept?
With the help of an exceptional gu...
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