My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Since 2006, this podcast has been using history to elevate today's political debates. "The perfect antidote to bloviating talking heads, My History is thoughtful, nuanced, and highly engaging." -Columbia Journalism Review

Episodes

NIXON IN FULL: Part 2

December 24, 2025 • 46 mins
A great accomplishment and a historic scandal. And not the scandal you are thinking of, probably. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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NIXON IN FULL, Part 1

December 22, 2025 • 45 mins
Nixon - a mix of what you know and what you may not. First part of a 2014 episode. I don't know whether time has changed this cast, or if this cast has more meaning now, or less, that is for the listener to judge. Sponsored by: The University of Aberdeen: https://on.abdn.ac.uk/online-history-courses/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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MORE ABOUT THE KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY AND BEN FRANKLIN

December 7, 2025 • 50 mins
Deeper dive on Ken Burns documentary and Franklin and Iroquois Confederacy debate. Plus: Iran Iraq war and midterms. Sponsored by: The University of Aberdeen: https://on.abdn.ac.uk/online-history-courses/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY - A FEW THOUGHTS

December 6, 2025 • 20 mins
No I don't think the Iroquois Confederacy influenced th Revolution much. (Nor do I think Burns says this). And I take a little issue with American Revolution as a Civil War theory. (If it was merely that, it would have been quickly settled). Sponsored by: The University of Aberdeen: https://on.abdn.ac.uk/online-history-courses/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART TWO

December 6, 2025 • 43 mins
Stalemate breaks in a surprise operation. An apathetic America gets involved on both sides. The fighting stops, but nothing is the same after 1988. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART ONE

December 5, 2025 • 45 mins
This terrible war, fought in the 1980's, changed everything. Both in the Middle East, and America. We tell the story in two parts. We are part of Airwave Media network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS AND AIDES "Separated By a Swinging Door"

December 1, 2025 • 104 mins
From the man who answered T.R.'s phone and maybe saved his life, to the secret "Sphinx" around Woodrow Wilson, to Coolidge's surprise enforcer. We look at all sorts of Presidential assistants and aides, both official ones and non-official ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CARTER 1981

November 30, 2025 • 82 mins
A President becomes a former President. But not before one of the toughest final days of a Presidency. We are part of Airwave Media Network - www.airwavemedia.com Advertise? advertising@airwavemedia.com We have a patreon if you'd like to support us - see www.myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CARTER 1979

November 29, 2025 • 100 mins
In the third year of the Presidency, Jimmy Carter wrestles with combining the principles of his first term with realities of the American economy amid myriad domestic struggles, two hostage-taking incidents, and a intraparty political rival. He attempts to make a speech that will reconnect him with the American people. We are part of Airwave Media Network To advertise, email advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad cho...
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CARTER 1977

November 28, 2025 • 81 mins
Can the Presidency be done differently? Can a President be less Imperial, more of a citizen, turning the thermostat down in the White House and carrying his own bags? In many ways, Jimmy Carter approached 1977 seeing himself in this light. We look at the first year of Carter's Presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 5: "HE IS NOT ARTHUR ANYMORE, HE IS THE PRESIDENT!"

November 23, 2025 • 97 mins
The untold story of the 21st President. Music by Lee Rosevere, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 4: THE PISTOL AND THE TRANSOM

November 22, 2025 • 60 mins
Political violence changes politics. Vice President Chester Arthur is getting the hang of Parliamentary procedure, and building a reputation for being a more partisan vice president than we've seen in a while, Not on the team with his President. Then events will conspire to elevate him in an unexpected way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHESTER ARTHUR PART 3: I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION

November 21, 2025 • 67 mins
Arthur makes an unlikely comeback in the 1880 Republican Convention in this episode. The story is a little more complex than it's often told, and involves a bit more of Arthur's skill than is often mentioned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHESTER ARTHUR PART 2: I AM A STALWART!

November 20, 2025 • 82 mins
(2nd posting ) We look at Chester Arthur and also at Roscoe Conkling, New York Senator and political "boss" of the post-Civil War period. The two are tied together in history. Arthur was, to a point, a Stalwart, which means he supported Ulysses S. Grant and the concept of a party system. Which is also known by the name - spoils. Are Stalwarts all bad? What about Half-Breeds? We get into Arthur the Stalwart in this episode. Learn...
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CHESTER ARTHUR PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS

November 19, 2025 • 50 mins
He fought for civil rights and nearly saved New York City. But all we remember is his hair. We start our series on President Chester Arthur with a look at his boyhood / young lawyer years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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DEATH BY LIGHTNING: My Opinion of the Netflix Series, and Other Thoughts

November 17, 2025 • 32 mins
Well, the 1880's finally has some visual media coverage. That's the good news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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JOHNSTOWN FLOOD

November 16, 2025 • 6 mins
"The real cause of the damage was the dam failure" We took on this topic a few years ago. With anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina not that far, one might find some comparable items in these two events of history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1989 MAYORAL PRIMARY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND TODAY

November 3, 2025 • 29 mins
Ed Koch is a pretty popular guy in the 1980's. He's come to personify New York. But after 3 terms and two easy victories, he's in the fight of his political life. We talk about it, and why people are comparing it to today's events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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1990'S EPHEMERA

November 3, 2025 • 86 mins
Push in the drawer of your CD-ROM and enjoy random stories of politics and culture from the 1990's. that did not get much notice since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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EXTRAS from the Airline Deregulation Story

November 1, 2025 • 14 mins
Stories of baseball, banking and love. More from our episode on airline deregulation. What was left on the legal pad and didn't make it into the episode.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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