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

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Who is AMOS ELLMAKER? Lincoln Tells a Story, Inkeeps of Old, Finding Marvin Gardens

August 2, 2026 • 60 mins
As the name says, a bunch of stories from books and clippings. We are part of Airwave Media Network Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/mhcbuyp (Amos Ellmaker is the VP Candidate of the 1832 anti-masonic party) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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THE MAN WHO SOLD YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. AND OTHER STORIES

July 31, 2026 • 29 mins
A.B. Farquhar would go on to be an advisor to President Cleveland and run his successful non consecutive re election campaign. But prior to that, he was part of a plan to sell out to Confederate army before they reached York and possibly destroy it. For this he'd get some infamy, until Abraham Lincoln stepped in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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THE ZILCH MEMO

July 28, 2026 • 23 mins
Nixon's long buried memo reveals a lot, maybe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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TRUMP AND HARRAH'S

July 27, 2026 • 19 mins
an early project doesn't go so well. A corporate entity finds it can't work well with the Don, and walk away, after court battles. For Trump, it's formative. And other stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND GRANDSON

July 23, 2026 • 23 mins
A brief look at the family legacy of Chester Arthur, his son and grandson. From the White House to San Francisco's hippie scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS

July 20, 2026 • 18 mins
Many know of President Arthur's work on civil service reform. Less known is that he also sought to change his party's position on the use of tariffs. He had been a customs official, the nation's highest. In that job he learned to work with businessmen and merchants. When he became President, he turned his attetnion on the high taxes on imports of his day. As a 19th century Republican this was near heresy. His effort was only par...
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLD STANDARD?

July 16, 2026 • 21 mins
Officially, as any part of US policy, tiny room in 1982. We tell that story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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NATIONAL VAHALLA: ALL ABOUT STATUES, MONUMENTS, STATUE REMOVAL

July 14, 2026 • 57 mins
From the early attempts to depict Washington, to the first Congressional attempts to block Confederate statues, to today's debate. In this episode Bruce examines the history behind statues in America, and Bruce looks at every debating point and angle he can think of regarding Confederate statues, the dates of their construction and their removal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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SCOTUS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECISION - Trump v. Barbara, Decision and Kavanaugh and Gorsuch's Takes

July 6, 2026 • 24 mins
not a surprise in my book, but the SCOTUS recently ruled on Trump's executive order of 2025 denying citizenship by birth in the United States. We look at the arguments, and the two takes by Kavanaugh (on the concurring side) and Gorsuch (on the dissenting side, but not fully with the Trump position). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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"WHY BRITAIN LOST" Whitelaw Reid 1906 London Speech Explaining The American Revolution

July 3, 2026 • 60 mins
Forgotten but once famous, Whitelaw Reid was a top journalist and politician of his time. In 1906, as ambassador to Britain, the former vice-presidential candidate was asked by Cambridge University to explain why the British lost the American Colonies. Although he shuddered and thought he would rather speak on any other subject, he gave that speech and it serves a good history of the events that led up to history. Learn more about...
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DECLARATION after Signing? Also: Playing Cards With the Signers of The Declaration w/ Jason Petri

June 29, 2026 • 71 mins
First - The history of the Declaration -- the actual document, and how it was saved from British capture.  Then we speak with listener Jason Petri about his Signers Playing Card project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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A SECOND LOOK AT THE EVENTS of 1776 w/ Tom McMillan, Author of "The Year That Made America"

June 27, 2026 • 41 mins
With Tom McMillan, we take a look at some of the assumptions of 1776 in the history books. First of all, why July 4th and Not July 2nd? And what about May 15th, when Adams got delegates to move and issued his own Declaration-like preamble? And a second look at Jefferson's authorship of the Declaration: writer or draftsman? We are part of Airwave Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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SNACK, Dessert, Dinner, Supper: The Vietnam War Negotiations

June 22, 2026 • 71 mins
Nixon's first bombing campaigns had the names of mealtimes which seem to also correspond with the years of his first term: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. In this ( 2021) episode we look at Nixon, Kissinger and the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War. In addition to providing some additional context for the Saigon 1975 situation so much in the news today, we revisit whether the accord was a sham peace or a true deal.&n...
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WATERGATE PASTRY: Part III: Grand Jury Anger

June 17, 2026 • 33 mins
Average Americans, in the form of a DC jury, get the evidence. They hear the tapes, and they are shocked. But what will shock them more is what happens when Nixon testifies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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ARTICLE ONE GUY: Listener Talk with Page Brousseau

June 16, 2026 • 45 mins
Congress should be doing a lot more, and they would in Listener Page Brousseau's world. He and Bruce talk about Michigan, Article I, tariffs, and partisanship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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WATERGATE PASTRY: Part II -- The Nixon Shove, The Other Break-in and The Serial Numbers

June 12, 2026 • 30 mins
Nixon shoves, Bob Strauss declines money, and another break-in happens, and no one talks about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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WATERGATE PASTRY: Part I - Almost a Shooting

June 9, 2026 • 39 mins
In this series, we uncover the lesser-known stories of Watergate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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BOLD IDEAS AND CATHARTIC TRUTHS - Listener Talk With Chris Novembrino

June 7, 2026 • 96 mins
Chris joins the show again - it' s been a while. We catch up and talk today's politics. Chris's Instagram is @doctor_nov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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LINCOLN'S BLUE MIDTERM: 1862

June 6, 2026 • 28 mins
From 2010, but still spot on...Lincoln had just one miderm in his Presidency, and it didn't go well. He very nearly lost control of Congress during a war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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SPEECH AND SAFETY (from 2021)

June 5, 2026 • 105 mins
In this episode, no big deal, we just tackle about every significant problem we have in our politics today (back in 2021). norm-breaking, free-speech and free-speech limits, threats and violence, double impeachments, pushing envelopes and reverse virtue signaling is all part of this episode. Also, Abigail Adams, a treaty won by a forceful speech, a shadowy organization rising up to oppose a President's agenda, two Founders debate a...
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