My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

A podcast by Bruce Carlson

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558 Episodes

  1. Soccer and Repression: The 1978 World Cup in Argentina

    Published: 12/2/2022
  2. Close Encounters of the CONGRESS KIND: The (Relatively Few) Times When the House Was Close Between the Parties

    Published: 11/28/2022
  3. The Youth Vote: John Lennon's Dream, Nixon's Nightmare

    Published: 11/21/2022
  4. One Vote Grant Didn't Want

    Published: 11/18/2022
  5. You Can't Always Get What You Want? The 2022 Midterm Result, and Listener Questions

    Published: 11/12/2022
  6. ONCE UPON A TIME IN WESTMINSTER: A Tale of British Politics

    Published: 11/6/2022
  7. Something Happened: Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Primary Run

    Published: 10/31/2022
  8. Introducing: They Did That

    Published: 10/27/2022
  9. Lonely Midterm, 1970

    Published: 10/17/2022
  10. 1970's EPHEMERA: Dylan Gets a Troll, Ford Gets Shot, Skylab Falls, Howard Cosell Talks Politics

    Published: 10/2/2022
  11. Savings and Loan Crisis

    Published: 9/27/2022
  12. Midterms: They Don't Always Work Out Badly for Presidents (But Mostly They Do)

    Published: 9/23/2022
  13. Whiskey, Ice and Federal-State Powers

    Published: 9/18/2022
  14. That Time when John. F. Kennedy Ran for Vice President

    Published: 9/4/2022
  15. Truman's Vice: Alben Barkley and the Creation of the "Veep"

    Published: 8/31/2022
  16. The Force that Could Not Be Stopped

    Published: 8/29/2022
  17. And to the Republic: Thoughts about Everything Going on in Politics

    Published: 8/27/2022
  18. Now That's The Right Way to Lose an Election

    Published: 8/21/2022
  19. Benevolent Policeman? The History of Congressional Committees

    Published: 8/15/2022
  20. "We Gotta Go and Never Stop Going!" The Modern American Year of 1948

    Published: 8/7/2022

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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