765 Episodes

  1. Prisons, Photos, CECOT, Abu Ghraib, and What Shocks Us (Some Sunday Context)

    Published: 4/20/2025
  2. The Battles Of Lexington and Concord -- and Menotomy? (1775)

    Published: 4/17/2025
  3. The Ludlow Massacre (1914)

    Published: 4/15/2025
  4. Government vs. Universities (Some Sunday Context)

    Published: 4/13/2025
  5. The Lynching Of A German Immigrant (1917)

    Published: 4/10/2025
  6. The First Girl Scouts Cookies (1917)

    Published: 4/8/2025
  7. Booker, Thurmond, Super-Long Floor Speeches, And Energy (Some Sunday Context)

    Published: 4/6/2025
  8. Starbucks #RaceTogether Campaign Backfires (2015)

    Published: 4/3/2025
  9. Carter's Unbelievable Rabbit Vendetta

    Published: 4/1/2025
  10. Five Lessons For Five Years (Some Sunday Context)

    Published: 3/30/2025
  11. "I'm Just A Bill" (1976)

    Published: 3/27/2025
  12. The Church Sancturary Showdown (1980)

    Published: 3/25/2025
  13. Graceland (Some Sunday Context from Summer Album / Winter Album)

    Published: 3/23/2025
  14. "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" (1775)

    Published: 3/20/2025
  15. The First State-Run Lotto (1963) w/ Ian Coss

    Published: 3/18/2025
  16. Deportation, Protest and John Lennon (Some Sunday Context) w/ Hrishikesh Hirway

    Published: 3/16/2025
  17. What William Freeman's Act Meant (1846)

    Published: 3/13/2025
  18. William Freeman's Shocking Revenge (1846) w/ Robin Bernstein (Part 1)

    Published: 3/11/2025
  19. The US-Canada "Special Relationship" (Some Sunday Context)

    Published: 3/9/2025
  20. The King Of Haiti (1811)

    Published: 3/6/2025

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