This Day in Esoteric Political History
A podcast by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
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691 Episodes
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We Are The World (1985)
Published: 3/8/2022 -
The War on Pinball (1948) w/ Harry Siegel
Published: 3/6/2022 -
The Woman Behind The New Deal (1933) w/ Jenny Kaplan
Published: 3/3/2022 -
Mixing at Mardi Gras (1992) w/ Oliver Thomas
Published: 3/1/2022 -
Lincoln At Cooper Union, The Speech That Changed Everything (1860)
Published: 2/27/2022 -
Our Favorite "Making Trouble" Stories
Published: 2/24/2022 -
Birth of The Peace Symbol (1958) w/ Ian Chillag
Published: 2/22/2022 -
The Long Telegram (1946)
Published: 2/20/2022 -
Black History Month Week: Baldwin v Buckley (1965) w/ Nick Buccola
Published: 2/17/2022 -
Black History Month Week: Capital B w/ Jelani Cobb
Published: 2/15/2022 -
Black History Month Week: Where BHM Came From (1924)
Published: 2/13/2022 -
The Anarchist Soup Plot (1916)
Published: 2/10/2022 -
"Birth Of A Nation" (1915) w/ Tyler Parry
Published: 2/8/2022 -
The Smoking Section (1987) w/ Sarah Milov
Published: 2/6/2022 -
The SPAM Strike (1986) w/ Julia Longoria
Published: 2/3/2022 -
McDonald's Comes to Moscow (1990)
Published: 2/1/2022 -
Here Come the AKAs (1908)
Published: 1/30/2022 -
Early Prohibition and The Rise of Weird Liquor Laws (1838)
Published: 1/27/2022 -
The U.S. Almost Nukes Itself (1961)
Published: 1/25/2022 -
Carter Pardons Draft Dodgers (1977)
Published: 1/23/2022
We’re living in unprecedented times. Maybe. In this show, Jody Avirgan (538, 30for30, TED) and historians Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt) and Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley) take one moment, big or small, from that day in U.S. political history and explore how it might inform our present –– all in about fifteen minutes. New episodes release Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Sign up for the newsletter and more at ThisDayPod.com. We’re also posting about moments from the past @thisdaypod on Threads and Instagram. If you have a suggestion for a topic, get in touch. This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of the Radiotopia podcast network from PRX.