This Day in Esoteric Political History

A podcast by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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691 Episodes

  1. We Are The World (1985)

    Published: 3/8/2022
  2. The War on Pinball (1948) w/ Harry Siegel

    Published: 3/6/2022
  3. The Woman Behind The New Deal (1933) w/ Jenny Kaplan

    Published: 3/3/2022
  4. Mixing at Mardi Gras (1992) w/ Oliver Thomas

    Published: 3/1/2022
  5. Lincoln At Cooper Union, The Speech That Changed Everything (1860)

    Published: 2/27/2022
  6. Our Favorite "Making Trouble" Stories

    Published: 2/24/2022
  7. Birth of The Peace Symbol (1958) w/ Ian Chillag

    Published: 2/22/2022
  8. The Long Telegram (1946)

    Published: 2/20/2022
  9. Black History Month Week: Baldwin v Buckley (1965) w/ Nick Buccola

    Published: 2/17/2022
  10. Black History Month Week: Capital B w/ Jelani Cobb

    Published: 2/15/2022
  11. Black History Month Week: Where BHM Came From (1924)

    Published: 2/13/2022
  12. The Anarchist Soup Plot (1916)

    Published: 2/10/2022
  13. "Birth Of A Nation" (1915) w/ Tyler Parry

    Published: 2/8/2022
  14. The Smoking Section (1987) w/ Sarah Milov

    Published: 2/6/2022
  15. The SPAM Strike (1986) w/ Julia Longoria

    Published: 2/3/2022
  16. McDonald's Comes to Moscow (1990)

    Published: 2/1/2022
  17. Here Come the AKAs (1908)

    Published: 1/30/2022
  18. Early Prohibition and The Rise of Weird Liquor Laws (1838)

    Published: 1/27/2022
  19. The U.S. Almost Nukes Itself (1961)

    Published: 1/25/2022
  20. Carter Pardons Draft Dodgers (1977)

    Published: 1/23/2022

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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.