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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

by Bruce Carlson

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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1
RONALD REAGAN PART SEVEN: Tax Reform, Amnesty, Bitburg and Banking
45:24 Mar 30, 2026
2
RONALD REAGAN PART SIX: Hands Across America
43:15 Mar 23, 2026
3
DONALD TRUMP'S 1987 NEW YORK TIMES AD Attacking Oil Ship Escorts and More
18:38 Mar 20, 2026
4
24TH AMENDMENT AND POLL TAXES in The Context of The "Save America" Bill
22:35 Mar 20, 2026
5
RONALD REAGAN PART FIVE: THE 1976 CONVENTION
39:30 Mar 16, 2026
6
Witches' Brew: Central America, Lebanon, Poland - A Dozen Ronald Reagans: Part Four
1:27:55 Mar 9, 2026
7
Rubik's Cube: A Dozen Ronald Reagans - Part Three
1:03:43 Mar 4, 2026
8
RONALD REAGAN PART TWO: A Taxing Year - Deficits, Unions, Taxes. Compromises
34:45 Mar 2, 2026
9
Rawhide is OK - First of Our Series on a 'Dozen Ronald Reagans'
53:53 Feb 25, 2026
10
GORSUCH'S ROLLERCOASTER, BARRETT'S BABYSITTER, SUPREME COURT AND TARIFFS
39:05 Feb 23, 2026
11
RONALD REAGAN REDUX: Thoughts Before I Re-Run The 12 Part Reagan Series
28:46 Feb 23, 2026
12
MCMXCIII: Bill Clinton's Year One (2nd part)
41:36 Feb 19, 2026
13
MCMXCIII: Bill Clinton's 1993 - Part One
53:40 Feb 16, 2026
14
Trustbusting: A History
54:41 Feb 12, 2026
15
THOMAS WOLFE TURNS AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM
41:53 Feb 9, 2026
16
LBJ 's Cell Phone and His Decision to Jump on the Ticket in 1960
30:20 Feb 5, 2026
17
WHY TALK ABOUT LBJ TODAY?
12:41 Feb 5, 2026
18
RUSHING PELL-MELL INTO MADNESS?: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment and its Critics
31:43 Feb 2, 2026
19
LEFTOVER NOTES FROM THE ZACHARY TAYLOR SERIES
48:29 Jan 26, 2026
20
ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3
1:23:39 Jan 19, 2026
21
SHOW UPDATE: Zachary Taylor's VP, Commentary on Recent News
28:05 Jan 15, 2026
22
ZACHARY TAYLOR PART 2
48:13 Jan 12, 2026
23
ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 1
56:05 Jan 6, 2026
24
WAR POWERS
58:14 Jan 4, 2026
25
EVEN MORE 90's EPHEMERA
1:10:55 Dec 31, 2025
26
NIXON IN FULL: Part 2
46:57 Dec 24, 2025
27
Nixon in Full
45:55 Dec 22, 2025
28
MORE ABOUT THE KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY AND BEN FRANKLIN
50:21 Dec 7, 2025
29
IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART TWO
43:54 Dec 6, 2025
30
KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY - A FEW THOUGHTS
20:30 Dec 6, 2025
31
THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR - PART ONE
45:16 Dec 5, 2025
32
ASHAMED IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT - Resistance to Jackson Indian Removal Policy in its Time
46:34 Dec 3, 2025
33
ATTACK ON SCIENCE - ANDY JOHNSON OPPOSES THE TELEGRAPH, AND OTHER STORIES
45:29 Dec 2, 2025
34
PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS AND AIDES "Separated By a Swinging Door"
1:44:58 Dec 1, 2025
35
CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 5: "HE IS NOT ARTHUR ANYMORE, HE IS THE PRESIDENT!"
1:37:26 Nov 23, 2025
36
CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 4: THE PISTOL AND THE TRANSOM
1:00:34 Nov 22, 2025
37
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 3: I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION
1:07:28 Nov 21, 2025
38
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 2: I AM A STALWART!
1:22:49 Nov 21, 2025
39
CHESTER ARTHUR PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS
50:33 Nov 19, 2025
40
DEATH BY LIGHTNING: My Opinion of the Netflix Series, and Other Thoughts
32:45 Nov 17, 2025
41
Three Mile Island and The Johnstown Flood
6:11 Nov 16, 2025
42
The Zinger That Saved America: Daniel Webster's Reply to Hayne
54:56 Nov 10, 2025
43
1989 MAYORAL PRIMARY, IN NEW YORK CITY, AND TODAY
29:48 Nov 3, 2025
44
1990'S EPHEMERA
1:26:54 Nov 3, 2025
45
WONG KIM ARK, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, THE CHARMING BETSEY AND THE SAND LOT PROTESTS
43:59 Oct 29, 2025
46
TALKING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S NEBRASKA ALBUM (WITH MUSIC REWIND PODCAST)
58:09 Oct 29, 2025
47
THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING
48:33 Oct 27, 2025
48
1977 NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL RACE
1:05:54 Oct 16, 2025
49
TRENTON TREND: NJ OFF-YEAR GOVERNOR ELECTIONS
41:42 Oct 13, 2025
50
Move My Bill! A History of Discharge Petitions
37:28 Oct 9, 2025
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