From selling people, drafting Americans for the Spanish Legion, Hollywood in Trouble and a Unsung Jazz Legend’s death – More discussion of news events 100 years ago with WSJ editor Jon Blackwell, whose Twitter records events from 1921.
A bunch of ‘leftovers’ but as promised in the episode about the Anti-Masonic party, we look at that party’s VP candidate. Being a third party with very little chance to win and being the #2 spot did not spare Ellmaker … Continued
For premium and patreon subscribers, I’ve made an early release of an episode that will air in November – TIN MAN, dealing with populism, anti-populism, silver and gold and a little about the Wizard of OZ.
A bit about Senators that have caused problems for Presidents of their party and gone their own way, and a bit about British Prime Minster Harold Wilson and his role in virtual education, Vietnam and the UK and Europe.
An upcoming episode on Grover Cleveland and his battle with Congress. Also about William Jennings Bryan’s short military career and Lincoln and Rutherford B. Hayes and their coats, both of which didn’t get used too much.
A preview of an episode on Andrew Carnegie we are working on.
In this third installment of The American 1890’s History audio scrapbook we look at a number of modern issues that bubbled up in the Mauve Decade, including: police violence and Indian rights, women’s rights, mental health, African American rights and … Continued
We look at an early series of letters that James Madison writes to a college chum William Bradford from Princeton which reveal his early thoughts on the coming Revolution, and the Northern part of America versus the Southern part. If … Continued
A few notes we left out. Love and deregulation, more Reggie Jackson and other things
More thoughts on a potential ‘dream ticket’ in 1980. What happens when a President and former President enter the White House.
Some more cranky characters from Washington D.C. in the 1880s, clarifications of what I got wrong about license plates on the cast [the DC motto established in 2000 v. 1991], and other stories.
A cabbie’s view of the stock crashes, a tragedy in the news, and Donald Trump’s Black Monday, all left overs from the podcast
While cannons fired and infantry charged, a battle in the Civil War was fought on another front – the world financial markets – with implications for the war. A section we recorded for the Ark of Commerce Part b but no … Continued
For members only, sneak preview of the first installment of the final Ark of Commerce, our series on the commercial history of the United States. In this episode we discuss Black Monday 1987, and the exchange systems that led up … Continued
Continuing on our look at the 1890’s – many flying machines, Jack London goes from pirate to lawman, William Taft seeks gold, a cookie company and a cough drop company get their names, chicago and Southern California bloom, a city … Continued
Early rough cut of an upcoming episode on the 1996 election, and how events in 1995 all but foretold the outcome. Dick Morris and Clinton, Powell and Dole accusations that the media was biased against Clinton and lot of fundraising.
From one hundred years ago, a simple story that is highly political. Sherwood Anderson’s tale of a son talking about his father’s egg farm and restaurant dreams is a criticism of the intensity and negative side of the American Dream.
US in Haiti, Fatty Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe, Tony Jackson dies but not his influence on jazz singers, Hitler meets Luddendorf. And other items that didn’t fit in the episode.
A little bit more about Mayor Monroe and Lt Governor Oscar Dunn, players in the episode about the Mechanics Institute attack in new Orleans. From the legal pad leftovers.
Many of the attacks on the Constitution lacked specific detail, so Federalists had to fight straw men and conspiracy theories. In this episode we look at how James Wilson and Madison did, and how they explained the Constitution’s benefits. We … Continued
We get the perspective of George B. McClellan Jr, son of the Union general, about Congress in the 1890’s as a Democrat from the North. Dealing with his Southern colleagues and avoiding duels was on his list of activities. Also … Continued
A look at the vice president under Theodore Roosevelt (1905-1909), who was overshadowed by his boss but kept the ‘stand pat’ conservatives happy while his boss ran the White House.
The 1890’s was dubbed The Mauve Decade because of the popularity of that color in fashion. It was also a time of depression and boom, populist politics, attempts to fly, dead poets schoolyard games, automobiles that looked like bikes, and … Continued
Additional notes about Lincoln’s Inaugural train ride. Including Whitman’s description of him. More Train stop speeches. A curse of Congress by Benjamin Wade, Lincoln’s true opinion on Seward’s New Mexico idea (more complex I must admit than my comments in … Continued
We look at the Bonus Army of 1932 and 1933 and how two different Presidents reached to marches on Washington. In the wake of tragic events at the Capitol this week, we discuss Coxey’s Populist ‘army’ and the first real … Continued