We talk about Vichy France, Jazz music and the Hull note, items left out of the Visions of a Fever cast on 1941, and develop these topics more. FDR’s cooperation with Vichy is considered a clear mistake by many historians … Continued
Reporter William C Hudson on the meeting between a young Theodore Roosevelt and then Governor Grover Cleveland. And a moment about how the losing candidate handled the 1876 election, from an eyewitness.
A few left over notes from the Cal Coolidge and Ethiopia Invasion Podcasts. About Coolidge’s Electric Horse, and about the death of Ethiopia Emperor Halie Selassie.
A preview of an upcoming cast. Regulation of artificial butter. Grover Cleveland and Congress get involved. Blaine and Conkling to at it in Congress, and a look at Secretaries of State.
We discuss one of the greatest speeches in Senate history, and the issues of federal and state control of government.
Washington’s big mistake, the term speakeasy’s origin, George Wallace unloads on Jimmy Carter [unfairly], the origins of New Jersey, I read notes from a recent library trip with varied bits of history and ideas for future podcasts, perhaps and look … Continued
A preview of an upcoming episode (Feb 2022) with three unique stories that in their own way, speak to our times. About viral messages, lobbies and the control over Presidents as well as an early 1887 battle over battle flags, … Continued
A look at Schuyler Colfax, Grant’s first Vice President lived a full life but died in obscurity and some shame. We examine the smiling vice president, former Speaker and friend to Lincoln.
Preview of a soon to be released episode.
Lincoln on canals, railroads and other infrastructure improvements. Along with the tariff and his support for a national bank it was his key issue.
The only Vice President (who didn’t become President) to have his image on American money. Well spoken, a powerful debater, a close-election winner and loser, Thomas Hendricks is the subject of a future episode of the Vice Presidents podcast we … Continued
A preview of an upcoming cast on a prime minster of the UK that was the first to visit America in office. And about the end of the gold standard. Will air in December – you hear it today.
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