I’ve been looking through the buried treasure of the old MHCBUYP server (as a recent business change it went from Yahoo to Verizon) and found a few episodes that were released in their time but are no longer on the … Continued
In this we share a little extra info about Bruce Givner, the intern at the DNC at the time of the Watergate breakin, and also about Congress’s Subpoena power, items that did not make it into the main casts.
An early preview for supporters of our episode on the history of congressional committees
More information left on the legal pads from the Student Loan and Midterm about nothing cast. Including Sputnik landing in America, Nixon and Midterms and other notes.
We take a look at what the folks who met in New England’s moment of near – secession, the Hartford Convention wanted. What would have American life been like under their suggested rules and amendments to the Constitution? This and … Continued
We look at the Vice President who – maybe – described the office as a “bucket of warm spit.” He also may have been its most powerful occupant up to his time, and he’s responsible in a little way for … Continued
Fast food, department store shopping and taking tea in a hotel room. How Three British visitors to America in two different time periods saw the country. Pictured is the English novelist Francis Trollope, who wrote about her visit to 1820’s … Continued
Attention Bruce will be speaking to Patreon and Premium Supporters this week, in what will be one of many calls this Summer. He’ll talk about My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, future plans, upcoming episodes, recent episodes and the … Continued
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.