Podcast Episodes

The Boston Molasses Disaster [Some Sunday Context]

For our "Sunday Context" episode, we look at another industrial disaster from the 1910s -- the time a river of molasses wiped out much of Boston's No…

16 hours ago

How Triangle Ushered In An Era Of Reform [Part 2]

Our conversation about the Triangle Shirtwaist fire continues with how reformers responded to the tragedy, and how those who witnessed the fire perso…

3 days, 16 hours ago

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Shocks America [Part 1]

For the twelfth episode of “50 Weeks That Shaped America” we go to 1911 and the massive fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village,…

5 days, 16 hours ago

Obama's Rocky 2008 + A 538 Doc Teaser [Some Sunday Context]

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For our "Sunday Context" episode, we go back…

1 week ago

How Obama Spoke To Us About Race [Part 2]

Our conversation about Barack Obama and Reverend Jeremiah Wright continues with a look at what he said about race in America during his "A More Perfe…

1 week, 3 days ago

Obama, Rev. Wright, and "A More Perfect Union" [Part 1]

For the eleventh episode of “50 Weeks That Shaped America,” we go to the spring of 2008. Barack Obama was largely on path to clinch the Democratic no…

1 week, 5 days ago

The Gingrich Revolution [Some Sunday Context]

For our "Sunday Context" episode, go back to the Clinton administration and look at how Republicans swept into power in 1994. It allowed them to pres…

2 weeks ago

How Clinton-Lewinsky Set The Template For Modern Politics [Part Two]

Our conversation about the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky affair continues, with a look at the changing media environment, the rise of FOX News, an…

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Clinton, Lewinsky, FOX & Drudge [Part 1]

This week on “50 Weeks That Shaped America” series, we go to fairly recent history — and the rise of the modern media-driven political scandal. Durin…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

The Speech That First Made Lincoln [Some Sunday Context]

For our "Sunday Context" episode, we look at another speech by Abraham Lincoln, one he gave in 1860 at the Cooper Union in New York City. Before the …

3 weeks ago