Podcast Episodes

Move My Bill! A History of Discharge Petitions

It is a rarely used tactic, but when it works, it can do big things, like moving a bill through Congress even if the Speaker doesn't support it. From civil rights to gun show loopholes, from budget b…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 5: "HE IS NOT ARTHUR ANYMORE, HE IS THE PRESIDENT!"

The untold story of the 21st President. Music by Lee Rosevere, and others.

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Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

THE HEADSHAKE THAT CHANGED HISTORY And Other Stories

We depart from our Chester Arthur Series briefly with a focus on the moment Garfield was shot, and how a quick action by James Blaine, Secretary of State and no political friend to Arthur, might have…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 4: THE PISTOL AND THE TRANSOM

Political violence changes politics. Vice President Chester Arthur is getting the hang of Parliamentary procedure, and building a reputation for being a more partisan vice president than we've seen i…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

CHESTER ARTHUR PART 3: I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION

Arthur makes an unlikely comeback in the 1880 Republican Convention in this episode. The story is a little more complex than it's often told, and involves a bit more of Arthur's skill than is often m…

Published on 2 months ago

CHESTER ARTHUR PART 2: I AM A STALWART!

(2nd posting ) We look at Chester Arthur and also at Roscoe Conkling, New York Senator and political "boss" of the post-Civil War period. The two are tied together in history. Arthur was, to a point,…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

CHESTER ARTHUR PART 1: THE EARLY YEARS

He fought for civil rights and nearly saved New York City. But all we remember is his hair. We start our series on President Chester Arthur with a look at his boyhood / young lawyer years.

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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

LABOR UNIONS IN FIVE ANGLES

Episode 77

A look at labor unions from their historical beginnings and their height in the 30s to 60s to today, (2015)

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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

ANDY JOHNSON OPPOSES THE TELEGRAPH, AND OTHER STORIES

An invention ties together the stories of many people. A frustrated painter, a faded novelist, and a future President.

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Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

TRUMAN VS. STARK PRIMARY

We almost had no Harry S. Truman as President, except that he was able to beat a tough opponent in a primary, with his typical outworking handshaking and self-driving campaign.

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Published on 3 months, 1 week ago