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Sleep Training the American People?
Season 5 Episode 11
Daylight Savings Time: nobody seems to enjoy switching their clocks twice a year, and recently there has been another push to eliminate it altogether…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
A Speech That Mattered - Lincoln's Second Inaugural
Season 5 Episode 10
Today e ask you to take a moment to look back at an inaugural address that was also given in a time of high political division and partisanship, in f…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Adding the Lone Star - The Annexation and Statehood of Texas
Season 5 Episode 9
How and why did the short-lived Republic of Texas seek admission into the United States and become the 28th state? Historical Jordan Cash joins Jeff …
1 year ago
The Conductor: America's Forgotten Father of the Abolition Movement
Season 5 Episode 8
Rev. John Rankin is, arguably, America's founding abolitionist, and yet he is virtually forgotten today. A conductor on the Underground Railroad, a w…
1 year ago
America's Foreign Policy Challenges as of Early 2025
Season 5 Episode 7
What foreign policy challenges does the Trump Administration face as of February 2025? Where are the potential flashpoints of global conflict and str…
1 year ago
Lincoln and the Presidential Pardon Power
Season 5 Episode 6
The presidential pardon is the most sweeping and unchallengeable of a president's powers, and it seems that each time someone leaves the White House,…
1 year ago
Jimmy Carter - His Presidency, Politics, and Legacy
Season 5 Episode 5
Jimmy Carter, a one-term Democrat president from Georgia, recently passed away after a long and impactful and sometimes controversial post-presidenti…
1 year ago
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Reconciliation
Season 5 Episode 4
As we mark another peaceful transfer of presidential power in America - and after an ugly, rancorous political campaign season - it's worth looking b…
1 year, 1 month ago
New Year, Same Problem: Our National Debt and Its Implications
Season 5 Episode 3
America's national debt stands at over $36 trillion dollars as of early 2025. What does that mean? How did we get here? What should and can be done a…
1 year, 1 month ago
America First - FDR vs Charles Lindbergh in the Shadow of War
Season 5 Episode 2
Jeff is joined by historian H.W. Brands to discuss the public and political battle between #FDR and Charles Lindbergh during the lead-in to #WW2. Wer…
1 year, 1 month ago