Podcast Episodes

164: Harlem Renaissance: The Great Migration, Jazz, and the Flowering of Black Culture

“Harlem is the queen of the black belts, drawing Aframericans together in a vast humming hive . . . from the different states, from the islands of th…

1 year, 7 months ago

163: The Show (Boat) Must Go On: Broadway and the American Musical

“Miller, Lyles, and I were standing near the exit door . . . Blake stuck out there in front, leading the orchestra—his bald head would get the brunt …

1 year, 7 months ago

162: The Birth of the Movies: From Silent Cinema to the Rise of Hollywood & the First “Talkie”

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothing yet!”

This is the story of the silver screen. 

In the late nineteenth century, technology is adv…

1 year, 8 months ago

161: An Epilogue Toast to Prohibition’s End with Author Daniel Okrent

Cheers to Professor Jackson’s post Prohibition conversation with distinguished author Daniel Okrent! Dan is the the author of Last Call: The Rise and…

1 year, 8 months ago

160: Al Capone & the End of Prohibition

“Only Capone kills like that.”

This is the story of the rise and fall of Al Capone, and the last gasps of Prohibition. 

No other gangster compares to S…

1 year, 8 months ago

159: Scofflaws, Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and Crime Lords

“Don’t ask me nothin’! You hear me? Don’t ask! And don’t bring anybody in here for me to identify. I won’t identify them even if I know they did it!”…

1 year, 9 months ago

158: Prohibition - So You Wanna Be a Rum Runner?

“You’re Bill McCoy.” “Never heard of him.”

This is the story of a crazy decade-plus when America outlawed booze…but the liquor kept flowing. 

The Prohi…

1 year, 9 months ago

157: Temperance, Prohibition, and the Path to the 18th Amendment

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“Farewell, you good-for-nothing, God-forsaken, iniquitous, bleary-eyed, bloated-faced old imp of perdition, farewell!”

This is the…

1 year, 10 months ago

156: The Presidency of “Silent” Cal Coolidge

“I believe I can swing it.”

This is the story of the Coolidge Administration.

Calvin Coolidge isn’t the most talkative guy–he’s painfully shy, to be fr…

1 year, 10 months ago

155: The Life & Times of Warren G. Harding & The Teapot Dome Scandal

“If you knew of a great scandal in our administration, would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?” …

1 year, 11 months ago