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SNL Turns Fifty: Our Favorite Political Sketches (1975-2025)
This weekend Saturday Night Live celebrates its 50th anniversary. To help celebrate, we're bringing you an episode we recorded last fall about SNL's …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Last Senator To Be Expelled (1862)
It's February 11th. This day in 1862, the U.S. Senate has expelled Indiana Senator Jesse David Bright for colluding with the Confederacy.
Jody, Niki, …
1 year, 1 month ago
Immigration And MAGA (Some Sunday Context)
Today, an episode from the archives that may provide some context for the news playing out today. We'll be doing more Some Sunday Context episodes --…
1 year, 1 month ago
The U.S.S. Pueblo Hostage Crisis (1968)
It's February 6th. This day in 1968, 82 crewmembers of the U.S.S. Pueblo have been captured by North Korea, setting off a major hostage crisis in the…
1 year, 1 month ago
ABSCAM Arrives (1980)
It's February 4th. This day in 1980, the story is breaking about the FBI's "ABSCAM" operation -- a bribery sting that ended up implicating many congr…
1 year, 1 month ago
Airline Deregulation (Some Sunday Context)
Today, an episode from the archives that may provide some context for the news playing out today. We'll be doing more Sunday episodes -- from the arc…
1 year, 1 month ago
The "Bedsheet Ballot" (1964)
It's January 29th. In 1964, because of an impasse over redistricting, the state of Illinois held elections in which every candidate was at-large.
Jody…
1 year, 2 months ago
The First Issue Of National Geographic (1888)
It's January 28th. This day in 1888, a new society is formed in Washington D.C. to support the exploration of the entire globe -- and soon thereafter…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Push To Impeach Perkins (1939) w/ Rebecca Brenner Graham
It's January 25th. This day in 1939, Republicans in Congress are holding hearings to impeach labor secretary Frances Perkins, claiming that she'd fai…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump's First 48 Hours, In Context
It's January 23rd. This day, we discuss Donald Trump's first 48 hours, and how other presidents have spent their first hours, days, and weeks in offi…
1 year, 2 months ago