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The Night Of The Johnstown Flood (1889)
It’s May 31st. This day in 1889, a wall of water rushing down the Conemaugh River wiped out the mountain town of Johnstown, PA. It was one of the wor…
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The Randolph Freedpeople (1846)
It’s May 29th. This day in 1846, 13 years after being granted their freedom, a group of formerly-enslaved Virginians arrive in Ohio to settle on land…
4 years, 1 month ago
Obama Apologizes, Sort Of, For Hiroshima (2016)
It’s May 26th. This day in 2016, President Obama offered remarks at a memorial ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss Obama’s s…
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Nellie Taft's Stroke (1909)
It’s May 23rd. This day in 1909, Helen “Nellie” Taft, wife of President William Howard Taft, suffered a stroke that caused her to retreat from the Wh…
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The Potato Beetle Wars (1950)
It’s May 22nd. This day in 1950, East German farmers begin to report that the Colorado Potato Beetle has invaded their crops, causing devastation and…
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Tennessee Finally Teaches Evolution (1967)
It’s May 19th. This day in 1967, the Tennessee state legislature finally repealed the Butler Act, the law that had been on the books since the 1920s …
4 years, 1 month ago
Tuskegee Study Apology (1997)
It’s May 16th. This day in 1997, President Clinton offered a formal apology for the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, which too…
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Family Jewels Pt 4: Meddling In The Press (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein
We wrap up our four-part series on the 1975/76 Church Committee hearings with a look at the contentious, cozy, and murky relationship between intelli…
4 years, 1 month ago
Family Jewels Pt 3: Meddling In Your Mind (1975)
Our miniseries on the 1975/76 Church Committee findings on CIA and FBI operations continues. This episode, we re-visit our conversation about the MKU…
4 years, 1 month ago
Family Jewels Pt 2: Meddling At Home (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein
Our miniseries on the 1975/76 Church Committee findings on CIA and FBI operations continues. This episode, we look at what Americans learned with reg…
4 years, 1 month ago