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"Birth Of A Nation" (1915) w/ Tyler Parry
It’s February 8th. This day in 1915, at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles, “The Birth of a Nation” premiered.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by T…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Smoking Section (1987) w/ Sarah Milov
It’s February 6th. This day in 1987, federal regulations go into effect limiting where federal workers can smoke cigarettes. Smoking rooms, smoking c…
4 years, 1 month ago
The SPAM Strike (1986) w/ Julia Longoria
It’s February 3rd. This day, 1986, the town of Austin, Minnesota is being torn apart by an ongoing strike at the Hormel meat-packing plant.
Jody, Nik…
4 years, 1 month ago
McDonald's Comes to Moscow (1990)
It’s February 1st. This day in 1990, the very first McDonald’s opened in Moscow, after 14 years of negotiations and a moment where the USSR was softe…
4 years, 1 month ago
Here Come the AKAs (1908)
It’s January 30th. This day in 1913, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority was formally incorporated, five years after its founding in 1908 at Howard Unive…
4 years, 2 months ago
Early Prohibition and The Rise of Weird Liquor Laws (1838)
IT’s January 27th. This day in 1838, some 80 years before national prohibition, the country’s first liquor restriction was passed.
Jody, NIki, and Ke…
4 years, 2 months ago
The U.S. Almost Nukes Itself (1961)
It’s December 25th. In 1961, on the night of January 23rd, a bomber carrying two massive nuclear weapons broke up in the sky over eastern North Carol…
4 years, 2 months ago
Carter Pardons Draft Dodgers (1977)
It’s January 23rd. This day in 1977, on his first day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned Americans who had evaded service in the Vietnam War.…
4 years, 2 months ago
Lurleen Wallace, Proxy Governor (1967)
It’s January 20th. This day in 1967, Lurleen Wallace took office as the Govenor of Alabama, only the third female governor in the United States histo…
4 years, 2 months ago
Silver Shenanigans (1980) w/ Bijan Stephen
It’s January 18th. This day in 1980, a group of Texas oil billionaires were in the middle of a scheme to drive up the worldwide price of silver. This…
4 years, 2 months ago