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Charlie Chaplin's Exile (1952)
It’s September 19th. This day in 1952, during a trip abroad, the U.S. attorney general announced an inquiry into whether Chaplin would be allowed to …
4 years, 6 months ago
Calendar Confusion (1752)
It’s September 16th. Or is it? We recently got an email from a listener asking us which calendar we are using when we discuss episodes prior to 1752.…
4 years, 6 months ago
Attica (1971) w/ Heather Ann Thompson
It’s September 14th. This day in 1971, the Attica Prison uprising was coming to a close. Over the prior four days, a massive riot had rocked the faci…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ship of Gold (1857)
It’s September 12th. This day in 1857, the SS Central America, a ship loaded with 30,000 pounds of gold, sank to the bottom of the ocean in a hurrica…
4 years, 6 months ago
Monkey Business (1987) w/ Matt Bai
It’s September 9th. This day in 1987, former Colorado Senator Gary Hart gave an interview on Nightline where he, finally, admitted that he’d been unf…
4 years, 6 months ago
McKinley Shot (1901)
It’s September 7th. This day in 1901, President William McKinley is in Buffalo, NY when he is shot twice in the chest. He would succumb to the injury…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Condom On Jesse Helms's House (1991)
It’s September 5th. This day in 1991, members of the group ACT UP erected a giant yellow condom over the home of North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms t…
4 years, 6 months ago
Camp Casey (2005)
It’s September 2nd. This day in 2005, Cindy Sheehan embarks on a tour around the country to protest the Iraq War, where her son Casey had died the pr…
4 years, 6 months ago
Fred Korematsu's Internment (1942)
It’s August 31st. This day in 1942, a judge upholds the arrest of a Japanese-American man named Fred Korematsu.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how Ko…
4 years, 6 months ago
Teacher In Space (1984)
It’s August 29th. This day in 1984, NASA and the Reagan administration announced a “Teacher in Space” program intended to find one American teacher w…
4 years, 7 months ago