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Dizzy Gillespie For President (1964)
It's October 28th. This day in 1964, the presidential election is in the home stretch, with candidates like Lyndon B Johnson, Barry Goldwater -- and …
5 months ago
The Memory Palace: This Weekend's Teach-In
This Sunday, we are convening a teach-in in Washington DC with our friend Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace. Here is Nate's latest episode, where he di…
5 months ago
The (Actual) Tree Of Liberty
It's October 22nd. This day in 1999, in Annapolis, MD, the last of the so-called "Liberty Trees" was cut down.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the orig…
5 months, 1 week ago
A Toxic Town Fights Back (1982)
It's October 21st. This day in 1982, residents of Warren County, NC are fighting back against plans to dump tons of PCB-laden dirt in their local lan…
5 months, 1 week ago
Teddy Roosevelt's "Race Suicide" Fears (1903) w/ Andrew Porwancher
It's 1903. This day, Teddy Roosevelt is visiting Ellis Island amid a fierce conversation about American immigration policy.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Obamacare Website Crashes On Day One (2013)
It's October 13th. This day in 2013, the healthcare.gov website is a total fiasco. It had launched a couple weeks earlier and was immediately unusabl…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Teach-Ins (Plus A Special Announcement!) w/ Nate DiMeo
It's October 9th. Today, we look back at the first "teach-ins" at the University of Michigan in 1965, and discuss the power of gathering together to …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The First Modern Shutdown w/ Steve Kornacki (2013) [Archive Episode]
Today, we look back an episode we did about October 2013, when the United States government shut down after the Congress was unable to agree to a new…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The First Time Democrats Shut Down The Government (1879) [Some Sunday Context]
On Sundays, we try to bring you new conversations and episodes from the archives that provide a little context for the news of 2025. Today: a look ba…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
"We Didn't Start The Fire's" Crash Course In History (1989)
It's October 2nd. This day in 1989, Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire," which name-checks a ton of events that took place from the 50s through t…
5 months, 4 weeks ago