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The Access Hollywood Tape (2016) w/ Roy Wood, Jr
It’s October 7th. This day in 2016, the Washington Post published excerpts of a tape of Donald Trump talking to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush abou…
4 years, 7 months ago
Borking (1987) w/ Jay Willis
It’s October 5th. This day in 1987, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork to a full senate vote — with …
4 years, 7 months ago
Earl "Rusty" Butz Gets Weirdly Racist (1976)
It’s October 3rd. This day in 1976, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz hands in his resignation after a media firestorm over racist comments he made …
4 years, 7 months ago
The Congressional Page Scandal (2006)
It’s September 30th. This day in 2006, Florida Congressman Mark Foley resigned after inappropriate messages he’d sent to underage congressional pages…
4 years, 7 months ago
Lincoln's Spiritualist Stumper (1864)
It’s September 28th. This day in 1864, in the midst of the civil war and the run-up to the election of 1864, the notable spiritualist Emma Hardinge B…
4 years, 7 months ago
The War on Rats (1977)
It’s September 26th. This day in 1977, a Chicago alderman offered a $1 bounty to every one of his constituents who presented him with a severed rat t…
4 years, 7 months ago
Atlanta Massacre (1906)
It’s September 23rd. This day in 1906, racialized mob violence broke out in Atlanta, GA, as part of a growing post-Reconstruction wave of violence an…
4 years, 7 months ago
DADT No More (2011)
It’s September 21st. This day in 2011, President Obama repealed the Clinton-era policy of “don’t ask don’t tell,” regarding openly gay military servi…
4 years, 7 months ago
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, 7 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, 7 months ago