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Election Sunday: Dukakis on the Tank (1988) w/ Amy Walter
It’s September 13th. On this day in 1988, Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis baorded an M-1 tank in order to set up a photo op, ostensibly to make hi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Bank War (1833) w/ Jacob Goldstein
It’s September 10th. On this day in 1833, President Andrew Jackson announced that the U.S. government would no longer be keeping its money with the S…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Obama Star Trek Theory (2004) w/ Ian Chillag
It’s September 6th. On this day Star Trek debuted. We are discussing Star Trek because of a convoluted theory that if the actress Jeri Ryan had never…
5 years, 6 months ago
Election Sunday: The Stars and Stripes and Sports (1918) w/ Jason Concepcion
It’s September 6th. On this day in 1918, during the seventh inning stretch of a World Series game between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, a band…
5 years, 6 months ago
Recy and Rosa (1944) w/ Danielle McGuire
It’s September 3rd. On this day in 1944, a woman by the name of Recy Taylor was raped in Abbeville, Alabama.
Jody and Niki are joined by Danielle McG…
5 years, 6 months ago
Tax The Rich (1862)
It’s September 1st. On this day in 1862, the Internal Revenue Act went into effect.
Jody and Niki discuss how the act codified many of the systems an…
5 years, 6 months ago
Election Sunday: Carter and the Killer Rabbit (1979) w/ Sam Sanders
It’s August 30th. On this day in 1979, newspapers around the country reported on an encounter President Jimmy Carter had earlier that summer with a r…
5 years, 7 months ago
Obama's Tan Suit (2014) w/ Sam Sanders
It’s August 27th. On this day in 2014, President Barack Obama gave a press conference about Ukraine and ISIS and foreign policy — but much of the pol…
5 years, 7 months ago
The 19th (1920) w/ Kellie Carter Jackson
It’s August 25th. On this day in 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed papers that ratified the 19th amendment, which stated that the righ…
5 years, 7 months ago
Election Sunday: Fannie Lou Hamer vs Lyndon B Johnson (1964)
It’s August 23rd. On this day in 1964, Mississippi activist Fannie Lou Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention about her efforts to…
5 years, 7 months ago