We've Got Problems. We've Always Had Problems.
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Release Date: 02/07/2021
Young Dick Cheney
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
We know the globe-running, meeting master Vice President Cheney, but did you know his parents were hardcore Democrats? or that he thought his father turned into a bird (albeit at a pretty young age). As we discuss with Tim Pearson, author of Second Fiddle, a book about Vice Presidents. Cheney's story goes from the football field, to Yale, to the slammer and eventually to the Oval Office. As part of our summer Vice Presidents series, we discuss Cheney before the first Bush Presidency.
info_outline
1995: A Story of Politics On The Information Superhighway
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Stealth ads. Secret advice. Kids in uniforms. Soft money and hard choices in the information age. As we discuss in this cast, a Presidential election was almost completely settled a year before it happened. Some knew an election was going on and some didn't. In a time when money was soft and people said things like: 'This website's taking a long time to load because it has a picture,' we look at Clinton's not-so-certain re election
info_outline
The Man Behind the UN Who Never Got Credit - Edward Stettinius, Jr. w/Bill Scher
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Edward Stettinius, Jr. served a short but important time as Secretary of State serving F.D.R. and Truman. Without him, there may not have been a UN. And because he got very little credit, he was able to be successful. With journalist Bill Scher, host of the "When America Worked" Podcast we discuss Stettinius and pragmatists in general, and Bill talks about the new podcast.
info_outline
Vaccines Then and Now
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Vaccine history, acceptance and denial. The man who saved Boston and never got credit. Law and the citizen and medicine. FDR's polio - if it was polio - and what it meant for America. From 2014, with an update for our times. And we encourage all - Get your COVID-19 shot when eligible.
info_outline
Golden Beauty Boss: Madame Sara Spencer Washington w/ Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
In this episode, we speak with Cheryl Woodruff Brooks, author of Washington was a cosmetic entrepreneur whose company turned her into one of of America's first black millionaires. She was founder and president of Apex Enterprises consisting of Apex Beauty Colleges, Apex Publishing Company, Apex News & Hair Company, Apex Laboratories and Apex Drug Company. Offices were located in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Newark, Richmond, Brooklyn, Washington, DC, Baltimore and Atlantic City.
info_outline
Introducing: Death At The Wing
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Death at the Wing” is a narrative documentary series looking at the generation of basketball stars and prospects that fell victim to the historical, socioeconomic and political forces that defined the ‘80s.
info_outline
Bruce Interviewed on Intellectual Property...Frequently Podcast with David Pridham and Brad Sheafe
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Why do people spend so much time watching the news? Bruce Carlson is interviewed by David, Brad at the IP...Frequently Podcast (hah) We discuss current events in the context of historical ones. Also, reverse virtue signaling.
info_outline
1921 - One Hundred Years Ago
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Events 100 years ago have nothing at all to do with today's events, unless you consider new technologies changing the pace of life, the immigration issue, a new administration changing messaging and policies, racism and racial violence, crime, labor struggles, international conflicts and government spending on the poor.
info_outline
This is William Rufus King w/ Thomas Balcerski - The Forgotten VP, His Role in The Compromise of 1850, His Relationship with James Buchanan and More
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
The 13th Vice President of the United States remains obscure. Where King's name does come up, it's often with the wrong picture. Or he's confused with Rufus King. According to our guest, Thomas Balcerski, Associate Professor of History at Eastern Connecticut University, he should be in the discussion. Balcerski is author of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (Oxford University Press, 2019). We get into the Presidential Ratings Game too.
info_outline
Mario Cuomo is Not Running: A Tale of Politics
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
A look at Governor Andrew Cuomo's father Mario, a classic tale of American politics and the potential campaign for President that he ran.
info_outlineIn this episode, no big deal, we just tackle about every significant problem we have in our politics today. norm-breaking, free-speech and free-speech limits, threats and violence, double impeachments, pushing envelopes and reverse virtue signaling is all part of this episode. Also, Abigail Adams, a treaty won by a forceful speech, a shadowy organization rising up to oppose a President's agenda, two Founders debate and trade charges of hypocrisy. And a bowling ball. Lee Rosevere -music.