Podcast

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Author: Bruce Carlson
Feed episode count: 376
Official site: https://myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.wordpress.com
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Summary

Since 2006, this podcast has been using history to elevate today's political debates. "The perfect antidote to bloviating talking heads, My History is thoughtful, nuanced, and highly engaging." -Columbia Journalism Review

Episodes

Sep 28, 2026 · not_requested

COXEY'S ARMY, MEDIA AND OTHER THINGS WITH JERRY SPENCER

Duration seconds: 2059
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Sep 27, 2026 · not_requested

MIDTERMS DONT ALWAYS GO BADLY FOR PRESIDENTS: (But Mostly They Do)

Duration seconds: 4932
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Sep 22, 2026 · not_requested

BIAS: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART SEVEN

Duration seconds: 3213
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Sep 17, 2026 · not_requested

ANDREW JACKSON'S MEDIA SPOILS: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART SIX

Duration seconds: 2765
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Sep 14, 2026 · not_requested

GIGGLE CLUB: FDR'S PRESS STRATEGY - OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART FIVE

Duration seconds: 3052
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Sep 8, 2026 · not_requested

GRANT'S TROLL AND THE MAN IN THE CASTLE: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART FOUR

Duration seconds: 2726
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Sep 3, 2026 · not_requested

GET ME ON TV: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC - PART THREE

Duration seconds: 4008
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Aug 31, 2026 · not_requested

LINCOLN'S CRITIC: OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC - PART TWO

Duration seconds: 2768
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Aug 24, 2026 · not_requested

OUR MEDIATED REPUBLIC, PART ONE

Duration seconds: 5040
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Aug 20, 2026 · not_requested

20 YEARS OF MY HISTORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR POLITICS

Duration seconds: 935
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Aug 20, 2026 · not_requested

PROTEST: HOW CHANGE IS MADE -(From 2013) Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Summer and Other Change Movements

Duration seconds: 2372
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Aug 17, 2026 · not_requested

PRESIDENTS AND MIDDLE EAST: 1979 US EMBASSY IN PAKISTAN INCIDENT

Duration seconds: 1363
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Aug 10, 2026 · not_requested

INFLATION: NIXON VERSUS PLYWOOD, LBJ AND COPPER

Duration seconds: 1706
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Aug 4, 2026 · not_requested

PROTEST, ARMS, RIGHTS: SHAYS' REBELLION

Duration seconds: 4588
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Aug 3, 2026 · not_requested

ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3 - We May Have to Reconsider

Duration seconds: 5019
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Aug 2, 2026 · not_requested

ZACHARY TAYLOR - PART 2: What Do You Mean He Has a Plan?

Duration seconds: 2893
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Aug 1, 2026 · not_requested

ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 1 - He is Ready

Duration seconds: 3365
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Jul 31, 2026 · not_requested

CIVIL WAR: THE MAN WHO SOLD YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. AND OTHER STORIES

Duration seconds: 1794
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Jul 30, 2026 · not_requested

MIDTERMS: NIXON'S LONELY MIDTERM, 1970

Duration seconds: 2591
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Jul 28, 2026 · not_requested

PRESIDENTS, WAR AND BOMBING: THE NIXON ZILCH MEMO

Duration seconds: 1389
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Jul 27, 2026 · not_requested

EARLY TRUMP: Trump and Harrah's

Duration seconds: 1140
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Jul 23, 2026 · not_requested

PRESIDENT'S FAMILIES: CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND GRANDSON

Duration seconds: 1398
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Jul 20, 2026 · not_requested

TARIFFS: CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS

Duration seconds: 1088
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Jul 16, 2026 · not_requested

ECONOMY: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLD STANDARD?

Duration seconds: 1295
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Jul 14, 2026 · not_requested

STATUES AND STATUE REMOVAL : NATIONAL VAHALLA: ALL ABOUT STATUES

Duration seconds: 3449
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Jun 6, 2026 · not_requested

LINCOLN'S BLUE MIDTERM: 1862

Duration seconds: 1693
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Jun 5, 2026 · not_requested

SPEECH AND SAFETY (from 2021)

Duration seconds: 6323
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Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested

CALIFORNIA BANK ROBBERIES: Talking With Listener Peter Houlahan

Duration seconds: 3222
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May 29, 2026 · not_requested

HUMPHREY HAS GOT NO CASH and ALICE's REAL RESTAURANT: 1968 Stories

Duration seconds: 1032
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May 26, 2026 · not_requested

BONUS ARMY March of 1932: Ohio v. The World Featuring Bruce Carlson of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Duration seconds: 5247
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May 21, 2026 · not_requested

CRANKY CONFEDERATES: THE C.S.A. MIDTERMS OF 1863-4

Duration seconds: 2722
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May 20, 2026 · not_requested

TUNING IN FROM MAINE: Talking to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Listeners: Kevan Whitten

Duration seconds: 1492
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May 18, 2026 · not_requested

2002 MIDTERM: Against The Trend

Duration seconds: 1820
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May 16, 2026 · not_requested

ZUNE MEMORIES: Talking to My History Can Beat Up Your Politics Listeners - Billy Paige

Duration seconds: 2480
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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

ICH BIN AMERIKANER: Tales From The Very German United States

Duration seconds: 1143
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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

VOTES DURING WARTIME: THE 1942 MIDTERMS

Duration seconds: 1792
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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

RONALD REAGAN TWELVE: FINALE - WHERE'S REAGAN?

Duration seconds: 4149
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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

DID REAGAN WIN THE COLD WAR? - RONALD REAGAN PART ELEVEN

Duration seconds: 6613
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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

RONALD REAGAN PART TEN: First Term Cold War Moves

Duration seconds: 3401
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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

THE FORGOTTEN FOUR WORDS IN THE 10TH AMENDMENT: "or to the people"

Duration seconds: 1955
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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

"LEFT AND RIGHT" IN POLITICS, THE UNUSED PART OF THE 25TH and Other Thoughts

Duration seconds: 1488
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Apr 19, 2026 · not_requested

VANCE AND ORBAN in CONTEXT

Duration seconds: 1029
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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

RONALD REAGAN PART NINE: SHOCKWAVE 1981

Duration seconds: 2425
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Apr 11, 2026 · not_requested

Q&A: Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech, Richard Oakes AIM Alcatraz Takeover & Sources, David Sirota Reaction

Duration seconds: 3541
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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

THE IRANIAN SIDE OF IRAN CONTRA And other stories

Duration seconds: 3511
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Apr 7, 2026 · not_requested

DESERT ONE / EAGLE CLAW - 1980 IRAN RESCUE EFFORT - THE STORY AND POLITICAL EFFECTS

Duration seconds: 2788
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Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested

RONALD REAGAN PART EIGHT: Iran-Contra

Duration seconds: 2761
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Apr 5, 2026 · not_requested

CRAZY POLL TAX STORIES: The Way The 24th Amendment Was Passed, Why Some Loved Paying The Tax, and Three Words to Watch.

Duration seconds: 1742
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Apr 1, 2026 · not_requested

DAVID SIROTA On George W. Bush, Reagan and The Rise of Presidential Power

Duration seconds: 3274
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Mar 30, 2026 · not_requested

RONALD REAGAN PART SEVEN: Tax Reform, Amnesty, Bitburg and Banking

Duration seconds: 2724
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Mar 23, 2026 · not_requested

RONALD REAGAN PART SIX: Hands Across America

Duration seconds: 2595
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