{"podcast":{"title":"A Journey into Human History","slug":"a-journey-into-human-history-6372765","podcast_index_feed_id":6372765,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5860966/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-journey-into-human-history--5860966","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/41ce366b1fc1a5dc0942ad28c9fccaa7.jpg","author":"Creative Common Sense","episode_count":224,"summary":"Welcome to a journey into human history. This podcast will attempt to tell the whole human story. You may be asking yourself what is history? Is it simply a record of things people have done? Is it what writer Maya Angelou suggested—a way to meet the pain of the past and overcome it? Or is it, as Winston Churchill said, a chronicle by the victors, an interpretation by those who write it? History is all this and more. Above all else, it is a path to knowing why we are the way we are—all our greatness, all our faults—and therefore a means for us to understand ourselves and change for the better. But history serves this function only if it is a true reflection of the past. It cannot be a way to mask the darker parts of human nature, nor a way to justify acts of previous generations. It is the historian’s task to paint as clear a picture as sources will allow. Will history ever be a perfect telling of the human tale? No. There are voices we may never hear. Yet each new history book written and each new source uncovered reveal an ever more precise record of events around the world. You are about to take a journey into human history. The content contained in this podcast was produced by…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T16:18:22.926405+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-journey-into-human-history-6372765"},"episode":{"title":"Progressivism in the White House","slug":"progressivism-in-the-white-house","published_at":"2026-09-07T11:50:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-journey-into-human-history-6372765/progressivism-in-the-white-house","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-journey-into-human-history-6372765","url":"https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/21-4-progressivism-in-the-white-house","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74655662/1787593354143_voicemaker_in_speech.mp3","summary":"Theodore Roosevelt became president only by historical accident, but his activism in the executive branch spoke to the Progressive spirit in the nation and transformed the president’s office for the twentieth century. The courage he displayed in his confrontation of big business and willingness to side with workers in capital-labor disputes, as well as his commitment to the preservation of federal lands, set an agenda his successors had to match. Like Roosevelt, William Howard Taft pushed antitrust rulings and expanded federal oversight of interstate commerce. But estrangement from his predecessor and mentor left Taft in a difficult position for reelection. Roosevelt’s third-party challenge as a Progressive split the Republican vote and handed Woodrow Wilson the presidency in 1912. A Progressive like his predecessors, Wilson was also a political creature who understood the need to do more in order to ensure his reelection. He, too, sought to limit the power of big businesses and stabilize the economy, and he ushered in a wave of Progressive legislation that grassroots Progressives had long called for. The nation’s entanglement in World War I, however, soon shunted the Progressive goals of democracy, efficiency, regulation, and social justice to the back burner. The nation’s new priorities included national security and making the world “safe for democracy.” All images referenced in this podcast can be found at https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/21-4-progressivism-in-the-white-house Welcome to A Journey into Human History. This podcast will attempt to tell the whole human story. The content contained in this podcast was produced by OpenStax and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. 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