802 Episodes

  1. Texas Opts In (1845)

    Published: 7/5/2022
  2. The Great American Road Trip (1956) w/ Eddie Alterman

    Published: 7/3/2022
  3. The Wrights Make Might (1909)

    Published: 6/30/2022
  4. The Abramoff Scandal (2005) w/ Philip Bump

    Published: 6/28/2022
  5. Stuck On 435 (1929) w/ Philip Bump

    Published: 6/26/2022
  6. The Solar Panels On The White House Roof (1979)

    Published: 6/23/2022
  7. The Dinner Where It Happened (1790)

    Published: 6/21/2022
  8. The Pig War (1859)

    Published: 6/19/2022
  9. Paired: HBCUs (w/ The Stoop)

    Published: 6/16/2022
  10. Paired: Attica and San Quentin (w/ Ear Hustle)

    Published: 6/14/2022
  11. Paired: The Moton School Strike (w/ Memory Palace)

    Published: 6/12/2022
  12. Paired: Nuclear Mishaps (w/ Radio Diaries)

    Published: 6/9/2022
  13. The Oprah-Oz Conundrum (from Oprahdemics)

    Published: 6/7/2022
  14. Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men (1968)

    Published: 6/5/2022
  15. The Dominion of Melchizedek (1993)

    Published: 6/2/2022
  16. The Night Of The Johnstown Flood (1889)

    Published: 5/31/2022
  17. The Randolph Freedpeople (1846)

    Published: 5/29/2022
  18. Obama Apologizes, Sort Of, For Hiroshima (2016)

    Published: 5/26/2022
  19. Nellie Taft's Stroke (1909)

    Published: 5/24/2022
  20. The Potato Beetle Wars (1950)

    Published: 5/22/2022

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