My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

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THE JACKSONIANS and Their Role in Today's Politics - John Ellis Dec 18, 2023

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We talk with John Ellis of News Corp, NBC, Boston Globe and currently at news-items.com, to discuss his theory on today's politics. Jacksonians, a group of people who behave in ways the media has misjudged are the force beyond today's polls numbers. We also took a bit about calling states for networks in elections, something Ellis had a role in in the 2000 election.

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TRUSTBUSTING, A HISTORY Dec 12, 2023

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A look at the histories and realities of breaking up trusts, from T.R.'s era to the present.

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FLORIDA MAN; The Go-Go Governorship of Claude Kirk - Part III: A Certain Kind of Hari-Kari Nov 03, 2023

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In our final episode on the first GOP governor of Florida since Reconstruction, Claude Kirk. Kirk's flamboyant style got him attention as a national political star in the late 1960's. But three particular actions he takes will trap him and make his future difficult.

Music by Lee Rosevere and Revolution Void from Free Music Archive.

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JEFFERSON AND ADAMS Nov 02, 2023

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A look at the famous series of letters between Jefferson and Adams. Friends as young diplomats, they 'unfriended' and 'refriended' from the time of their Presidencies and politics to their old age.

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FLORIDA MAN: The Go-Go Governorship of Claude Kirk - Part II: Boo Me! Nov 02, 2023

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In his first and second years as an improbable GOP Governor in the South in the 1960's Kirk, tries out a new type of politics, at least new to the Sunshine State: confrontation. Equally with protestors, strikers, and polluters, he confronts them straight on. He also makes a miscalculation that will hurt his rep while he's winning a political victory.

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FLORIDA MAN: The Go-Go Governorship of Claude Kirk - Part I: Flashbulbs Nov 02, 2023

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In the late 1960's the first GOP governor of Florida since Reconstruction found himself elected with no support in the legislature. He had only a microphone and so he used direct confrontation, insults, press-bashing and other tactics to get elected and get his way. Rather than let things be he took on left-wing hippies and right wing segregationists alike in the early part of his term. He aimed his cannons at communists, but also at good old boy political machines. And what do you know, he also is the governor to bring in a large amusement park to the state. Move that Earth he said! This will be part 1 of a 3 part series.

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MUSIC AND POLITICS: TALKING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S NEBRASKA ALBUM (WITH MUSIC REWIND PODCAST) Oct 29, 2023

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In this very special episode we replay Bruce's appearance on Music Rewind Podcast (https://www.musicrewindpodcast.com/) to talk about Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album. It is now the subject of a movie.

If you like to hear about albums both new and classic, and hear stories about music, listen to Steve's excellent podcast.

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BLACK HAWK 'WAR' and Chief Black Hawk - Part Two Oct 12, 2023

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NOTE - if you haven't listened to Part I of our series on Black Hawk you'll want to listen. This is a two-parter. In the second episode. Chief Black Hawk has an improbable victory, and it sets the stage for all-out conflict.

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BLACK HAWK WAR and Chief Black Hawk - Part I Oct 09, 2023

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In 1832, a renegade chief crossed the Mississippi river. In his view, it was simply to get back to his cornfields. But the United States considered it an invasion, and reacted accordingly, and at first, badly, leading to deaths on both sides. It was, according to the general that led troops in the war, a mistake. But it would make the careers of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and Zachary Taylor and open up western settlement.

Yet if Black Hawk was an enemy, why was he embraced by those that defeated him. Why in the name of newspapers, in the county courthouse, in state motos and in attack helicopters, does he remain? We look at the story of Black Hawk, his 'war,' and the consequences. We'll look at appropriation of Native American symbols and the legacy of Black Hawk's war today.

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Mississippi Bans Sesame Street (From the Useless Information Podcast) Oct 08, 2023

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From the excellent Useless Information podcast, the story of the development of educational television in Mississippi, and the exclusion of one particular program.

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