My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

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LBJ and The Creation of Medicare - 50 Years Ago Dec 28, 2018

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50 years ago, Medicare was created and some of it was recorded.

We'll look at the original conversations that demonstrate LBJ's work on the bill, and compare the enactment of Medicare to the Affordable Care Act. And we'll contrast the two bill's passages and implementation, effect and popularity.

Based on a previous cast called 'Medicare Atmosphere' from 2010... but updated and re-recorded.

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The Craziest Speaker of The House Election, Indian Removal Petitions and Other Thoughts Dec 25, 2018

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A few questions, some from an older cast that now bears repeating in the wake of a new speaker election, and others from the premium channel now elevated. Was Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal allowed to happen by a quiet public, or was thee resistance? And what would Revolutionary protests look like.

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Saturday Night Nixon: The Firing That Sealed Watergate Dec 17, 2018

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The Saturday Night Massacre was the name given to the triple firing of a special prosecutor investigating President Nixon, the AG and the deputy AG on the same night in 1973. After the firing of the FBI Director by President Trump, all eyes are looking back on this historical event. Are they right to do

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George H.W. Bush, 03 30 81 Dec 02, 2018

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Bruce takes a look at one day in the life and career of President George H.W. Bush - not in his presidency but in his vice-presidency. That day revealed his leadership style and set future precedents, perhaps. March 30, 1981 the day of the attempted assassination of President Reagan. We also look at Bush's Presidency and legacy.

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Presidents After Midterms with Matt K. Lewis Nov 20, 2018

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Bruce and Daily Beast/CNN correspondent Matt K. Lewis talk about midterms, and Presidents post midterms. Bruce tells a story about Lincoln that he told 11 years ago. (more information on that story in the premium podcast).

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David Priess on the Realities of Impeachment and the History of Presidential Removal Nov 14, 2018

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We are joined today by David Priess, former CIA intelligence officer and author about his new book on the history and the realities of impeachment, what people think it is, and what has really happened in history. He is the author of How To Get Rid of a President: History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives.

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Posse Comitatus and Billy The Kid Nov 04, 2018

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A law that may have given Billy The Kid a few more months of life, long enough to build a legend is still a part of today's politics. The rich history of the Posse Comitatus law that separated military from law enforcement and forbids, in some cases, the use of military on American soil. , Music by Lee Rosevere, Squire Tuck and Lucas Gonze at freemusicarchive

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Thomas Paine, Common Sense and The American Mind Oct 16, 2018

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A look at one of America's earliest blockbusters, the little book that changed American minds: Common Sense, its author Thomas Paine, the impact it had at the time and what it might mean today. We also examine the creative differences Paine had with his printers, and how much it might have cost to advertise for a book in that time.

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War: 1983 and How Close We Came to Nuclear War w/ Marc Ambinder Jul 29, 2018

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Examining the moment in 1983 when nuclear war was possible with new research and stories from the Soviet side. How close did we come to war? And could that war have been accidental? w/ White House Correspondent for National Journal and Political Editor of The Atlantic Marc Ambinder, author of "The Brink - President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983." We double down on some of the points made in the Reagan podcast with Marc's exhaustive research. We also get into the recent Trump-Putin sum

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RFK Anniversary: Chris Matthews on Bobby Kennedy and the Missing Element in Today's Politics Jul 28, 2018

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Chris Matthews of Hardball joins the program!! He has just finished his book Bobby Kennedy - A Raging Spirit. Chris talks about RFK and how his history and childhood, and his relationship with Joe Kennedy Senior that informed his own politics. Those politics, according to Matthews, were just starting to develop at the end of his life, as he sought to defend society's less fortunate, while keeping working people of all races in mind.

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