This Day

Teach-Ins (Plus A Special Announcement!) w/ Nate DiMeo

The First Modern Shutdown w/ Steve Kornacki (2013) [Archive Episode]

The First Time Democrats Shut Down The Government (1879) [Some Sunday Context]

"We Didn't Start The Fire's" Crash Course In History (1989)

The Elaine Massacre (1919)

Post-911 Patriotic Mania (2001) [Chilled Speech Week Pt 2]

The Red Channels Whisper Network (1950) [Chilled Speech Week Pt 1]

Campus Loyalty Oaths [Some Sunday Context]

Washington's Masonic Cornerstone (1793)

The Great Crush Train Crash (1896)

Ollie North, Still In The News [Some Sunday Context]

The Irish-Americans Fighting For Mexico (1847)

The Hummer Takes Over (2001)

Fred Tuttle Goes From Mockumentary to Senate Candidate (1998)

Alaska vs. Ohio: Mt McKinley To Denali And Back Again (2015)

The Subway Vigilante Shooting (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh [Archive Favorite]

The U.S. Gets A New Capitol - For One Day (1814) [Archive Favorite]

Emergency Podcast: Smithsonian Showdown, Relitigating Slavery, More (2025)

The First Battle Over The Smithsonian (1846) [Archive Favorite]

The Dumbest, Most Perfect, Political Question Ever (2012) [Archive Favorite]

Jefferson Gets An Anti-Slavery Appeal (1791) [Archive Favorite]

Moral Panics, D&D, Steam Tunnels and More (1979) [Archive Favorite]

Trump On Charlottesville: "Very Fine People" (2017) [Archive Favorite]

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1846) [Archive Favorite]

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and The Brutal Calculus of WWII (1945) w/ Garrett Graff

WWII Internment: Latin Americans in Texas (1944)

Texas Dems Flee To Stop Redistricting (Some Context) w/ Harry Enten

Weird, Controversial, and Fake Historical Markers (Part 2)

The History Of History Markers (Part 1) (1913)

The Frick Near-Assassination (1892)

John Dillinger Is Killed, The FBI Is Born (1934)

Willis Carrier Invents Air Conditioning (1902)

The Great Grain Robbery (1972)

Superman's Politics w/ Glen Wheldon [Some Sunday Context]

The Death Of The DOE (1868)

The Mormon King Of Beaver Island (1850)

How America250 Is Coming Together (Part 2)

America250 Is Here, Are You Ready?

The Chicken Tariff That Led To Huge Trucks (1962)

4th Of July, Protest, The Constitution and Slavery (Some Sunday Context)

LBJ Goes From War On Poverty To War On Crime (1968)

Wikipedia, The Last Good Place On The Internet (2003) w/ Garrett Graff

Juneteenth, Federal Holidays, And Writing History In Real Time

50 Years Of JAWS Terrifying Everyone (1975)

LBJ Puts Thurgood Marshall On The Court (1967)

FDR Takes Your Gold (1933)

LA, The National Guard, Immigration and the Zoot Suit Riots (Some Sunday Context)

The U.S. Deports A Chinese Scientist (1950)

Jack Johnson't Big Fight (1913)

Inside Airline Cockpits (Some Sunday Context) w/ Ganesh Sitaraman