History That Doesn't Suck

189: World War II in Europe & the American Response (1941): Production & Preparation

The Unlikely Union: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

188: World War II in Europe & The American Response (1939–40): Isolationism vs. Arsenal of Democracy

Introducing Star Trek: Khan

187: From the Rhineland to Poland (1935–1939): Annexation, Appeasement, & the Start of World War II

186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin

The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates

184: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: From Failure to Führer of Nazi Germany or the Third Reich

183: The Origin of Fascism: “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascist Italy

182: A Prologue to World War II: US Army Interwar Preparation

181: American Aviation: The Growth of the Industry Through the Eyes of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Howard Hughes

180: “A Race to the Sky”: The Rise of New York City’s Chrysler, Manhattan Company, and Empire State Buildings

179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)

170: The Crash of 1929 & Meeting President Herbert Hoover

178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)

America 250: The Boston Campaign 1775-76: A Leadership Discussion with Gen. William Rapp

177: An Epilogue to the New Deal and CCC Deep Dive with Neil Maher

176: FDR v. “The Nine Old Men” (The New Deal pt. 3): Court Packing and Closing the New Deal

175: The Dirty Thirties (The New Deal pt. 2): Dust, Doubts, and the “Second” New Deal

174: The First “First Hundred Days:” FDR Kicks Off the New Deal

173: From Hyde Park to the White House: The Early Life and Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

172: Breadlines, Bank Failures, & the Bonus Army: Hoover & the Early Great Depression

172: Breadlines, Bank Failures, & the Bonus Army: Hoover & the Early Great Depression

171: Christmas Special VIII: Festivities in the Jazz Age

171: Christmas Special VIII: Festivities in the Jazz Age

170: The Crash of 1929 & Meeting President Herbert Hoover

169: An Epilogue to the 1920s: Youth culture, The Great Gatsby, and more with Professor Sarah Churchwell

168: Halloween Special IV: Nosferatu and Silent Horror

167: The Golden Age of Sports: Horse Racing, Boxing, Basketball, Football, & Jim Thorpe

166: A Conversation on Negro Leagues Baseball History with Bob Kendrick

165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino

164: Harlem Renaissance: The Great Migration, Jazz, and the Flowering of Black Culture

163: The Show (Boat) Must Go On: Broadway and the American Musical

162: The Birth of the Movies: From Silent Cinema to the Rise of Hollywood & the First “Talkie”

161: An Epilogue Toast to Prohibition’s End with Author Daniel Okrent

160: Al Capone & the End of Prohibition

159: Scofflaws, Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and Crime Lords

158: Prohibition - So You Wanna Be a Rum Runner?

157: Temperance, Prohibition, and the Path to the 18th Amendment

156: The Presidency of “Silent” Cal Coolidge

155: The Life & Times of Warren G. Harding & The Teapot Dome Scandal

154: An Epilogue Discussion with Ben Sawyer

153: West Virginia’s Mine Wars: From Trouble in Matewan to the Battle of Blair Mountain

152: The Second Ku Klux Klan: Racism, Anti-Semitism, & Anti-Catholicism in the 1920s

151: The First Red Scare - Bombings, The Palmer Raids, Eugene Debs, and J. Edgar Hoover

150: The Great War’s Aftermath: Coming Home, The Spanish Flu, & The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

149: WWI Epilogue

148: Tales of Christmas from World War I (A Truce, Plum Pudding, and Love)

147: Peacemaking in Paris: The Treaty of Versailles

146: The Armistice of November 11, 1918