Yesterday

Let's All Go to the World's Fair

Before the internet could show you anything in the universe - including stuff it made up - people had few opportunities to have their minds blown. But every few years, somewhere in the world nations would gather and show off the cool stuff they invented.See omnystudio.com/listene ... Show More

52m 35s

Mar 4

Short Stuff: Johnny Ringo

You might be familiar with the outlaw Johnny Ringo from the movie Tombstone. He was indeed a real-life black hat gunslinger, and a tragic figure at that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13m 5s

Mar 3

The Gold Standard: When Money Meant Something

There was a time less than 100 years ago when you could exchange your paper currency at the bank for actual gold. Gave folks a sense of stability, it did. Depending on your view, we either ruined or built our economies when money became just paper.See omnystudio.com/listener for ... Show More

52m 51s

Feb 2023

J. Edgar Hoover

Today, J. Edgar Hoover is remembered as a power-hungry, corrupt and prejudiced man, obsessed with an imagined threat of domestic communists. But during his life, he was widely respected and admired as the man responsible for building the FBI into a premier law enforcement agency. ... Show More

41m 50s

Apr 2019

J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - Giant Among G-Men | 2

J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI when he was just 29 years old. His orders? Clean up the Bureau. At first, he proved to be a brilliant and innovative leader, setting new standards for education, physical fitness, and training of federal agents.But there was a ... Show More

33m 53s

May 2018

What do we actually Know about J. Edgar Hoover?

Few men held as many secrets as the long-lasting FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. And while he had thousands of files documenting the secret lives of intellectuals, celebrities and politicians, Hoover had no shortage of secrets of his own. Will and Mango dig into the man, how his ... Show More

38m 44s

Apr 2024

G-Man: The Life and Times of J. Edgar Hoover

On this episode of Our American Stories, Beverly Gage, author of the new definitive biography on J. Edgar Hoover, "G-Man, J. Edgar Hoover and The Making of the American Century," tells the story of the most important lawman of the 20th century. Support the show (https://www.ouram ... Show More

30m 17s

Jul 2023

The Secrets of J. Edgar Hoover

As Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover exercised a dictatorial influence over the department – and, it seems, everyone else. Meticulous and vindictive, he frequently weaponised secrets while carefully guarding his own. Deborah Friedell grapples with his overwhelming and disturbi ... Show More

46m 30s

Apr 2019

J. Edgar Hoover's FBI - The Department of Easy Virtues | 1

By the turn of the century, radical anarchists were becoming a growing -- and volatile -- political movement. As shifting workplace conditions exploited and endangered American workers, anarchists increasingly turned to violence to spur everyday citizens to upend the capitalis ... Show More

32m 51s

Feb 2023

The Real Black Panthers (2021)

In 1968, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said the Black Panther Party "without question, represents the greatest threat to the internal security of the country." And with that declaration he used United States federal law enforcement to wage war on the group. But why did Hoover's FB ... Show More

51m 20s

Jun 2023

CLASSIC: Was Benjamin Franklin a serial killer?

Today Benjamin Franklin is known as one of the founding fathers of the US, and there’s no doubt that he played a tremendously influential role in the creation of the country. But Franklin, known then and now as a bit of an eccentric. But what about his darker side?They don't want ... Show More

49m 27s

J. Edgar Hoover: Evil G-Man Pt. 1