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episodes include
Clinton 1993 First Year (2 Part Series)
5-Part Chester Arthur Series (early preview)
1864 Lincoln Reelection - 4 part series, plus a bonus episode
Isolationism, FDR and ... Show More
Aug 2024
Origins of Political Campaigns: Publicity Stunts & Fake News
How do our politicians use the media? Throughout the 2024 election we have seen a boom in the use of social media and cable news, so how far back does this go?
To find out, Don speaks first to crisis public relations expert and TikTok star, Molly McPherson, to hear about this yea ... Show More
50m 58s
Dec 2023
The Day After: The Night My Father Scared America
ABC's The Day After, the 1983 drama about a nuclear strike on America, was the most-watched movie in television history. It had a profound impact on Ronald Reagan, and led to shifts in our nuclear policy. A.B. Stoddard tells the story of her father's role in changing the course o ... Show More
24m 25s