Politicians and journalists alike often claim Americans are more divided now than at any point in the nation's past. Pundits and commentators point to the stark divisions in the news media we voraciously consume. MSNBC and Fox present strikingly different views on almost every subject. But is this really something new? Join us as we take a dive into the tawdry and titillating history news and newspapers in America. From colonial broadsides criticizing the British crown to abolitionists tracks to scandalous tales of foreign intrigue and even domestic violence, the news from America's past seems strangely familiar in the 21st century.
Episode 58 - The Fourteenth Amendment
Episode 57 - The Supreme Court After 1898
Episode 56 - The US Supreme Court from Taney to Plessy v Ferguson
Episode 55 - The US Supreme Court - Jay to Marshall
Episode 54 - Presentism
Episode 53 - A Brief History of NATO
Episode 52 - More about the News
Episode 50 - Medicine in the US Civil War
Episode 49 - A History of Medicine - Part 1
Episode 48 - September 11, 2001 Twenty Years Later
Episode 47 - The Stonewall Rebellion
Episode 46 - Great Awakenings
Episode 45 - History of Mormonism - Part 2
Episode 44 - A History of Mormons in America - Part 1
Episode 43 - More Cults of the 20th Century
Episode 42 - Cults in 20th Century America
Episode 41 - American Utopias
Episode 40 - Baseball
Episode 39 - Taxes
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