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It’s July 3rd. This day in 1956, President Eisenhower signed the National Highway Act, the largest infrastructure project in American history.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Eddie Alterman, longtime editor of Car & Driver magazine, to discuss how the highway network reshaped the country and changed car culture.
Be sure to check out Eddie’s podcast Car Show! from our friends at Pushkin Industries.
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Clinton Finds Life On Mars (1996)
The Roots of "Roots" (1976) [[Archive Episode]]
Clean Up After Your Dog! (1978)
The Subway Vigilante (1984) w/ Leon Neyfakh
The Irish-American Gun-Runners (1973) w/ Nate Lavey [[Archive Episode]]
Thunderation! The Speaker Demands Bean Soup (1904)
The Plot To Blow Up Hell Gate Bridge (1942) w/ Rebecca Seidel
The Beer Summit (2009) [[Archive Episode]]
The Szilard Anti-Nuke Petition (1945)
The Ft Ontario Holocaust Refugees (1944) w/ Sarah Botstein
The Lost Robert E. Lee Oath Theory (1975) w/ John Reeves [[Archive Episode]]
Hubert Humphrey Takes Center Stage (1948) w/ Samuel G Freedman
Skylab Crashes Back To Earth (1979)
Nativists vs Catholics in Philadelphia (1844) [[Archive Episode]]
L'Enfant Maps Out DC (1791) w/ Scott W Berg
Napalming Harvard's Soccer Field (1942)
The Abortion Pill Protest (1992) w/ TJ Raphael
Readmitting Rebel States (1868)
Flag Burning Is Free Speech (1989) w/ Michael Liroff
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