Take America Back? To What, Exactly?

Everybody's talking about “going back”—but back to what? Host Jesse Lee Hammonds pulls the mask off nostalgic narratives and exposes the truth behind the 1789–1913 economic model. From slavery to sharecropping to today's tariffs, this episode unpacks why America’s so-called "great past" wasn’t great for everybody—and why moving forward means facing the facts, not rewriting history.