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  • 40-36: The Sinking of the Titanic & A Dream in D.C.

    40-36: The Sinking of the Titanic & A Dream in D.C.
    2026/10/28
    40: The Compromise of 1790 begins the establishment of Washington, D.C., as the new nation's capital and allows the federal government to assume states' debts. 39: RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg killing roughly 1,500 people. ft. Dr. Steven Biel, Executive Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, Senior Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University, and author of Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic. 38: President Garfield is shot by Charles J. Guiteau in Washington, D.C. He suffers for two months before dying of the wound and subsequent infection. 37: The Compromise of 1877 gives the Presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange to the end of Reconstruction in the South ft. Joshua Dubbert, historian at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, and Birchard M. Taylor, great-great-grandson of President Rutherford B. Hayes and trustee of both the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums and the Society of Presidential Descendants. 36: The March on Washington takes place, with a crowd of 250,000 watching Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 分
  • 45-41: Burning the Nation’s Capital

    45-41: Burning the Nation’s Capital
    2026/10/21
    45: Dust storms in the Midwest destroy agriculture and ecology kicking off the start of The Dust Bowl ft. Professor Emeritus of History at Purdue University & author and editor of over 20 books including The Dust Bowl: An Agricultural and Social History, R. Douglas Hurt. 44: The Supreme Court establishes the "separate but equal" doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson. 43: The Berlin Wall falls. Two years later, in 1991, The Cold War officially ends after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 42: War of 1812 - British forces enter Washington, D.C., burning the White House and the U.S. Capitol building ft. Retired History Professor from Wayne State College, considered the dean of 1812 historians and author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict, Dr. Donald R. Hickey. 41: Anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinates President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 分
  • 50-46: At the Brink of Nuclear War

    50-46: At the Brink of Nuclear War
    2026/10/14
    50: President Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act establishing the Interstate Highway System. 49: The Cuban Missile Crisis: Americans live in a state of fear as Soviet nuclear weapons are installed in Cuba. President Kennedy & Soviet leader Khrushchev agree to a deal avoiding the conflict ft. Douglas Dillion professor at Harvard Kennedy School professor and author of Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dr. Graham Allison. 48: Ellis Island begins receiving immigrants ft. Professor of History at UMass Boston and author of American Passage: The History of Ellis Island, Dr. Vincent J. Cannato. 47: George Washington signs the Neutrality Proclamation, beginning America's first new foreign policy.46: Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 分
  • 55-51: Tear Down This Wall

    55-51: Tear Down This Wall
    2026/10/07
    55: Harriet Tubman emancipates herself and begins freeing slaves via the Underground Railroad. 54: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a brain hemorrhage; Vice President Harry S. Truman assumes the presidency. 53: At the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, President Reagan challenges Soviet leader Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall." ft. speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution, host of the podcast Common Knowledge, and author of How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life, Peter M. Robinson. 52: Eli Whitney's patent for the cotton gin is granted ft. curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History, Dr. Abeer Saha. 51: Congress passes the Indian Removal Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 分
  • 60-56: Hamilton vs. Burr

    60-56: Hamilton vs. Burr
    2026/09/30
    60: The Galveston Hurricane makes landfall, killing anywhere from 6,000 to 12,000 people. It remains the deadliest natural disaster in American history. 59: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey. 58: War of 1812: Americans defending the key city of Baltimore mark a turning point in the war, inspiring Francis Scott Key to pen "The Star-Spangled Banner." 57: Vice President Aaron Burr kills former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel (featuring trial and appellate lawyer David O. Stewart, author of American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America). 56: The CIA locates 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he is later killed by Navy SEAL Team Six in a pre-dawn raid on his compound (featuring former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    43 分
  • 65-61: The Watergate Scandal

    65-61: The Watergate Scandal
    2026/09/23
    65: Democratic Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel is victim of a break in. The burglars are captured. The ensuing scandal would result in President Richard Nixon becoming the first U.S. President to resign from office following the Watergate Scandal. Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as President ft. History Professor at Chapman University Luke A. Nichter, co-author of The Nixon Tapes series, and former Nixon appointments secretary and author of The President's Man, Dwight Chapin. 64: U.S./Soviet tensions come to a head in Berlin when Soviets begin a yearlong blockade of the German capital. America would drop in aid through the sky "The Berlin Airlift." 63: President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first president to die in office. Vice President John Tyler becomes the 10th U.S. President. 62: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his invention of the telephone ft. Associate Professor of History at Western University (Ontario, Canada) and author of The People's Network . 61: The Civil War: General Sherman's march to the sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 分
  • 70-66: The Last Days of Martin Luther King Jr.

    70-66: The Last Days of Martin Luther King Jr.
    2026/09/16
    70: WWI: The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198. Two years later, in 1917, the U.S. declares war on Germany (they would later declare war on Austria-Hungary) ft. Historian, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, & Author of The First World War, Sir Hew Strachan. 69: Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "Mountaintop Speech". The next day, he is shot and killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, TN. ft. Chair of the Center for the American Dream at the AFPI, Dr. Alveda King, & Member of the New Orleans Four & Founder of the TEP Center, Dr. Leona Tate. 68: The first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel, is incorporated by J.P. Morgan 67: Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan, a rebuilding of post-WWII Europe; it is signed by President Truman the next year 66: The Mexican-American War: The Battle of the Alamo and the ensuing response led to Texas declaring independence from Mexico Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 分
  • 75-71: The Challenger Disaster

    75-71: The Challenger Disaster
    2026/09/09
    75: Robert F. Kennedy is shot and killed by Sirhan Sirhan after a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, CA 76: President Andrew Johnson's attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin Stanton results in his Impeachment by the House. He is acquitted by the Senate by one vote 77: The Great Chicago Fire, as well as three others, displaced nearly 100k people, while the Peshtigo Fire killed 2,500, making it the deadliest fire in U.S. history 78: Henry Ford's Model T is launched in Detroit, Michigan, with an initial price of $850. In 1913, the Ford Motor Company's magneto assembly line is utilized, igniting the era of mass production ft. Ford Archives & Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan. 79: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch, killing everyone on board, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, ft. Founding Chair of the Challenger Center Dr. June Scobee Rodgers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 分