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172: Breadlines, Bank Failures, & the Bonus Army: Hoover & the Early Great Depression
Dec 16, 2024"Too much praise cannot be given to the President for the prompt and resolute and skillful way in which he has set about reassuring the country after the financial collapse.” This is the story of He...
171: Christmas Special VIII: Festivities in the Jazz Age
Dec 02, 2024“There is a million dollars here for the asking!” This is the story of Christmas in the 1920s. Yeah, the whole decade—why not? One hundred years ago, people were just beginning (or reviving) tradit...
170: The Crash of 1929 & Meeting President Herbert Hoover
Nov 18, 2024“A wise man never sells out at the first sign of trouble. That’s for the pikers.” This is the story of the 1929 Wall Street Crash. On October 24, or “Black Thursday,” stock prices plunge unexpected...
169: An Epilogue to the 1920s: Youth culture, The Great Gatsby, and more with Professor Sarah Churchwell
Nov 04, 2024Our last few episodes have reveled in stories of the popularization of movies, music and sports during the Roaring 1920s. In this epilogue episode, Professor Jackson steps out of storytelling mode and...
168: Halloween Special IV: Nosferatu and Silent Horror
Oct 21, 2024“His Lordship from Transylvania would like to purchase a nice house in our small town . . . it will take a bit of effort . . . a bit of sweat and perhaps . . . a bit of blood . . .” This is the story...
167: The Golden Age of Sports: Horse Racing, Boxing, Basketball, Football, & Jim Thorpe
Oct 07, 2024“We have a basket and a ball, and it seems to me that would be a good name for it.” This is the story of America’s varied athletic endeavors (besides baseball). Though each sport could provide enough...
166: A Conversation on Negro Leagues Baseball History with Bob Kendrick
Sep 30, 2024As a follow up to episode 165 America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, we’re proud to share an interview with Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO. Founded ...
165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino
Sep 23, 2024"As I hit the ball, every muscle in my system, every sense I had, told me that I had never hit a better one . . . I didn't have to look. But I did. That ball . . . hit . . . exactly the spot I had poi...
164: Harlem Renaissance: The Great Migration, Jazz, and the Flowering of Black Culture
Sep 09, 2024“Harlem is the queen of the black belts, drawing Aframericans together in a vast humming hive . . . from the different states, from the islands of the Caribbean, and from Africa . . . It is the Negro ...
163: The Show (Boat) Must Go On: Broadway and the American Musical
Aug 26, 2024“Miller, Lyles, and I were standing near the exit door . . . Blake stuck out there in front, leading the orchestra—his bald head would get the brunt of the tomatoes and rotten eggs.” This is the story...