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Origins of Political Campaigns: Publicity Stunts & Fake News
Aug 05, 2024How do our politicians use the media? Throughout the 2024 election we have seen a boom in the use of social media and cable news, so how far back does this go? To find out, Don speaks first to crisis ...
American Operators on WW1's Front Line
Aug 01, 2024When the First World War ended at 11am on 11 November, 1918, how did army command relay the ceasefire to their troops? In fact, before radios and computer systems, in the early years of the telephone,...
The Third Presidential Assassination: McKinley
Jul 29, 2024On 6th September, 1901, President William McKinley attended a public reception at the Pan American Exposition, a 6-month-long World’s Fair, in Buffalo, New York. He was at the height of his power, hav...
President William McKinley: The Secret Service & the Spanish-American War
Jul 25, 2024Why does the Secret Service protect the President of the United States? And what can we learn from McKinley's life and presidency, not just his assassination? Don speaks with Kim Kenney, Executive Dir...
Biden: US Presidents, Reelection & the Second Term Curse
Jul 24, 2024President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday night, after announcing he was ending his reelection bid a few days ago. Dropping out so close to the election is historic...
Secrets of the White House
Jul 22, 2024How did a party in the White House end in mayhem? When did the West Wing become a hive of government? And how has the private life of the President been shielded from the public, despite them living a...
US Presidents Who Escaped Assassination
Jul 19, 2024Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, Clinton, Bush and now Trump. All have been targets of assassination attempts while in or running for office. Listen to this bonus episode from our sister podcast, Dan Snow's Hist...
Sovereignty, the Constitution and 100 years of Citizenship: Native Rights
Jul 18, 2024This podcast contains adult language. What was the ‘Indian Citizenship Act’ of 1924? Why was it necessary? How did it happen? And why did it happen in 1924? Shannon O’Loughlin from the Association of ...
The Rise of Presidential Power
Jul 15, 2024Right from independence, a question has hovered over the government of the United States. How much power should the President have? Not too much, lest they become a monarch. But not too little, they a...
President Grover Cleveland: Panic in the Second Term
Jul 11, 2024What caused the economic panic of 1893? In this episode we are delving into the event that made Grover Cleveland's second term so different from his first. Don is joined once again by Professor Mark Z...