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Episodes
Showing 20 of 40- The story of July 4th is messier than you remember7/2/202634 min
- The genius and murkiness of the Constitution6/30/202621 min
- From Hormuz to Suez: the chokepoints of global power6/25/202651 min
- Prosperity gospel and the American dream6/23/202615 min
- How the Supreme Court claimed supreme power6/18/202654 min
- Captain America and the nation's conscience6/16/202613 min
- The shifting line between free speech and a criminal threat6/11/202636 min
- The uncensored war6/9/202618 min
- The World Cup was supposed to bring world peace6/4/202652 min
- Bayard Rustin and the March on Washington6/2/202623 min
- History's playbook for taming the beast of inflation5/28/202647 min
- Yuri Kochiyamas’s lifetime of activism5/26/202621 min
- Prediction markets are making a 150-year comeback5/21/202652 min
- Frances Perkins Goes To Washington5/19/202616 min
- War by remote control, how drones changed modern warfare5/14/202651 min
- Four voices from the Great Depression5/12/202619 min
- How our memory of war can shape the future5/7/202649 min
- The origins of the Socialist Party of America5/5/202617 min
- Gladiators, real housewives and the pull of reality TV4/30/202652 min
- The fight that shook America4/28/202615 min