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How the Hell Did We Get Here? — 65 episodes
What Patriotism REALLY Means: Thoughts on America's 250th Birthday
How the Hell Did the Market Revolution Drive Americans Crazy?
The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political
Who the Hell Was Andrew Jackson Anyway?
America Never Had a “Golden Age” of Journalism
How the Hell Did Religion Help Americans Cope with Capitalism?
Why “The Founding Fathers Would Have…” Is Almost Always Wrong
Why the Hell Did Utopian Societies Proliferate in 19th century America?
Populism in America: When “The People” Become a Weapon
How the Hell Did the Election of 1824 Transform American Politics?
“It’s an Emergency” How Crises Have Expanded State Power From 1798 to the Present
How the Hell Did the Missouri Compromise Sow the Seeds of Civil War?
How the Hell Did Americans React to the Panic of 1819?
America’s Oldest Panic: Immigration as a Political Weapon
What the Hell Ruined the Era of Good Feelings?
The “Kids These Days” Lie: From Cicero to Gen Z
How the Hell Did America Outgrow "Small Government" (1815–1825)?
We Keep Crashing the Economy — Here’s Why
How the Hell Was America Dragged Into Capitalism?
From Steam Engines to ChatGPT: How Tech Revolutions Actually Play Out
What the Hell Did the Market Economy Undo in America?
The Manifesto: Why I Started How the Hell Did We Get Here?
Where the Hell Was America Headed in 1815?
What's Coming Next
How the Hell Did the U.S. Escape the War of 1812?
Why the Hell Was the War of 1812 So Difficult?
How the Hell Did the U.S. Go to War with Great Britain…AGAIN?
Why the Hell am I Team Hamilton Rather Than Team Jefferson?
What the Hell was The Second Great Awakening?
Why the Hell Did Slavery Expand in the U.S. After 1800?
How the Hell Did Jefferson's Trade War Cause a Depression?
What the Hell Have I Learned
What the Hell Does the Judicial Branch Do?
How the Hell Did Jefferson Buy Louisiana and Fight Pirates?
What the Hell Was Jeffersonian Democracy?
How the Hell Did the Election of 1800 Create a Constitutional Crisis?
What the Hell Was the Quasi-War?
Who the Hell Could Possibly Replace George Washington?
Where the Hell Did American Political Parties Come From?
What the Hell Happened to Native Americans After the Revolution?
How the Hell Did Hamilton Get America's Money Right?
How the Hell Did the Constitution Subvert Democracy?
What the Hell Were the Religious Beliefs of the Founding Fathers?
Why the Hell do we Have the Electoral College?
How the Hell did the Constitutional Convention Resolve Its Biggest Arguments?
How the Hell was the Constitution a Revolution?
How the Hell was the Constitution Created and Ratified (short version)?
How the Hell Did the Constitutional Convention Come Together?
How the Hell did the U.S. Survive the First Few Years of Independence?
How the Hell did the U.S. Actually Win Its Independence?
How the Hell did the United States Survive Fighting Great Britain?
Why the Hell Did the Colonies Declare Independence?
What the Hell Were the Intolerable Acts?
Why the Hell Did the Colonists Hate the Stamp Act So Much?
How the Hell Did the French and Indian War Spark a Revolution?
Why the Hell Did the Colonies Begin to Drift from Britain?
What the Hell Connected the Colonists to Britain?
What the hell does Bacon's Rebellion have to do with Slavery in the Colonies?
What the hell was the Dominion of New England?
Who in the Hell Are These 13 Colonies Anyway?
How the Hell is Ireland Relevant to England's Colonization of North America?
How the hell was North America colonized by so many different groups of Europeans?
How the hell did Spain create a New World colonial empire?
Before Columbus, where the hell were we?
Who the hell am I and why the hell am I doing this?