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In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It Matters — 118 episodes
199 Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
198 The Civil War Draft Riots
197 Brutality & Lawlessness: America's First Great Police Scandal
196 The Molly Maguires
195 Where Have You Gone, Robert F. Kennedy?
194 The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 + This Week in US History
193 The Pullman Strike of 1894 + This Week in US History
192 The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920
191 Coxey's Army and the Original March On Washington + This Week in US History
190 The Story of Earth Day + This Week in US History
189 The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 + This Week in US History
188 The Fort Pillow Massacre in 1864 + This Week in US History
187 The 15th Amerndment Is Ratified
186 The Vanderbilt Ball Ushers in The Gilded Age + This Week in US History
185 The St. Patrick's Day Scandal of 1888 + This Week in US History
184 Washington Defuses the Newburgh Conspiracy + This Week in US History
183 The Boston Massacre at 250 + This Week in US History
182 Racism, History, and "Gone With The Wind" + This Week in US History
181 The 1939 Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden + This Week in US History
180 Black Abolitionists Save Shadrach Minkins + This Week in US History
ITPL Ep 179 John Quincy Adams' Second Act + This Week in US History
178 Fred Korematsu and the Fight Against Internment + This Week in US History
177 How Radicals Transformed the US
173 Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Sports in the US
169 The Myth of Black Confederates
166 Labor Day - Why Labor History Is American History
163 The History of the Second Amendment and What It Really Says About Gun Control
160 The History of Impeachment
157 How America Became a Nation of Beef Eaters
154 What the Declaration of Independence Declared (and Declares Today)
152 These Truths: A History of the United States
149 FDR, Al Smith, and the Origins of the Modern Democratic Party
146 The British Are Coming - The Crucial Early Years of the American Revolution
143 The 19th Century Origins of Birthright Citizenship
140 How the US Became an Antislavery Nation
137 The Divergent Lives of Thomas Jefferson's White and Black Daughters
130 Rethinking Jamestown and America's Origin Story
127 The History of Ice and Refrigeration in the US
123 Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
120 Bringing Down the Colonel - A Me Too Story from the Gilded Age
117 How Activist Government in Post-War America Expanded Opportunity and Spread Prosperity
114 How World War II Helped Make "White Christmas" A Hit Song
112 The Forgotten Story of African American Pioneers in the Early West
109 How Americans Made Sense of World War I
105 The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920
103 The Ideal of Honor in the Age of the American Revolution
100 The Eugenics Movement: The Effort to Create a Pure American Race
097 Rethinking and Remembering: The 1898 Wilmington, NC Massacre and Coup
094 The Founding and the Fallacy of Original Intent
091 The Origins of Labor Day: Protesting Inequality in the Gilded Age
089 Aaron Burr and the Conspiracy That Rocked the Early Republic
086 How One US Government Agency Saved Thousands of Jews during World War II
084 Hitler's American Model: The US and the Making of Nazi Race Law
081 Sun, Sand, and Civil Rights: The Battle to Open America's Beaches to All
079 Crispus Attucks & the Boston Massacre in American Memory
077 Legacy of Conquest and the Reshaping of the History of the American West
074 The Second Coming of the KKK in the 1920s
071 Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America's Past
068 The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
065 How the British Lost the American Revolution
062 Bunk! Hoaxes, Humbug, Flim Flam, and Fake News in US History
059 The Weeping Time – The Story of the Largest Slave Auction in US History
057 The Pit Stop for the week of March 19, 2018
056 Two Strange Tales of Irish America: Lord Haw Haw and Bridey Murphy
054 What Was The Gilded Age? Part 3
053 What Was The Gilded Age? Part 2
052 What Was The Gilded Age? Part 1
051 Black Athletes in US History: Performance, Power, and Protest
050 Hillbilly Eviction: Big Business and the Making of Appalachian Poverty
049 Jefferson and Adams: Founders, Foes, and Friends
048 The Southern Vision of a Vast Empire of Slavery
047 How the War of 1812 Ended the American Revolution
046 How the US Government Segregated America in the 20th Century
045 Thanksgiving and the Great Epidemic of 1616
044 The Remaking of America during Reconstruction & the Gilded Age
043 The Goat Castle Murder in Jim Crow Mississippi
042 The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs since the 1960s
041 Saratoga: The Tipping Point of the American Revolution
040 Little Rock 1957 and the Problem of Civil Rights Memory
039 Ken Burns and Coming to Terms with The Vietnam War
038 Classroom Wars! The History Behind the Fights over Bilingual Ed and Sex Ed in US Public Schools
037 The History Unfolded Project and What Americans Knew About The Holocaust
036 The Myth of Libertarianism in US History
035 Albert Cashier, Transgender Soldier in the American Civil War
034 The Zenger Trial and the Birth of the Free Press in America
033 The Ten Commandments in US History: The Making of an American Icon
032 How Baseball Became America's National Pastime
031 America's Forgotten Colony in Cuba
030 Presidents and the Media: The History of Political Spin
029 Spies, Traitors, & Saboteurs: Civil Liberties in Times of National Crisis
028 The Crises of the 1790s and the Making of US National Identity
027 JFK at 100 - The Legacy and Memory of a President
026 The Spanish American War & The Birth of US Imperialism
025 Who Was Thomas Jefferson?
024 The Path to War: The US and World War I
023 Alexander Hamilton: The Man, The Myth, and yes, The Musical!
022 The History of Mass Incarceration in America - part 2
021 The History of Mass Incarceration in America - part 1
020 African American Soldiers in the Civil War
019 The Hidden History of Indian Slavery in America
018 The Rise of Conservative Media
017 American Revolutions
016 Women and the White House - Convention Edition!
015 The History of the Republican Party - Convention Edition!
014 What the Declaration of Independence Declared (and Declares Today)
013 Why We Pledge Allegiance, Betsy Ross, & More
012 The History of Gay Liberation in the US
011 Scandal! in American History
010 Harriet Tubman on the Twenty & More
009 Taxes and Tax Revolts in US History and More
008 How America Got Cool
007 Irish Terrorists and Spies in America & More
006 Why Do We Hold Political Primaries?
005 Where Have You Gone, Robert F. Kennedy?
004 The Abolitionist Movement & More
003 Prohibition and Other Prohibitions in US History
002 The Statue of Liberty & Immigration History
001 Death and The Civil War / Mercy Street PBS Ep 1 Review