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1

The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher

2

Mitch McConnell: The Price of Power w/ Michael Tackett

3

Citizen Coke: The History of Coca-Cola w/ Bartow Elmore

4

The Declaration of Independence

5

Benjamin Franklin w/ Dayton Duncan and David Schmidt

6

#372 Obstinate Daughters: Women in the American Revolution w/ Denise Kiernan

7

#371 Been There, Done That w/ Greg Jackson

8

#370 The Declaration of Independence: A Biography of America's Founding Text w/ Ted Widmer

9

A Forgotten History of Long Island w/ Tim Keogh

10

Montgomery C. Meigs: Master Builder of the Union Army w/ Robert O'Harrow Jr.

11

#369 Ten Years of RTN w/ Bob Crawford & Ben Sawyer

12

#368 Women & the Civil War Pension System w/ Kristin Jorgensen

13

#367 Ancient Coins w/ Dean Kinzer

14

The Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East w/ Eugene Rogan

15

The History of Golf w/ Tony Parker

16

#366 A Trip to the Hermitage w/ Ben & Bob

17

#365 Taxes: An American History w/ Vanessa S. Williamson

18

#364 Henry David Thoreau w/ Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers

19

Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician w/ James M Bradley

20

#363 What are America's Founding Principles? w/ Hans Zeiger

21

#362 America's Founding Son: John Quincy Adams w/ Bob Crawford

22

#361 The Oscars: A History of the Academy Awards w/ Monica Sandler

23

#360 The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame w/ Joe Spaulding and Casey Soward

24

The Stone Pony w/ Nick Corasaniti

25

#359 Slippery Roads w/ Ben & Bob

26

Colombia, the US and the War on Drugs w/ Lina Britto

27

#358 Storm at the Capitol w/ Mary Clare Jalonick

28

#357 Venezuela in Context: US Foreign Policy in Latin America w/ Michelle Paranzino

29

#356 The Monroe Doctrine w/ Jay Sexton

30

#355 Money in American Politics w/ Jeff Clements

31

#354 In Pursuit w/Anita McBride & Colleen Shogan

32

How John Adams Defined the Presidency w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

33

Americana w/ Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

34

#353 The American Revolution w/ Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt

35

#352 Wakara's America w/ Max Perry Mueller

36

#351 A History of the American Bookstore w/ Evan Friss

37

#350 The Pursuit of Liberty w/ Jeffrey Rosen

38

#349 Teaching History Roundtable

39

#348 Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer w/ Jake Tapper

40

An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War w/ Robert K.D. Colby

41

#347 A Graphic History of the Civil War w/ Andrew Fialka & Anderson Carmen

42

#346 A Forgotten History of Chinese Life in the United States w/ Beth Lew-Williams

43

#345 How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong w/ David J. Lynch

44

How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman

45

#344 The Last Forty Years of American Politics w/ Joe Lockhart

46

Mourning the Presidents w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

47

Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for a Nation w/ Peter Stark

48

#343 Affordable Housing in Urban America w/ Tom Hanchett

49

The American Buffalo w/ Dayton Duncan

50

The Wide Awakes: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War w/ Jon Grinspan

51

US Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War w/ Jack Matlock

52

Robert Hanssen: The FBI's Most Damaging Spy w/ Major Garrett

53

#342 Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny w/ Jeff Bieber

54

#341 Native Nations w/ Kathleen DuVal

55

#340 How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Trump w/ Molly Worthen

56

#339 The Ballad of Marion Zioncheck (Live in DC part 2)

57

#338 Murder & Mayhem in the Capital City w/ Major Garrett, Doug Heye & Margaret Talev (Live in DC part 1)

58

#337 Christian Capitalism in the Early American Republic w/ Joseph Slaughter

59

#336 No Elevator to Everest w/ Will Acuff

60

#335 The Good Friday Agreement and the Future of Ireland w/ Mark Doyle & Greg O'Loughlin

61

#334 Eurovision Past & Present w/ Paul Jordan

62

Charisma and American Politics– Live at Cat's Cradle w/ Molly Worthen, Doug Heye & Rufus Edmisten

63

#333 John Cale's Paris 1919 w/ Mark Doyle

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#332 The American Historical Association w/ Sarah Weicksel & Ed Ayers

65

#331 The Global Economy Past & Present w/ Jari Eloranta

66

National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman

67

Country Capitalism w/ Bartow Elmore

68

#330 Blank Checks w/ Ben & Bob

69

The Corruption of Libertarian Philosophy w/ Andrew Koppelman

70

#329 Necropolis: Disease, Power & Capitalism in 19th Century New Orleans w/ Kathryn Olivarius

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#328 Protect Democracy w/ Anne Tindall

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The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher

73

Women & American Slavery w/ Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

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#327 Mark Mustian and the Boy With Wings

75

The History of Denver and the Wild West w/ Dick Kreck

76

#326 Politics and Society in Middle Earth: The Lord of the Rings w/ Dr. Scott Huffmon

77

#325 In Defense of Partisanship w/ Julian Zelizer

78

Gerd Schroth: From Child of Nazi Germany to American Citizen

79

#324 Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician w/ James M Bradley

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#323 In With The New (2025) w/ Ben & Bob

81

The History of Santa Claus & Christmas Around the World w/ James Cooper

82

It's a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America's Favorite Christmas Movie w/ Eric Smoodin

83

#322 Mitch McConnell: The Price of Power w/ Michael Tackett

84

#321 The Circus Continues w/ Mark McKinnon

85

#320 James Armistead Lafayette w/ Stephen Seals

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#319 Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn w/ Christopher Cox

87

#318 Colombia, the US and the War on Drugs w/ Lina Britto

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#317 US Immigration Policy w/ Yael Schacher

89

The Epidemic Episode

90

The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley

91

#316 The Women Who Shaped the White House in the 20th Century w/ Melissa Estes Blair

92

#315 America's Most Violent Election w/ Dana Bash

93

American Ramble w/ Neil King Jr.

94

The 1970s w/ Jefferson Cowie

95

#314 Reflections on Stalinism w/ Lewis Siegelbaum

96

#313 How John Adams Defined the Presidency w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

97

#312 America's Worst Vice President w/ Niki Hemmer

98

Lyndon Baines Johnson's Legacy w/ Mark Updegrove & Mark A. Lawrence

99

#311 Lafayette's Farewell Tour: A 200 Year View w/ Mark Schneider

100

The History of North Carolina Popular Music w/ David Menconi & Dolph Ramseur

101

#310 The Stone Pony: An Oral History w/ Nick Corasaniti

102

The 2020 Election: A (Revisited) First Draft w/ Robert Costa

103

#309 Sam Patch: America's First Daredevil w/ Rivers Langley & Narado Moore

104

Woodrow Wilson & Presidential Morality w/ Patricia O'Toole

105

Securing the Revolution: Washington's Farewell Address w/ John Avlon

106

When the Irish Invaded Canada w/ Chris Klein

107

#308 An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War w/ Robert K.D. Colby

108

Bonnaroo: The Story Behind the Festival w/ co-founder Ashley Capps

109

1984: The Year that Changed Music Forever w/ Michaelangelo Matos

110

#307 Music and Mind with Renée Fleming and Dan Levitin

111

Swept Away w/ John Logan and John Gallagher

112

#306 The Wide Awakes: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War w/ Jon Grinspan

113

Why Bushwick Bill Matters w/ Charles Hughes

114

#305 A Conversation w/ Jonah Goldberg – Recorded Live at Word of South Festival 2024

115

#304 National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman

116

The Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green

117

#303 The Election of 2016 (and Ever After) w/ John Heilemann (Third Party Series #8)

118

#302 The Election of 2000 w/ Doug Heye (Third Party Series #7)

119

#301 The Election of 1992 w/ Julian Zelizer (Third Party Series #6)

120

#300 The Election of 1980 w/ Rick Perlstein (Third Party Series #5)

121

#299 The Election of 1948 w/ Jefferson Cowie (Third Party Series #4)

122

#298 The Election of 1912 w/ Michael Patrick Cullinane (Third Party Series #3)

123

#297 The Election of 1860 w/ Michael Green (Third Party Series #2)

124

#296 The Election of 1824 w/ Lindsay Chervinsky (Third Party Series #1)

125

#295 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Jeffrey Rosen

126

The Best Stories You've (Probably) Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson

127

The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill

128

#294 The Stephen Foster Story w/ Richard Blanton, Donna Phillips & Johnny Warren

129

#293 New Year, Old Us w/ Ben & Bob

130

#292 It's a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America's Favorite Christmas Film w/ Eric Smoodin

131

#291 A Forgotten History of American Suburbs w/ Tim Keogh

132

Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza

133

Faith in Freedom w/ Andrew Polk

134

#290 The Circus: An Exit Interview w/ Mark McKinnon

135

Monsanto's Past, Our Future w/ Bart Elmore

136

#289 The Dead Bodies in Your Favorite Museum w/ Tanya Marsh

137

#288 Ukraine and Russia: The History Behind the War w/ Serhy Yekelchyk

138

#287 Robert Hanssen: The FBI's Most Damaging Spy w/ Major Garrett

139

#286 Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music w/ David Menconi

140

#285 The American Buffalo w/ Dayton Duncan

141

# 284 Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell on Americana Music

142

Celebrating Levon Helm w/ John Barry & Larry Campbell

143

#283 The Singers Talk w/ Jason Thomas Gordon

144

The Kinks w/ Mark Doyle

145

#282 Tecumseh & William Henry Harrison's Struggle for a Nation w/ Peter Stark

146

#281 Montgomery C. Meigs: Master Builder of the Union Army w/ Robert O'Harrow Jr.

147

#280 Standard Deviations: The politics of education in Florida and beyond w/ Ana Goñi-Lessan & Andrew Polk

148

#279 Warren G. Harding and Other Affairs w/ Ben & Bob

149

Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism w/ Edward Baptist

150

George Carlin's American Dream w/ Michael Bonfiglio & Kliph Nesteroff

151

#278 Artificial Intelligence w/ Roger McNamee

152

The Rise and Fall of the American Suburbs w/ Kyle Riismandel

153

Benjamin Franklin w/ Dayton Duncan & David Schmidt

154

#277 The Allman Brothers' Journey to Fillmore East w/ Bob Beatty

155

#276 Christianity and American Politics in the 21st Century w/ John Fea

156

Juneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-Reed

157

#275 No Labels w/ Mark McKinnon

158

#274 The Original Green New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher

159

#273 Seven Years of RTN w/ Doug Heye & Margaret Talev

160

#272 Country Capitalism w/ Bartow Elmore

161

Reaganland w/ Richard Perlstein

162

#271 American Ramble w/ Neil King Jr.

163

#270 Women & American Slavery w/ Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

164

#269 The Archaeology of Dust w/ Anita Radini

165

#268 John Quincy Adams: Founding Son

166

#267 Benghazi w/ Ethan Chorin

167

A Conversation w/ Ken Burns (#191 Rebroadcast)

168

#266 College Basketball: The Story of March Madness w/ Dana O'Neil

169

#265 The Legacy of Jimmy Carter's Foreign Policy w/ Nancy Mitchell

170

#264 Andrew Young on Jimmy Carter

171

#263 Mourning the Presidents w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

172

#262 Atlanta & Charlotte: Women's History in the Urban South w/ La Shonda Mims

173

#261 Jordan Gross: Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, Idaho

174

#260 Presidential Transitions w/ David Marchick

175

#259 Silent Spring Revolution w/ Douglas Brinkley

176

#258 The Feres Doctrine (Part II) w/ Maximillian Potter & Richard Stayskal

177

#257 The Feres Doctrine w/ Maximillian Potter & Richard Stayskal

178

The Bering Straight: An Environmental History w/ Bathsheba Demuth

179

Uncivil Christmas: The Civil War & Christmas in Williamsburg w/ Carson Hudson

180

#256 The Legacy of Lyndon Baines Johnson w/ Mark Updegrove & Mark A. Lawrence

181

#255 Freedom's Dominion w/ Jefferson Cowie

182

The History of St. Jude Children's Hospital w/ Richard Shadyac

183

#253 Searching for America's Emotional Source Code with Dov Baron

184

Chernobyl, The Last Czars, and the Pros & Cons of Dramatizing History w/ Philippa Heatherington & Jon Waterlow

185

#252 Deathcare Revolution w/ Tanya Marsh

186

#251 The West Wing & Beyond w/ Pete Souza

187

#250 Celebrating Levon Helm w/ John Barry & Larry Campbell

188

#249 The Corruption of Libertarian Philosophy w/ Andrew Koppelman

189

Journalism & Politics w/ Bill Plante & Olivier Knox

190

#248 The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict w/ Laurence Broers

191

#247 The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill

192

The Great Exception: The Rise and Fall of the New Deal w/ Jefferson Cowie

193

The French Revolution w/ Peter McPhee

194

#246 Rank Choice Voting w/ Scott Huffmon

195

#245 Cryptocurrency: A Brief History w/ David Hollerith

196

#244 Presidential Rhetoric: The last one hundred years w/ Bruce Carlson

197

#243 Out of the Trenches: What a World War I Truce Can Teach Us About Modern Politics w/ Curt Stedron

198

The Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East w/ Eugene Rogan

199

#242 Why Bushwick Bill Matters w/ Charles Hughes

200

#241 Basically Anybody Can Do It

201

Surrender in the American Civil War w/ David Silkenat

202

#240 When the People Decide: A History of Ballot Initiatives w/ Jenna Spinelle

203

#239 The Best History Stories You've Probably Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson

204

#238 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame w/ John Goehrke

205

#237 George Carlin's American Dream w/ Michael Bonfiglio & Kliph Nesteroff

206

#236 Catching Up w/ Doug Heye

207

In the Footsteps of Lafayette w/ Julien Icher

208

#235 Catching Up w/ Heather Cox Richardson

209

#234 Primary Problems w/ Brian Rosenwald

210

The Origins of American Immigration Policy w/ Hidetaka Hirota

211

#233 The 6th Anniversary Show w/ Matt Negrin

212

#232 Attention

213

#231 Freedom of Speech w/ Lynn Greenky

214

The Armenian Genocide w/ Ron Suny

215

#230 1984: The Year the Music Changed Forever w/ Michaelangelo Matos

216

#229 Benjamin Franklin w/ Dayton Duncan and David Schmidt

217

The Russian Revolution w/ Lewis Siegelbaum

218

#228 Concerts of Change: The Soundtrack of Human Rights

219

#227 Russia's Long History of Nationalizing Foreign Property

220

#226 Russian Rubles, Western Sanctions w/ Kristy Ironside

221

#225 Inside American Militias w/ Heath Druzin

222

#224 The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley

223

#223 Presidential Records & Other Controversies

224

#222 Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? w/ John Fea

225

#221 Ukraine w/ Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon

226

Crossroads Special: History Daily - Two Stories from the Space Race

227

#220 Processing the Past w/ Jon Grinspan

228

#219 Swept Away w/ John Logan and John Gallagher

229

#218 The History of Cigarettes w/ Louis Kyriakoudes

230

#217 Forward

231

America's First War on Christmas w/ Bruce Carlson

232

#216 Faith in Freedom w/ Andrew Polk

233

#215 The Power of Story (Revisited) w/ Donna Washington

234

The Wild West w/ Dick Kreck

235

#214 Woody Guthrie: Crafting Everyday Life w/ Nora Guthrie

236

#213 The 2020 Election: A First Draft w/ Robert Costa

237

#212 Redistricting: A Primer w/ Wendy Underhill & Ben Williams

238

The American Empire w/ Daniel Immerwahr

239

#211 The Constitution w/ Jeffrey Rosen

240

#210 Miss America's Secret Past w/ Amy Argetsinger

241

#209 The Corn Syrup Controversy w/ Benjamin Cohen

242

A Frail League of Friendship: The Articles of Confederation w/ Greg Jackson (Expanded Rebroadcast)

243

#208 Monsanto's Past, Our Future w/ Bart Elmore

244

This Episode Kills Fascists: Woody Guthrie's Life & Legacy w/ Deana McCloud

245

#207 Vigilantes

246

The History of Coffee w/ Mark Pendergrast

247

#206 Telling History through Journalism with Julian Rubinstein

248

The Mignonette & Everything Else w/ Neil Hanson

249

#205 The History of Student Debt w/ Ellie Shermer

250

#204 Historical Narratives & Power

251

#203 How to Talk to a Science Denier w/ Lee McIntyre

252

Laughing at Stalin w/ Jon Waterlow

253

#202 A Tour Guide's History of Los Angeles

254

How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman

255

#201 Game Show Archive w/ Bob Boden & Chris Bensch

256

Coffee with The Avett Brothers (Expanded Rebroadcast)

257

#200 American History in Russia w/ Sean Guillory

258

#199 Reaganland w/ Rick Perlstein

259

#198 Juneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-Reed

260

The History of the Harlem Globetrotters

261

#197 Energy Crises: A Half-Century of Hard Choices w/ Jay Hakes

262

The 5th Anniversary Party

263

#195 Fixing Elections w/ Louis Woods

264

#194 The Rise and Fall of the American Suburbs w/ Kyle Kiismandel

265

#193 Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act w/ Erlinda Doherty

266

#192 The History of Financial Bubbles w/ William Quinn

267

Gerd Schroth's Road from Child of Nazi Germany to American Citizen

268

#191 A Conversation with Ken Burns

269

#190 American Militias w/ Amy Cooter

270

#189 Space Lasers

271

#188 Why the 1776 Report Still Matters w/ John Fea

272

#187 The Insurrection Episode

273

#186 Dark Archives w/ Megan Rosenbloom

274

#185 Pragmatic History w/ Bill Scher

275

The History of Santa Claus and Christmas Culture w/ James Cooper (RTN #182 Rebroadcast)

276

#184 The President's Cabinet w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

277

#183 The History of the Lumbee Indians w/ Malinda Maynor Lowery

278

Making the Call w/ Matt Negrin #1: Oh God What if He Claims Victory?!

279

Washington's Farewell Revisited w/ John Avlon

280

#181 More Questions than Answers

281

#180 The Transformation of American Policing w/ Stuart Schrader

282

#179 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Ravi Patel

283

#178 The Facebook Catastrophe w/ Roger McNamee

284

#177 How the South Won the Civil War w/ Heather Cox Richardson

285

#176 Musical Chairs w/ Joe Kwon

286

I Can't Breathe: Surviving the Dual Pandemics of Racism and Covid-19 w/ Louis Woods

287

#175 The Death of Expertise w/ Tom Nichols

288

#174 Direction w/ Michael Bonfiglio

289

#173 The South w/ Trae Crowder

290

#172 Fourth Anniversary Party

291

#171 Baseball in Context w/ Jayson Stark

292

#170 Soviet Soldiers and the Red Army in World War II w/ Brandon Schechter

293

# 169 The Kinks: Songs of the Semi-Detached w/ Mark Doyle

294

Technology and the Mind w/ Nicholas Carr

295

#168 Breaking Down the 5G Conspiracy w/ Stacy Wood

296

#167 The Outbreak Narrative w/ Priscilla Wald

297

#166 Everything's Going To Be Okay

298

#165 Saving America's Cities w/ Lizabeth Cohen

299

#164 What('s) A Disaster

300

The History of Coal w/ Chuck Keeney

301

#163 The Avett Brothers Archive w/ Tim Mossberger

302

#162 The Presidents' Day Rundown

303

#161 Food in the Era of Adulteration w/ Benjamin Cohen

304

#160 NASCAR and Moonshine w/ Kyle Petty and Dan Pierce (Recorded Live at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, NC)

305

#159 The History of Charlotte, NC w/ Thomas Hanchett & Pam Kelley (Recorded Live at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, NC)

306

#158 Live in Carrboro, NC- Charisma in American Politics & Society w/ Molly Worthen, Doug Heye & Rufus Edmisten (Recorded at Cat's Cradle)

307

#157 The State of the Union w/ Matt Negrin

308

#156 Executive Boundaries

309

#155 Uncivil Christmas w/ Carson Hudson

310

#154 America's First War on Christmas w/ Bruce Carlson

311

#153 Floating Coast: The Environmental History of the Bering Strait w/ Bathsheba Demuth

312

#152 Building Community and Breaking Barriers w/ Digital Humanities (Recorded Live at ASEEES 2019)

313

#151 Live in Chicago w/ Pete Souza & Erin Welsh (recorded at Beverly Arts Center)

314

#150 Life on the Road

315

#149 The History of Hong Kong w/ Mindy Smith

316

# 148 The Bizarre Life of American Death w/ Caitlin Doughty

317

#147 How to Remove a Confederate Monument w/ Adam Swensek

318

#146 Keeping Government Secrets w/ Stacy Wood

319

#145 The Opioid Crisis w/ Beth Macy

320

The Seriousness of Being Funny w/ Tom Shadyac (Rebroadcast)

321

#144 Saudi Arabia and the Middle East w/ Sean Foley

322

#143 Research!

323

#142 How Talk Radio Took Over the Republican Party w/ Brian Rosenwald

324

#141 The Last Czars, Chernobyl, and the Pros & Cons of Dramatizing History w/ Philippa Hetherington & Jon Waterlow

325

#140 Citizen Coke: The History of Coca-Cola w/ Bartow Elmore

326

# 139 Healthcare, the Law and the Future(s) of Privacy w/ Roy Wyman

327

#138 The Power of Story (Live from NCSL's 2019 Legislative Summit)

328

RTN Theology #11 The Character of Virtue w/ Stanley Hauerwas

329

# 137 Making Fun of History: Creating Serious Games w/ Ben Sawyer

330

#136 The City of the Future: Apex, North Carolina

331

#136 The City of the Future: Apex, North Carolina

332

#135 Surrender in the American Civil War w/ David Silkenat

333

#134 The American Empire w/ Daniel Immerwahr

334

RTN Theology 10: The Life & Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

335

Life, Beer & Politics w/ Gov. John Hickenlooper (Rebroadcast)

336

#133 Bonnaroo Past & Present w/ festival co-founder Ashley Capps (live from Bonnaroo)

337

#132 In the Footsteps of Lafayette w/ Julien Icher

338

#131 Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza

339

#130 Sources, Methods & Music w/ Robert Costa

340

#129 RTN Third Anniversary Party w/ Matt Negrin

341

#128 A Frail League of Friendship: The Articles of Confederation w/ Greg Jackson

342

RTN Theology #9: Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity w/ Miguel De La Torre

343

#127 The History of Privacy in Modern America w/ Sarah Igo

344

#126 The Origins of American Immigration Policy w/ Hidetaka Hirota

345

RTN Voices #1: The Life & Times of Rufus Allan Sevier (RTN April Fools Episode)

346

RTN Theology #8 Elizabeth Seton and Catholics in Early America w/ Catherine O'Donnell

347

#125 When the Irish Invaded Canada w/ Chris Klein

348

#124 Political Coalitions from 1990 to 2019 w/ Amy Walter

349

#123 How to Tell a Good Story w/ Jakob Lewis

350

#122 The Arctic w/ Heidi Bohaker & Alison Smith

351

RTN Theology #7 Remembering Walter B. Jones: Living by Faith and by Truth

352

#121 Gender and History w/ Lisa Fine

353

#120 The History of Influenza w/ John Barry

354

#119 Karl Marx and History

355

#118 The GI Bill and the Legacy of Racial Discrimination w/ Louis Woods

356

#117 American Slavery w/ Edward Baptist

357

#116 What is the Middle Class? w/ Scott Wasserman

358

#115 The 1970s w/ Jefferson Cowie

359

#114 Making the Government Talk: US Covert Operations and Freedom of Information w/ Peter Kornbluh

360

#113 War on the Banana Skin

361

#112 The Ottoman Empire and the Rise of the Modern Middle East w/ Eugene Rogan

362

#23.2 Felon Disfranchisement and Citizenship in the US w/ Pippa Holloway (w/ update)

363

#111 Dvořák in America w/ Matt Negrin

364

#110 Gerry Adams and the Global Road to Peace

365

RTN Theology #6 The Road to Hope? The Challenges of Faith in Politics

366

#109 Presidential Impeachment w/ Jeffrey Engel

367

#108 From Scunthorpe to Brooklyn w/ The Ruen Brothers

368

#107 Laughing at Stalin: The Politics of Humor w/ Jon Waterlow

369

#106 Why You Should Vote w/ Andy Bernstein

370

#105 Charlie Cook on the 2018 Midterm Elections

371

#104 Bill Plante & Olivier Knox on Journalism and Politics (live at Glover Park Group)

372

#103 How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman

373

#102 Stand Up Comedy and Los Angeles w/ Pat Reilly

374

#101 Nativism in American Politics w/ David Bennett

375

#100 RTN One Hundred

376

RTN Theology #4: Kutter Callaway on Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms

377

BONUS: Elvis Presley & America (from My History Can Beat Up Your Politics)

378

#99 The History & Politics of the World Cup w/ Alex Galarza & Matt Negrin

379

#33 Jim Cornette on the History of Professional Wrestling

380

#98 Dwight Eisenhower & US Foreign Intervention in the 1950s w/ William Hitchcock

381

#97 Songs of Social Justice w/ Governor Martin O'Malley

382

#96 Tyler Mahan Coe on Podcasting the History of Country Music

383

#95 Tom Marshall on Writing Phish and Everything Else

384

#94 This Episode Kills Fascists: The Life & Legacy of Woody Guthrie w/ Deana McCloud

385

#93 Woodrow Wilson & Presidential Morality w/ Patricia O'Toole

386

Catching Up: Sean Foley on Syria and the Middle East

387

#92 The Armenian Genocide w/ Ronald Suny

388

#91 The History of Satire and the American Political Cartoon w/ Richard Samuel West

389

#90 The History of the Cherokee Nation w/ John Sedgwick

390

#40 The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. w/ Clayborne Carson

391

RTN Theology #3: A Conversation with Kate Bowler

392

#89 The GOP and Tax Reform Revisited w/ Brian Riedl

393

#88 Taxation, the Great Depression, and the GOP Tax Reform w/ Robert McElvaine

394

#87 All Roads Lead to Douglas Brinkley

395

#86 William McKinley and the Republican Party with Robert Merry

396

#85 The History of US-Mexican Relations w/ Bruce Carlson (Recorded Live in Riviera Maya, Mexico)

397

#84 America's Forgotten War: The War of 1812 w/ Don Hickey

398

#83 Foreign Policy in American History w/ Joyce Kaufman

399

#81 The History of Coffee w/ Mark Pendergrast

400

RTN Theology #1: The Intersection of Christianity & Culture in the United States ft. James K.A. Smith

401

#80 Navajo Code Talkers, Pocahontas, & Native American History w/ Ashley Riley Sousa

402

#47 The History of Christianity w/ Molly Worthen (Rebroadcast)

403

#79 The Russian Revolution w/ Lewis Siegelbaum

404

#78 The French Revolution w/ Peter McPhee

405

#77 Martin Luther & the Reformation with Donald Fortson

406

#76 History of American Cemeteries with Tanya Marsh

407

#75 William Walker, Historical Markers, and (Re)Writing History

408

#72 Coffee With The Avett Brothers

409

#71 Gerd Schroth on Life as a Child of Nazi Germany, Refugee, Immigrant, And Now, American Citizen

410

#69 Lance Armstrong on Moving Forward Without Forgetting the Past

411

#68 The Politics of Immigration in American History with Andrew Gyory

412

#66 Charles Darwin and American History w/ Randall Fuller

413

#65 The History of Early America w/ Liz Covart

414

#64 The History of Oil w/ Paul Roberts

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#63 The History of Green Energy w/ Alexis Madrigal

416

#62 Nuclear Energy w/ Jim Clarke and Steve Krahn

417

#61 The History of Coal w/ Chuck Keeney

418

#59 The History of World War I w/ Mitchell Yockelson

419

#58 The History of North Korea w/ Sheena Greitens

420

#57 Margaret Talev on the White House Press Corps

421

#56 The History of the Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green

422

#55 Neil Hanson on the Mignonette & Everything Else

423

#54 The (After)Life of James K. Polk w/ Tom Price

424

#53 The History of Syria w/ Sean Foley

425

#52 Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan, John Kennedy, & the Rise of the American Individual

426

#51 The History of Golf w/ Tony Parker

427

#50 Ambassador Jack Matlock on Diplomacy & US-Russian Relations

428

#49 The History of Technology w/ Nicholas Carr

429

#47 The History of Christianity in America w/ Molly Worthen

430

#46 Martin Van Buren & the Age of Jackson w/ Mark Cheathem

431

#45 Bruce Carlson on Presidential History

432

#44 The History of NASCAR w/ Kyle Petty

433

#43 The History of the Democratic Party w/ Bruce Schulman

434

#42 The History of National Parks w/ Jon Jarvis

435

#41 The History of Health Insurance w/ Melissa Thomasson

436

#40 The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. w/ Clayborne Carson

437

#38 The History of the Republican Party w/ Heather Cox Richardson

438

#37 NASA, Warren G. Harding, Daylight Saving, & Political Parties (Listener Q&A)

439

#36 Family, History, and Possibilities w/ Turner Simkins

440

#35 Jimmy Carter & US Foreign Relations w/ Nancy Mitchell

441

#34 Tom Shadyac on the Seriousness of Being Funny

442

#33 Jim Cornette on the History of Pro Wrestling

443

#32 Tolerance and Faith in American Politics w/ Jimmy Williams

444

#30 The Origins of Conservative Talk Radio w/ Brian Rosenwald

445

#29 The History of Putin's Russia w/ Arch Getty

446

#28 The History of Presidential Elections w/ Bruce Carlson

447

#27 Matt Negrin & Alexander Trowbridge on Campaign Surrogates and Presidential Elections

448

#25 The History of Country & Soul Music w/ Charles Hughes

449

#24 The History of the New Deal w/ Jefferson Cowie

450

#23 The History of Voting Rights w/ Pippa Holloway

451

#21 The History of Hollywood and Politics w/ Kathryn Cramer Brownell

452

#20 Presidential Debate Extravaganza!

453

#19 Sir Alan Meale on the Brexit, the Labor Party, and the Recent Political History of the United Kingdom

454

#18 The History of the Internet w/ Bradley Fidler

455

#17 The History of US-Central American Relations w/ Carlos Aleman

456

#13 Scott Avett and the Road to Now

457

#12 Hillary's Emails & the History of Government Documents w/ Stacy Wood

458

#7 The History of Denver and the Wild West w/ Dick Kreck

459

#6 Governor John Hickenlooper on His Life in Beer and Politics

460

#5 Native American Culture and History w/ Tara Houska and Joseph Genetin-Pilawa

461

#4 The History of Charlotte & the Rise of the New South City w/ Thomas Hanchett

462

#3 On the Media w/ Alexander Trowbridge & Matt Negrin

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#1 Welcome to the Road to Now