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

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#381 The Elections of 1994 w/ Nicole Hemmer (Midterm Elections Series #4)

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#380 The Elections of 1946 (Midterm Elections Series #3)

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#379 The Elections of 1874 w/ Jefferson Cowie (Midterm Elections Series #2)

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#378 The Elections of 1858 (Midterm Elections Series #1)

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Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny w/ Jeff Bieber

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#377 The Hindenburg w/ Catherine Grace Katz

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

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#376 Miracle Road: The Story of Research Triangle Park w/ Mack Paul

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The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Jeffrey Rosen

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#375 The Road to Venecky w/ Ben & Bob

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#374 The Senate's Hard Summer w/ Ben & Bob

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#373 Good Government w/ Lindsey Cormack

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

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The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher

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Mitch McConnell: The Price of Power w/ Michael Tackett

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

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The Declaration of Independence

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Benjamin Franklin w/ Dayton Duncan and David Schmidt

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

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#371 Been There, Done That w/ Greg Jackson

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

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A Forgotten History of Long Island w/ Tim Keogh

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

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

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

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#367 Ancient Coins w/ Dean Kinzer

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

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The History of Golf w/ Tony Parker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Stone Pony w/ Nick Corasaniti

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#359 Slippery Roads w/ Ben & Bob

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

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#358 Storm at the Capitol w/ Mary Clare Jalonick

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

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#356 The Monroe Doctrine w/ Jay Sexton

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#355 Money in American Politics w/ Jeff Clements

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#354 In Pursuit w/Anita McBride & Colleen Shogan

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How John Adams Defined the Presidency w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

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Americana w/ Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

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

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#352 Wakara's America w/ Max Perry Mueller

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

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#350 The Pursuit of Liberty w/ Jeffrey Rosen

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#349 Teaching History Roundtable

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#348 Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer w/ Jake Tapper

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

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

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

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

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How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman

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

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Mourning the Presidents w/ Lindsay Chervinsky

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

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#343 Affordable Housing in Urban America w/ Tom Hanchett

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The American Buffalo w/ Dayton Duncan

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

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

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

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#342 Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny w/ Jeff Bieber

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#341 Native Nations w/ Kathleen DuVal

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

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

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

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

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#336 No Elevator to Everest w/ Will Acuff

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

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#334 Eurovision Past & Present w/ Paul Jordan

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

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

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

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

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National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman

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Country Capitalism w/ Bartow Elmore

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#330 Blank Checks w/ Ben & Bob

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The Corruption of Libertarian Philosophy w/ Andrew Koppelman

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#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

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

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#327 Mark Mustian and the Boy With Wings

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

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

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#325 In Defense of Partisanship w/ Julian Zelizer

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Gerd Schroth: From Child of Nazi Germany to American Citizen

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#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

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

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

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

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#321 The Circus Continues w/ Mark McKinnon

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#320 James Armistead Lafayette w/ Stephen Seals

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