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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
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Today's political debates, particularly on cable news, talk radio and blog comments can be limiting. In this podcast, Bruce Carlson applies as much history as possible to the politics of today. |
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(c) 2011 Bruce Carlson
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1. Can 'Rottenboroughs' Save Romney?
| Should Hawaii and Vermont choose a GOP nominee? Should Alabama and South Carolina pick the Democratic nominee? Can a candidate like Romney rack up delegates from states likely to vote for President Obama to get a primary win over his new arch rival? It might be a question today. It's been on the
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| Published on Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:06:58 PST - 18 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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2. When We Help Ronnie, We Help Ourselves...
| How a plan to help then Governor Ronald Reagan led to the creation ofthe Firewall, the First in the South primary in South Carolina. It's joined the early states of IA, NH in the role of nomination decider. We look at its origins and a couple of other times South Carolina has changed the politics
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| Published on Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:11:11 PST - 15 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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3. Oracle No More? New Hampshire, History and Today.
| New Hampshire's first in the nation primary has been a decider and an oracle for a long time. It's been a quirky American tradition surprising to outsiders. In recent decades, though, in today's light-speed politics, it has suffered some setbacks as a selector of the President. We look at NH's
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| Published on Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:52:31 PST - 17 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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5. Just Like Dear Old Dad?
| We look at one GOP candidate's father, his race for the Presidency because it is both an interesting look at early campaign dynamics in an election of American's past, and because it may provide insights into one candidate's drive to run today. The fact that there are only two candidates who can t
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| Published on Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:34:39 PST - 11 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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6. The Whole World is Watching
| The whole world was watching Chicago in 1968 and it seems, the whole political world may be watching the protests now in New York and other areas. Chicago '68 ruined the incumbent Democratic Party's chances for reelection and didn't stop the war immediately as organizers wanted. Yet it certainly
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| Published on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:19:31 PDT - 24 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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7. The Civil War and The Beatles (2010)
| Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. we look why the war started at all, especially where there were many reasons why it did not need to happen. And as strange as it sounds, the anniversary of the breakup of the Beatles may actually shed some light.
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| Published on Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:48:57 PST - 28 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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8. Brief Read of "Decision Points"
| A look at former President George W. Bush's memoir "Decision Points" with a bit of historical context. As in several aspects of his Presidency, President Bush took a different path from his own father's reticence about memoirs. George H.W. Bush didn't write a memoir, though he did publish a book o
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| Published on Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:32:25 PDT - 24 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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