In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It Matters
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In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It Matters
In each episode of In The Past Lane, the history podcast, we take up topics in American history and explore them through feature pieces, interviews, book and film reviews, and more. Our guiding philosophy is that history is not just about the past - it's about our world, here and now. History explai...
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131 epizod
199 Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
In this episode of ITPL, we focus on Alexander Hamilton. You may have noticed that Hamilton has become the hottest Founder in recent years – and it's...
198 The Civil War Draft Riots
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a significant but often overlooked event during the Civil War, the Draf...
197 Brutality & Lawlessness: America's First Great Police Scandal
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the first great police scandal in US history. It occurred in the mid-18...
196 The Molly Maguires
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a legendary labor uprising by a mysterious group known as the Molly Mag...
195 Where Have You Gone, Robert F. Kennedy?
This week at In The Past Lane, the podcast about American history and why it matters, we take a close look at Robert F. Kennedy. Here's the lineup:
194 The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at one of the most deadly incidents of anti-black violence in US history:...
193 The Pullman Strike of 1894 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the famous Pullman Strike of 1894. It began as a protest over wage cuts...
192 The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920
This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Nancy Bristow about her book, American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1...
191 Coxey’s Army and the Original March On Washington + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the original March on Washington. "Coxey's Army" was a group of 500 men...
190 The Story of Earth Day + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the origins of Earth Day 50 years ago this week, and the two high profi...
189 The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at one of the biggest disasters in US history, the 1906 San Francisco eart...
188 The Fort Pillow Massacre in 1864 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the Fort Pillow Massacre that took place April 12, 1864 during the Civi...
187 The 15th Amerndment Is Ratified
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at Reconstruction, specifically the ratification of the 15th Amendment whi...
186 The Vanderbilt Ball Ushers in The Gilded Age + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at one of the signal events in late-19th century America, the opulent Vand...
185 The St. Patrick's Day Scandal of 1888 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a curious but revealing scandal that emerged in New York City on St. Pa...
184 Washington Defuses the Newburgh Conspiracy + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at one of the most perilous moments during the American Revolution: The Ne...
183 The Boston Massacre at 250 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the Boston Massacre on its 250th anniversary. In particular, we learn a...
182 Racism, History, and “Gone With The Wind” + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about the film "Gone With The Wind," its dark racist themes, and how African Ame...
181 The 1939 Nazi Rally at Madison Square Garden + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about the February 20, 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City...
180 Black Abolitionists Save Shadrach Minkins + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and one incredible rescue of a man who had...
ITPL Ep 179 John Quincy Adams' Second Act + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about the strange election of President John Quincy Adams in 1824. His presidenc...
178 Fred Korematsu and the Fight Against Internment + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about Fred Korematsu, the courageous young man who in 1942 stood up the US gover...
177 How Radicals Transformed the US
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with Holly Jackson about her new book, American Radicals: How 19th Century Prote...
173 Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Sports in the US
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Ryan Swanson about his new book, The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roo...
169 The Myth of Black Confederates
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Kevin Levin about his new book, Searching for Black Confederates:...
166 Labor Day - Why Labor History Is American History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, it's time for a special Labor Day episode where I speak with historian Erik Loomis about...
163 The History of the Second Amendment and What It Really Says About Gun Control
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Saul Cornell, author of "A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fa...
160 The History of Impeachment
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Jeffrey A. Engel, co-author of "Impeachment: An American History."...
157 How America Became a Nation of Beef Eaters
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Joshua Specht, author of Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table Histo...
154 What the Declaration of Independence Declared (and Declares Today)
It's Independence Day! The perfect occasion for a special episode of In The Past Lane! This week, we take a close look at the document at the heart o...
152 These Truths: A History of the United States
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Jill Lepore, author of a one-volume history of the United States t...
149 FDR, Al Smith, and the Origins of the Modern Democratic Party
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Terry Golway, author of, Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unl...
146 The British Are Coming - The Crucial Early Years of the American Revolution
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with Pulitzer Prize winning military historian, Rick Atkinson, who's just publish...
143 The 19th Century Origins of Birthright Citizenship
What defines a US citizen? Remarkably, no official definition existed until 1868 -- some 80 years after the ratification of the Constitution. That's t...
140 How the US Became an Antislavery Nation
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about the long political struggle before the Civil War to rid the US of slavery....
137 The Divergent Lives of Thomas Jefferson’s White and Black Daughters
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we dive into the fascinating story of the daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Ever since the r...
130 Rethinking Jamestown and America’s Origin Story
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a close look at America's early colonial origins. Most Americans tend to think of...
127 The History of Ice and Refrigeration in the US
This week In The Past Lane, the American history podcast, looks into the little known and yet hugely significant development of the ice and refrigerat...
123 Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at the largely unknown story of Black nationalist women in the struggle for freed...
120 Bringing Down the Colonel - A Me Too Story from the Gilded Age
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at a #MeToo incident from the Gilded Age. It involved a powerful congressman and...