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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

Since 2006, this podcast has been using history to elevate today's political debates. "The perfect antidote to bloviating talking heads, My History is thoughtful, nuanced, and highly engaging." -Columbia Journalism Review

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In this episode, Bruce will make 5 points about the 2024 election. On Patreon, he will make 14 points so be sure to join there at www.myhistorycanbeatupyourpolitics.com. You can also join Airwave History to get the episode.

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10 Nov 202416 min

In case it's interesting, here's some of what Bruce said back in 2016 when President Trump won his first full term.

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10 Nov 202431 min

The October Surprise scandal that could have been, but almost brought down LBJ. What it says about history and today.

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5 Nov 202432 min

It wasn't supposed to be close. Then new strategies, a speech and a surprising foreign policy event completely changed the election between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Two vice presidents battled it out. One major poll said Nixon had a lead, t... more

28 Oct 202458 min
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4.6 out of 5 stars from 1.3k ratings
  • I like his podcast but he doesn’t take criticism well

    I made a quite mild comment about a post he made on X. It was a comment about making Washington DC a state. I said that no way we will go for that. Democrats just want to stack the deck. Then he BLOCKED me. Come on, what is wrong with that comment? He tries not to take sides (normally). But when he does, it leans towards democrats. Anyways, I generally enjoy his podcast, so I won’t take it personally. I been listening to his podcasts for years. Maybe he was having a bad day.

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    4
    Mike Z - 1776
    United States14 days ago
  • A Fun American History Podcast

    I like the voices he does, I like how I never know what he’s going to focus on next, and I like how balanced he tends to be on more modern politics. Also, I LOVE reading the comments for this podcast! Some pretty funny stuff here.

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    5
    thomaspromise
    United States3 months ago
  • Carter ‘78, style

    Can you please do a Carter in 1978 episode? Unexplained jump in two days from 77 to 79. On Bruce’s style: some strange unsettling pauses, please reduce. Also sometimes bad voice imitations - reduce theatricality when you cannot do it. But has a great way of building suspense into forgotten events and have us relive the surprise of things that seem banal today, and help us question unquestioned wisdom of today. Greatly researched. Some topics could have received more or less attention on Re... more

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    4
    TahmVahs
    United States3 months ago
  • Good premise

    I like the premise of this podcast — that we can see the events in today’s political events mirroring events that happened in the past. And that most people have the historical memory of a goldfish.

    But a warning: this is a podcast by, for, and about Americans. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any desire to treat events beyond the US borders to the same analysis.

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    4
    Bilas Peles
    United States3 months ago
  • 5 star podcast

    Your 14 points about the Biden election are why I listen to and trust this podcast. I don’t agree with your politics, but your ability to notice and admit to challenges or concerns on your own side gives you integrity. Left or right, that is rare in political discourse.

    That is why I don’t listen to some of guests any more; once the individuals involved keeping things balanced left, the shows turned into an apology for the left and are away at their credibility.

    I Downgraded the star rati... more

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    5
    dieing for the daily show fix!
    United States4 months ago

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