With podcast host of Revolutions and History of Rome Mike Duncan, we talk about the Marquis de Lafayette. He left an aristocratic life in France to fight in the American Revolution, and did so with bravery and zeal. He remains the central figure of American-French cooperation. Mike talks about Lafayette’s role not just in American…
Month: August 2021
Saigon Comparisons: The Events of April 29th and 30th, 1975 and Today
Does it make sense to compare Saigon 1975 to today’s events? It might, but maybe not for the reasons people are doing it. We look at the 1975 Operation Frequent Wind – the evacuation of Saigon and the comparisons to today’s events, the politics at the time and now and more. EPISODE LINK: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV3497168566.mp3?updated=1629395782 The…
Playing Cards With The Signers of the Declaration w/ Jason Petri
All about Signers in this one. We talk to Jason Petri, listener to MHCBUYP about his playing card deck project, and we discuss: :the lives of the signers What can Button Gwinnett, Stephen Hopkins or Thomas Heyward Jr. do for us? EPISODE LINK: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV8424318667.mp3?updated=1629029943 The importance of the Declaration, even when the country hasn’t lived up…
Charles Dawes: The Anti-Filibustering Musician Vice President
Opponent of the filibuster and sometimes a royal pain for the President he served under, Dawes is probably one of the most accomplished Vice Presidents of the United States. In his life time he would win a Nobel Peace Prize, posthumously he would win a Grammy. Friend to both William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan,…
Friendly Skies? – The Story of Airline Deregulation
A Democratic President and a liberal Senator push a free-market reform in the late 1970s that affects us all today. We look at the story of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. Among the topics – legroom politics, cold fried chicken, consumer rights, cargo politics, Carter’s legislative ability or lack of it, champagne denial, mistreated…
My History Can Beat Up Your Politics 