Of the many things Grover Cleveland is remembered for, his still extant wedding cake stands out for the few visitors to his birthplace home in Caldwell, N.J. He’s not a President much remembered though podcasts have revived knowledge about him a bit. We discuss Cleveland, his legacy, and a great fight of the 1880’s that determined executive…
Category: Politics, History
Andrew Carnegie Questions
Andrew Carnegie went from a bobbin-boy child worker to becoming the richest man in America. He also inspired generations of philanthropists, and his money is still at work today educating minds, funding books and pushing for world peace. But his story raises questions. His attitude towards unions was friendlier than most business people of his…
Snack, Dessert, Dinner, Supper: The Paris Peace Accords
Nixon’s first bombing campaigns had the names of mealtimes which seem to also correspond with the years of his first term: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972. In this episode we look at Nixon, Kissinger and the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Vietnam War. In addition to providing some additional context for the Saigon 1975 situation so much…
Mike Duncan on The Marquis de Lafayette and His Two Worlds
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…
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…
Richard Bey of “The Richard Bey Show” on Cancel Culture, Iraq War, The Alamo and The Truth – 15th Anniversary Episode Part II
EPISODE LINK: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV6385139510.mp3?updated=1627484449 We are joined by Richard Bey of “The Richard Bey” show and “People are Talking” fame for a talk on a lot of things. We are pleased to have Richard as a long time listener of the show. Richard takes aim at the current depiction of cancel culture as a new thing,…
15th Anniversary Program Part I – Speaking with Listeners, Clips, James Monroe and Lyndon Johnson, The Movies and More
Bruce reviews favorite old clips and speaks to two listeners from all the way back at the beginning, Kevin Willis and Tom Morris. Tom Morris’s podcast The Good The Bad and The Nerdy is located at – https://anchor.fm/tom-morris1 Episode LINK: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV7218526526.mp3?updated=1627238910
Dennis Kucinich on Public Service, Public Power, and His Book “The Division of Light and Power”
We talk to former Cleveland Mayor, Congressman and Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich about his fight to save Cleveland’s municipal power system as mayor of the city in 1970’s. He risked not only his career but his life during that battle, and he gives us some of the details from his new book -“The Division of…
What You May Not Know About Lexington and Concord
You know about the battles of Lexington and Concord, the shot heard around the world, the minutemen and their trifold hats and muskets. But how much do you really know about the day’s events? This episode we look at the day of fighting at Concord, when a British raiding party turned into a display of…
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