The Road to Now

#304 National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman

Can learning the skills required to do good history serve as an antidote to conspiracy theory?...

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The Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green

Ben and Bob are heading to Tallahassee on April 27 for a live recording at Word of South Festival...

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#303 The Election of 2016 (and Ever After) w/ John Heilemann (Third Party Series #8)

The election of 2016 was a lot of things. It was a showdown between two candidates who had been...

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#302 The Election of 2000 w/ Doug Heye (Third Party Series #7)

Hear the extended version of this episode by supporting The Road to Now on Patreon! Click here to...

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#301 The Election of 1992 w/ Julian Zelizer (Third Party Series #6)

In 1992, President George Bush’s bid for a second term did not go well. Despite taking 79% of the...

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#300 The Election of 1980 w/ Rick Perlstein (Third Party Series #5)

On November 4, 1980, California Republican Ronald Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter at the polls,...

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#299 The Election of 1948 w/ Jefferson Cowie (Third Party Series #4)

The famous image of a victorious Harry Truman holding up a newspaper headlined “Dewey defeats...

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#298 The Election of 1912 w/ Michael Patrick Cullinane (Third Party Series #3)

The Presidential election of 1912 was an unusual moment in American history. It featured an...

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RTN 1860 for feed

RTN 1860 for feed

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The Election of 1824 w/ Lindsay Chervinsky (Third Party Series #1)

The Election of 1824 was a turning point in American history. Long before the fall of 1824,...

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The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley

The Constitution empowers the electoral college to select the President, but the process for...

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#295 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Jeffrey Rosen

The inalienable right to “the pursuit of happiness” is enshrined in the Declaration of...

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The Best Stories You've (Probably) Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson

One episode. Two historians/podcasters. Four stories from American history that you’ve probably...

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The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill

The FBI has been the subject of criticism and concern since it was founded in 1908, but it has...

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#294 The Stephen Foster Story w/ Richard Blanton, Donna Phillips & Johnny Warren

Stephen Foster was America’s first great published musician. He wrote some of America’s great...

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#293 New Year, Old Us w/ Ben & Bob

Ben & Bob kick off the new year with a conversation over some current events, including the...

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#292 It’s a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America’s Favorite Christmas Film w/ Eric Smoodin

Dr. Eric Smoodin, film historian at the University of California- Davis and author of Regarding...

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#291 A Forgotten History of American Suburbs w/ Tim Keogh

The suburbs have long been a symbol of American prosperity in the post-WWII era. Yet the contrast...

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Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza

As the person responsible for documenting the Obama Administration, Pete Souza spent more time...

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Faith in Freedom w/ Andrew Polk

Faith has played an important role in American history, but not always in the ways we’d expect....

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