History That Doesn't Suck
A podcast by Prof. Greg Jackson - Mondays
240 Episodes
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179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)
Published: 19/05/2025 -
178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)
Published: 05/05/2025 -
America 250: The Boston Campaign 1775-76: A Leadership Discussion with Gen. William Rapp
Published: 21/04/2025 -
177: An Epilogue to the New Deal and CCC Deep Dive with Neil Maher
Published: 07/04/2025 -
176: FDR v. “The Nine Old Men” (The New Deal pt. 3): Court Packing and Closing the New Deal
Published: 24/03/2025 -
175: The Dirty Thirties (The New Deal pt. 2): Dust, Doubts, and the “Second” New Deal
Published: 10/03/2025 -
174: The First “First Hundred Days:” FDR Kicks Off the New Deal
Published: 24/02/2025 -
173: From Hyde Park to the White House: The Early Life and Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Published: 10/02/2025 -
14 (Second Edition): The Newburgh Conspiracy and The Peace of Paris
Published: 27/01/2025 -
13 (Second Edition): The Battle of the Chesapeake & the World Turns Upside Down at Yorktown
Published: 13/01/2025 -
12 (Second Edition): An American Judas Betrays & Nathanael Greene Saves!
Published: 30/12/2024 -
172: Breadlines, Bank Failures, & the Bonus Army: Hoover & the Early Great Depression
Published: 16/12/2024 -
171: Christmas Special VIII: Festivities in the Jazz Age
Published: 02/12/2024 -
170: The Crash of 1929 & Meeting President Herbert Hoover
Published: 18/11/2024 -
169: An Epilogue to the 1920s: Youth culture, The Great Gatsby, and more with Professor Sarah Churchwell
Published: 04/11/2024 -
Introducing: The Real History of Dracula from Airship and Wondery
Published: 28/10/2024 -
168: Halloween Special IV: Nosferatu and Silent Horror
Published: 21/10/2024 -
167: The Golden Age of Sports: Horse Racing, Boxing, Basketball, Football, & Jim Thorpe
Published: 07/10/2024 -
166: A Conversation on Negro Leagues Baseball History with Bob Kendrick
Published: 30/09/2024 -
165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino
Published: 23/09/2024
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