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Mid-Terms Week: 1946 Changes Everything (1946)
Mid-Terms Week: I'm Not A Witch (2010)
Polling Week: Let's Get Thermostatic w/ Harry Enten
Polling Week: The Red Wave (1994) w/ Harry Enten
Polling Week: Harry Reid's Upset (2010) w/ Harry Enten
Referendum Week: Prop 13 (1978)
Referendum Week: The Badass Grandmas of North Dakota (2018) w/ Joshua Graham Lynn
Referendum Week: Direct Democracy In Action (1778) w/ Joshua Graham Lynn
Mid-Term Favorites: The Murkowski Write-In (2010)
Mid-Term Favorites: Paul Wellstone Plane Crash (2002)
Mid-Term Favorites: Contract with America (1994) w/ Kirsten Soltis Anderson
The Whiskey Rebellion and the Fear Of The Tax Collector (1794)
Franklin in France (1776) w/ Mike Duncan
Rudy vs Brooklyn Museum (1999) w/ Harry Siegel
Rural Free Delivery (1896)
No Crime Day (1986) w/ Josh Levin
Pauli Murray Shoots Her Shot (1971)
Dogs as Deflection: Fala and Checkers (1944/1952)
The Cleveland BalloonFest Fiasco (1986) w/ Clare Malone
Romney's Secret 47% Tape (2012) w/ David Corn
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