As we wrap up summer, we’re bringing you some of our favorite episodes from the archives. We’ll see you after Labor Day!
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It’s August 30th. This day in 1894, a man by the name of Thomas H “Boston” Corbett is presumed dead in a fire in Minnesota. Boston Corbett led a troubled life, particularly over the previous thirty years, during which he was best known as the man who killed John Wilkes Booth — the man who killed Abraham Lincoln.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the circumstances under which Corbett killed Booth, the way in which he was treated as a hero, and the spiral Corbett’s life took as he embraced the role of “Lincoln’s Avenger.”
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"Pretendians" And The Politics Of Native Identity (1934) w/ Angel Ellis and Robert Jago
The Thiokol Weapons Plant Explosion (1971) w/ Patrick Longstreth
Reagan says "MAGA" (1980)
'A Harvest Of Death' And The Power Of Photography (1863) w/ Robert Sullivan
The Real Free State of Jones (1863) [Archive Favorite]
A Bombing At LaGuardia Airport (1975) [Archive Favorite]
The Big Dig's Big Start w/ Ian Coss [Archive Favorite]
The Statues That Represent The United States (1864)
Reagan Re-Ups The Voting Rights Act (1982)
The Weird History Of U.S. Debates (Part 2)
The Weird History Of U.S. Debates (Part 1)
Third Parties Week: Ross Perot Crashes The Debate (1992)
Third Parties Week: John Anderson's Middle Path (1980)
Third Parties Week: Ralph Nader, Spoiler? (2000)
Third Party Week: Who Goes Third Party? w/ Dave Weigel
Lift Every Voice And Sing (1900) [Juneteenth Archive Episode]
Coretta Scott Weds Martin Luther King (1953)
The Sad Saga of the Late Lester Hunt (1953)
We Refuse Week: Joy In Refusal, From Black Panther to The Boat Brawl
We Refuse Week: Carrie Johnson Kills A Police Officer
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