261 - Bonus: Prof. Greg Jackson interview on The Road to Now with Dr. Ben Sawyer
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261 - Bonus: Prof. Greg Jackson interview on The Road to Now with Dr. Ben Sawyer
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HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out htdspodcast.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram: @historythatdoesntsuck. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes.Pre-order Prof. Jackson's new book Been There Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome
Episodes
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Bonus: Prof. Greg Jackson interview on The Road to Now with Dr. Ben Sawyer
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
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207: Japanese Internment: Removal, Relocation, & Reckoning
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Mon, 08 Jun 2026
258-
206: American Propaganda: Cap’s Debut, Frank Capra’s War Docs, and Casablanca
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Fri, 22 May 2026
257-
Introducing Family Lore
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Mon, 18 May 2026
256-
205: Total War on the Home Front: Victory Gardens, Volunteering, and the Double V
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Mon, 11 May 2026
255-
Bonus: “Messy Tales,” an Excerpt from the Prof’s book, Been There, Done That
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Mon, 04 May 2026
254-
204: The Holocaust: Anne Frank, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, & Auschwitz
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Mon, 27 Apr 2026
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203: The Holocaust: Killing Squads, Ghettos, & Gas Chambers
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Mon, 13 Apr 2026
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202: Holocaust Prologue with US Holocaust Memorial Museum Director, Sara J. Bloomfield
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Mon, 30 Mar 2026
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201: A Soft Underbelly: The Allied Invasion of Sicily & the Fall of Il Duce
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Mon, 16 Mar 2026
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200: The North African Campaign: Desert Rats, the Desert Fox, & Operation Torch
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Mon, 02 Mar 2026
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199: Building the Anglo-American Alliance: The US Enters the European Theater
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Mon, 16 Feb 2026
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198: The Pacific Tide Turns at Coral Sea & Midway
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Mon, 02 Feb 2026
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197: The Doolittle Raid & the Bataan Death March (Spring 1942)
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Mon, 19 Jan 2026
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196: An Epilogue to Pearl Harbor with Steve Twomey
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Mon, 05 Jan 2026
244-
195: Holiday Special IX: Chanukah in Warsaw & Christmas in Washington, D.C.
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Mon, 22 Dec 2025
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194: Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941
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Sun, 07 Dec 2025
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193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)
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Mon, 24 Nov 2025
241-
192: A Conversation with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein: The American Revolution and WWII
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Mon, 10 Nov 2025
240-
Bonus: Eleanor Roosevelt "Over Our Coffee Cups"
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025
239-
191: Halloween Special V: “The War of the Worlds” on the Radio
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Mon, 20 Oct 2025
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190: Epilogue to US Pre-WWII Isolationism to Interventionism with Lynne Olson
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Mon, 13 Oct 2025
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189: World War II in Europe & the American Response (1941): Production & Preparation
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Mon, 06 Oct 2025
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The Unlikely Union: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
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Mon, 29 Sep 2025
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188: World War II in Europe & The American Response (1939–40): Isolationism vs. Arsenal of Democracy
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Mon, 22 Sep 2025
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187: From the Rhineland to Poland (1935–1939): Annexation, Appeasement, & the Start of World War II
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Mon, 08 Sep 2025
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186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin
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Mon, 25 Aug 2025
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185: The Early Holocaust: From the “Jewish Question” to Kristallnacht
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Mon, 11 Aug 2025
230-
The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates
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Thu, 07 Aug 2025
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184: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: From Failure to Führer of Nazi Germany or the Third Reich
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Mon, 28 Jul 2025
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183: The Origin of Fascism: “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascist Italy
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Mon, 14 Jul 2025
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182: A Prologue to World War II: US Army Interwar Preparation
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Mon, 30 Jun 2025
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181: American Aviation: The Growth of the Industry Through the Eyes of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Howard Hughes
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Mon, 16 Jun 2025
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180: “A Race to the Sky”: The Rise of New York City’s Chrysler, Manhattan Company, and Empire State Buildings
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Mon, 02 Jun 2025
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179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)
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Mon, 19 May 2025
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178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)
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Mon, 05 May 2025
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America 250: The Boston Campaign 1775-76: A Leadership Discussion with Gen. William Rapp
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Mon, 21 Apr 2025
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177: An Epilogue to the New Deal and CCC Deep Dive with Neil Maher
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Mon, 07 Apr 2025
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176: FDR v. “The Nine Old Men” (The New Deal pt. 3): Court Packing and Closing the New Deal
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Mon, 24 Mar 2025
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175: The Dirty Thirties (The New Deal pt. 2): Dust, Doubts, and the “Second” New Deal
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Mon, 10 Mar 2025
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174: The First “First Hundred Days:” FDR Kicks Off the New Deal
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Mon, 24 Feb 2025
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173: From Hyde Park to the White House: The Early Life and Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Mon, 10 Feb 2025
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172: Breadlines, Bank Failures, & the Bonus Army: Hoover & the Early Great Depression
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Mon, 16 Dec 2024
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171: Christmas Special VIII: Festivities in the Jazz Age
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Mon, 02 Dec 2024
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170: The Crash of 1929 & Meeting President Herbert Hoover
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Mon, 18 Nov 2024
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169: An Epilogue to the 1920s: Youth culture, The Great Gatsby, and more with Professor Sarah Churchwell
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Mon, 04 Nov 2024
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168: Halloween Special IV: Nosferatu and Silent Horror
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Mon, 21 Oct 2024
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167: The Golden Age of Sports: Horse Racing, Boxing, Basketball, Football, & Jim Thorpe
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Mon, 07 Oct 2024
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166: A Conversation on Negro Leagues Baseball History with Bob Kendrick
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Mon, 30 Sep 2024
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165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino