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This Day (A History Show) | Jody Avirgan | Substack The newsletter home for This Day, a history podcast. Sign up for America250 watch, the home for news and analysis of America's big birthday. Paid subscribers also get early ad-free, full-video access ...

wow. We'll add this to our America250 Watch newsletter this week, thanks for writing it up! thisdaypod.substack.com

I Visited the ‘Freedom Truck’ to Meet PragerU’s AI Slop Founders The 'Freedom Trucks' will haul AI slop George Washington on a tour across 48 American states.

good morning. I got an early preview of the AI slop founding fathers PragerU is taking on tour across the country

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Great thread here, building on some of what we discussed with @jamellebouie.net this week in our two-parter on Lincoln's second inaugural.

🎙️Part One: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🎙️Part Two: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
📺 Full Video: youtu.be/CwpQI3tx1mc?...

This Day (A History Show) | Jody Avirgan | Substack The newsletter home for This Day, a history podcast. Sign up for America250 watch, the home for news and analysis of America's big birthday. Paid subscribers also get early ad-free, full-video access ...

As always, the best way to support the show (aside from listening and spreading the word!) is by subscribing to our newsletter. We have all sorts of bonus and ad-free stuff for our paying subscribers --> thisdaypod.substack.com

Great thread here, building on some of what we discussed with @jamellebouie.net this week in our two-parter on Lincoln's second inaugural.

🎙️Part One: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🎙️Part Two: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
📺 Full Video: youtu.be/CwpQI3tx1mc?...

thanks for checking it out, Stephen!

"It's a very odd kind of speech to hear from a president, of all people." @jamellebouie.net on Lincoln's Second Inaugural address

Part 1 of this @thisdaypod.com's great discussion of Lincoln's greatest speech

Lincoln's Second Inaugural w/ Jamelle Bouie (1865) [Part 1] Podcast Episode · This Day · March 3 · 41m

My sense of the discourse is that everyone on this site recognizes that @jamellebouie.net is a very smart, funny, good-natured thinker. Well, good news, he's our guest on @thisdaypod.com to talk about Lincoln's Second Inaugural. Part one is up in the feed now! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Up next in "50 Weeks That Shaped America" -- a close reading of Lincoln's second inaugural speech. With special guest @jamellebouie.net. In the podcast feed this week, but early, ad-free video and audio will go out to our newsletter subscribers this afternoon! More info --> thisdaypod.com

New newsletter out, which includes a short dispatch from yesterday's live show at On Air Fest! thisdaypod.substack.com

George Washington At Valley Forge | 50 Weeks | Week 8 When the US became an army

An appropriately wintry @thisdaypod.com this week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America." We go to Valley Forge, PA, winter of 1778.

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"Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima"… - This Day - Apple Podcasts Podcast Episode · This Day · February 17 · 41m

This week -- the story behind perhaps the most famous, and parodied, war photo in American history. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Up next in our "50 Weeks That Shaped America" series: Iwo Jima. A key battle, an iconic photo, and a bit of a mystery... In the podcast feed starting Tuesday, but paid subscribers to our newsletter will get full, ad-free access early! A great way to support the show -> thisdaypod.substack.com

In 1976, the most popular TV program was a re-airing of GONE WITH THE WIND -- in 1977 it was the premiere of ROOTS. That kinda says it all... our two-part look at ROOTS is out this week. First part in the podcast feed, subscribe to the newsletter for full video.

Next on "50 Weeks That Shaped America" -- the TV show ROOTS brings the story of American slavery to the masses. Lucky for us, we have @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, who literally wrote a book on ROOTS, as our guide. Paying subscribers to our newsletter get full, ad-free access tomorrow! thisdaypod.com

So it begins... By the way, fascinating history behind the girl scout cookies! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

A Guy Throws His Shoe At George W Bush [Some Sunday Context] Podcast Episode · This Day · 02/01/2026 · 19m

This week on @thisdaypod.com as part of our "50 Weeks That Shaped America" series we looked at "Axis of Evil" and the response to 9/11. Today, we ran a little bonus episode on the time that someone threw two shoes at George W Bush podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

AImerica250 comes for us all That's not a typo, unfortunately

New "America 250 Watch" newsletter is out. Arnofsky, typos, the NFL, a cool new project from @nprextra.bsky.social and lots more. thisdaypod.substack.com/p/aimerica25...

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The Podcast Episode · This Day · 01/27/2026 · 30m

Part one is up in the podcast feed for all to listen --> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This turned out really well. A masterclass led by @pastpunditry.bsky.social on how the language evolved after 9/11 from retribution to a forever war. We talk David Frum, the neocons, religion+war, and how just as quickly "axis of evil" gave way to "war on terror."

The "Axis Of Evil" | 50 Weeks - Week 4 | Full Video Tracing the path from 9/11 to the War On Terror

This week we look at how the phrase "Axis of Evil" changed everything after 9/11. Full, ad-free video is up for paying newsletter subscribers now! thisdaypod.substack.com/p/the-axis-o...

Coming up next in our "50 Weeks That Shaped America" series...

A Bucket of 250 Bullets plus freedom train --> freedom plane

Every Thursday, we at @thisdaypod.com send out our "America 250 Watch" newsletter. The roundup of all the latest semiquincentennial news is free; paid subscribers get analysis + a list of notable things that happened that week in history... Check it out! thisdaypod.substack.com/p/a-bucket-o...

In many ways the STORY of the Battle of New Orleans mattered as much as the battle itself. From our latest episode in the "50 Weeks That Shaped America" series. thisdaypod.com

America Drags Its Feet on MLK Day (1986) Podcast Episode · This Day · 01/14/2024 · 23m

Today is MLK Day. It took 20 years after his death -- and overcoming lots of opposition -- for this day to finally get designated in 1986. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America" -- the Battle Of New Orleans. US vs. England round 2... the new American frontier... Andrew Jackson... and an unfortunate dog. Part one on Tuesday, but newsletter subscribers get full early, ad-free video access this afternoon! thisdaypod.substack.com