🏛️ Government

• 👑What Ramesses II's Mummy Reveals About Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh

  The mummy of Ramesses II offers insights into the 66-year reign and not-so-mysterious death of ancient Egypt's longest-ruling pharaoh.

• ⚛️What Countries Have Nuclear Weapons?

  The first five nations to build atomic bombs became part of the 'Nuclear Club'; others have since gained weapons, despite global treaties.

• 📝Five Questions with Jeffrey Rosen

  Explore how the National Constitution Center embraces remote education and reaches new audiences, as Jeffrey Rosen discusses constitutional challenges during COVID-19.

• 🩺When America Almost Had Universal Healthcare

  How universal healthcare was nearly enacted under FDR, only to face fierce opposition from the AMA.

• 🗣️In Order to Form a More Tongue-Tied Union

  Transforming solemn political promises into a verbal obstacle course

• 🇨🇺A New Year, A New Cuba

  Step into Batista's final New Year's party in 1958 Havana. Feel the anxiety as revolution brews and a new Cuba is about to dawn.

• ⚖️Reconstruction I - Secession on Trial

  Jefferson Davis's capture ignites a crucial question — How do you put secession itself on trial?

• ⚖️Hitler Stands Trial

  Hitler faced treason charges in a Munich courtroom in 1924 after a near-successful coup.

• 📜Inequality and the Constitution

  Explore how James M. Buchanan's public choice theory intersects with Madison's constitutional ideals, highlighting tensions in America's founding principles.

• 💣Remember, Remember the 5th of November

  Unravel the mystery of the anonymous tip that foiled the Gunpowder Plot. Revisit the tense search beneath Parliament on November 4th, 1605.

• 🏛️Watergate from the Inside

  Step inside the Watergate break-in. Explore why Nixon's team thought they could succeed in this HISTORY podcast episode on the infamous scandal.

• ✊Fighting for 504

  Uncover the longest non-violent occupation of a US federal building, where disability activists demanded enforcement of Section 504 civil rights in 1977.

• 💵Killing the Gold Standard

  It's 1933. FDR gathers advisors late at night. He's about to announce a plan that kills the gold standard and alters US economic history.

• ☣️Anthrax Attacks

  Explore the unsettling 2001 Anthrax attacks. A seemingly innocent letter unleashes terror in the U.S. Senate, igniting fear across the nation.

• 📜No Representation, No Peace

  Explore the 1765 Stamp Act Congress, where colonial delegates first unite against British taxes – a crucial early step toward independence.

• 🤝Take only staples, leave only electronics

  Examining the complex aftermath of the Chile earthquake and the human responses in crisis situations.

• 🕊️Courageous good humor

  Cory Doctorow shares how former KKK leader Johnny Lee Clary was transformed by the courageous and humorous approach of Reverend Wade Watts.

• 🚗Parking diplomacy

  An exploration of creative solutions to the challenges posed by neglected embassy properties.