American History Too!

• A-Z: J

  It's another episode of A-Z, and the lucky letter is J! On the menu this week: John Birch Society Jacobs, Harriet Jackson Japanese Internment Jazz Singer, The And many more! Thanks again for listening and we'll be back soon with our brand new series on the US and the Middle East! Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• LBJ's America: Pt.6 - The Legacy

  Following a delay thanks to strikes, illness, and a furious effort to finish writing a book, we're back with the final episode of our Lyndon Johnson's America series! We discuss the various legacies of Johnson, his Great Society, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the long Sixties. And we also provide a preview of our NEW upcoming series - tune in to find out what we'll be discussing next! Thanks a lot for listening to this series and we look forward to bringing you the next one. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Books/Articles Mark McLay, 'Reflecting or reshaping?: Landmark anniversaries and presidential legacy'. In: Cullinane, M. P. and Ellis, S. (eds.) Constructing Presidential Legacy: How We Remember the American President (2019) Robert H. Wilson, Norman J. Glickman, and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. (eds.), LBJ’s Neglected Legacy: How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015). Bernard von Bothmer, Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010) Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America (Harvard UP, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• A-Z: T

  It's our fifth episode of A-Z, where we take a letter from the alphabet and use it to take a journey through American History for 30 minutes. And on this occasion it's the letter T! Among the topics discussed on this episode: Truman Three Mile Island Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tupperware Tobacco We hope you enjoy and we'll back next with our final episode of the LBJ's America series. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• LBJ's America: Pt.5 - The Successor

  It's the penultimate episode of our LBJ's America series! On this episode we round out 1968, which sees Richard Nixon win the presidential election and be on his way to the White House. We chat about Nixon's record and how, after promising to bring the American people together, he ended up driving them further apart. Also, was LBJ really trying to be a hippie in his final years before dying 1973? We answer this question and much more. The final episode will dissect the legacy of LBJ's America and we hope you'll join us again. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• A-Z: W

  On this month's A-Z, we tackle the letter 'W' for 30 minutes, including discussion of: World War I & II Watergate The West Wing Victoria Woodhull And even, William Wallace. We hope you enjoy and we'll be back soon with the penultimate episode in our LBJ's America series. Cheers, Mark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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