In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It Matters
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 219 ratingsIn each episode of In The Past Lane, the history podcast, we take up topics in American history and explore them through feature pieces, interviews, book and film reviews, and more. Our guiding philosophy is that history is not just about the past - it's about our world, here and now. History explains why things are the way they are, everything from our economy, religious practices, and foreign policy, to political ideology, family structure, and rates of poverty. Our aim is to be both informative and educational, as well as entertaining and funny. We hope you'll join us for memorable journeys In The Past Lane.
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149 FDR, Al Smith, and the Origins of the Modern Democratic Party
June 14, 2019 16:41 - 41 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Terry Golway, author of, Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance That Created the Modern Democratic Party. It’s a remarkable story of two unlikely allies – one a patrician who went to Harvard and the other the son of immigrants who did not graduate 8th grade – and how they came together to remake the Democratic Party in the 1910s and 1920s. This transformation led to the New Deal, a revolution...
148 The Pit Stop for the week of June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019 01:49 - 5 minutes - 7.32 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
147 The Pit Stop for the week of June 3, 2019
June 03, 2019 14:41 - 5 minutes - 7.6 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
146 The British Are Coming - The Crucial Early Years of the American Revolution
May 31, 2019 15:54 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with Pulitzer Prize winning military historian, Rick Atkinson, who’s just published the first of a 3-volume history of the American Revolution: The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777. This project represents a new focus for Atkinson, as it follows a prize-winning trilogy on the history of World War II. This new book examines the first two years of the American war for independence. I...
145 The Pit Stop for the week of May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019 16:16 - 6 minutes - 8.58 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
144 The Pit Stop for the week of May 20, 2019
May 20, 2019 02:34 - 5 minutes - 7.32 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
143 The 19th Century Origins of Birthright Citizenship
May 14, 2019 17:39 - 46 minutes - 54.4 MBWhat defines a US citizen? Remarkably, no official definition existed until 1868 -- some 80 years after the ratification of the Constitution. That's the year the 14th Amendment was ratified. Its opening line reads, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside." The origins of this form of citizenship, known as "birthright citizenship," are in large measure due to the effo...
142 The Pit Stop for the week of May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 00:58 - 6 minutes - 8.55 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
141 The Pit Stop for the week of May 6, 2019
May 06, 2019 02:23 - 6 minutes - 7.67 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
140 How the US Became an Antislavery Nation
May 04, 2019 03:08 - 48 minutes - 56.2 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we learn about the long political struggle before the Civil War to rid the US of slavery. I speak with historian Graham Peck, author of Making an Antislavery Nation: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Battle over Freedom. It’s a fascinating conversation about how during the 70 years between the ratification of the Constitution and the Civil War, opponents of slavery gradually pushed the US to become an antislavery nation. But as Peck makes ...
139 The Pit Stop for the week of April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019 13:41 - 5 minutes - 7.45 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
138 The Pit Stop for the week of April 22, 2019
April 22, 2019 01:02 - 6 minutes - 6.54 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
137 The Divergent Lives of Thomas Jefferson’s White and Black Daughters
April 18, 2019 16:49 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we dive into the fascinating story of the daughters of Thomas Jefferson. Ever since the revelations in 1998 – courtesy of modern DNA analysis – that Thomas Jefferson did indeed have a longterm sexual relationship with an enslaved woman named Sally Hemings, historians have examined the 3rd president in a new light. And his historic home, Monticello, has transformed the way it presents the life of Jefferson, devoting increasing amoun...
136 The Pit Stop for the week of April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019 01:42 - 6 minutes - 6.54 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
135 The Pit Stop for the week of April 8, 2019
April 08, 2019 02:00 - 5 minutes - 6.18 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
134 The Pit Stop for the week of April 1, 2019
April 01, 2019 13:08 - 6 minutes - 6.81 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
133 The Pit Stop for the week of March 25, 2019
March 25, 2019 02:02 - 7 minutes - 7.71 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
132 The Pit Stop for the week of March 18, 2019
March 20, 2019 13:18 - 6 minutes - 6.71 MBEach week at In The Past Lane, the American history podcast, host and Historian-at-Large, Edward T. O’Donnell, brings you news, stories, interviews, and special features on all things U.S. history. His aim is to be both engaging and thought-provoking, inspired by the notion that history explains the world we live in and provides insights into how to achieve a more prosperous, peaceful, and just future. So come along with us as we journey In The Past Lane. www.InThePastLane.com www.EdwardTOD...
131 The Pit Stop for the week of March 11, 2019
March 11, 2019 15:30 - 6 minutes - 6.58 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
130 Rethinking Jamestown and America’s Origin Story
March 07, 2019 17:47 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a close look at America’s early colonial origins. Most Americans tend to think of their nation as beginning in Massachusetts with the 1620 establishment of a colony at Plymouth by the Pilgrims. But this view overlooks Jamestown, Virginia which had been established 13 years earlier in 1607. Why? Because, apart from periodic wars with local Native Americans, Massachusetts thrived, while further south in Virginia the Jamestown...
129 The Pit Stop for the week of March 4, 2019
March 04, 2019 02:15 - 7 minutes - 7.77 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
128 The Pit Stop for the week of Feb 25, 2019
February 25, 2019 03:26 - 5 minutes - 6.21 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
127 The History of Ice and Refrigeration in the US
February 21, 2019 18:47 - 43 minutes - 40.8 MBThis week In The Past Lane, the American history podcast, looks into the little known and yet hugely significant development of the ice and refrigeration industries in US history. 1) first we tell the story of the Frederick Tudor, The "Ice King," who single-handedly invented the ice industry way back in 1806. This development radically redefined the American life, especially the American diet. 2) Then we check in with historian Jonathan Rees, the nation's leading authority on all things rela...
126 The Pit Stop for the week of Feb 18, 2019
February 18, 2019 14:03 - 6 minutes - 6.61 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
125 The Pit Stop for the week of Feb 11, 2019
February 11, 2019 02:52 - 6 minutes - 6.96 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
124 The Pit Stop for the week of Feb 4, 2019
February 04, 2019 04:57 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
123 Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
February 01, 2019 03:08 - 36 minutes - 85.1 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at the largely unknown story of Black nationalist women in the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice in the mid-20th century. To explain this history, I speak with historian Keisha N. Blain about her new book, “Set The World On Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom.” As she explains, in the 30+ years before the emergence of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, women like Amy Jacques Garvey. Mi...
122 The Pit Stop for the week of Jan 28, 2019
January 29, 2019 15:52 - 6 minutes - 6.81 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
121 The Pit Stop for the week of Jan 21, 2019
January 20, 2019 19:05 - 5 minutes - 5.8 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
120 Bringing Down the Colonel - A Me Too Story from the Gilded Age
January 16, 2019 21:01 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at a #MeToo incident from the Gilded Age. It involved a powerful congressman and a mistress he kept for ten years. But when he broke his promise to marry her, she did the unthinkable – she sued him for “breach of promise.” The scandal and subsequent trial captivated the nation. To explain how this young women took down a congressman, I speak with Patricia Miller about her new book, “Bringing Down The Colonel: A Sex Scandal ...
119 The Pit Stop for the week of Jan 14 2019
January 14, 2019 16:03 - 5 minutes - 6.07 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
118 The Pit Stop for the week of Jan 7, 2019
January 07, 2019 01:38 - 6 minutes - 6.61 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
117 How Activist Government in Post-War America Expanded Opportunity and Spread Prosperity
January 03, 2019 12:26 - 43 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at the decades following World War II when the federal government passed civil rights laws and enacted social programs concerning public health, housing, education, transportation, and anti-poverty initiatives that aimed to provide opportunity and spread prosperity to the greatest number of citizens. To explain how this era of activist government succeeded – and then how it was scaled back after 1980, I speak with historian...
116 The Pit Stop for the week of Dec 31, 2018
December 31, 2018 17:04 - 5 minutes - 6.16 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
115 The Pit Stop for the week of Dec 24, 2018
December 24, 2018 02:38 - 6 minutes - 6.43 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
114 How World War II Helped Make "White Christmas" A Hit Song
December 20, 2018 23:21 - 11 minutes - 11.2 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we explore the fascinating backstory of the most popular Christmas song of all time, “White Christmas.” Did you know that this song, which topped the charts more than 75 years ago in late 1942, was in many ways a war song? It’s true—and it has everything to do with the context in which it was released. In fact, the connection between “White Christmas” and World War II is but one of several surprising details related to the song’s ...
113 The Pit Stop for the week of Dec 17, 2018
December 17, 2018 00:13 - 5 minutes - 6.19 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
112 The Forgotten Story of African American Pioneers in the Early West
December 13, 2018 03:06 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a close look at a long forgotten chapter in US history – the story of tens of thousands of African Americans who, in the 70 years before the Civil War and the end of slavery, settled on what was then the western frontier and today we know as the Midwest. They established successful farms and created thriving communities of black families. But intensifying racism in these antebellum years meant that these African Americans a...
111 The Pit Stop for the week of Dec 10, 2018
December 10, 2018 01:58 - 5 minutes - 5.69 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
110 The Pit Stop for the week of Dec 3, 2018
December 02, 2018 21:04 - 5 minutes - 5.98 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
109 How Americans Made Sense of World War I
November 30, 2018 15:22 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American history podcast, we bring you Part 2 of our commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. Our previous episode explored the history of the great influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 that swept the world in the wake of the war, killing tens of millions. In this episode, we turn our attention to the question of how Americans responded to the nation’s participation in the Great War. Joining me in this discussion is Andrew Huebner. He is an asso...
108 The Pit Stop for the week of Nov 26, 2018
November 26, 2018 01:21 - 6 minutes - 6.48 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
107 The Pit Stop for the week of Nov 19 2018
November 19, 2018 15:54 - 5 minutes - 5.89 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
106 The Pit Stop for the week of Nov 12, 2018
November 12, 2018 02:56 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for Th...
105 The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920
November 10, 2018 17:00 - 40 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Nancy K. Bristow about her book, American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. In November 1918, even as millions of Americans and Europeans celebrated the end of World War I, their communities were being ravaged by a global influenza pandemic. Over the course of almost three years, somewhere between 50 and 100 million people were killed in the pandemic, including nearly 700,000 Americans. Nancy ...
104 The Pit Stop for the week of November 5, 2018
November 05, 2018 04:38 - 6 minutes - 6.64 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday, The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in just about 5 minutes. We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for The ...
103 The Ideal of Honor in the Age of the American Revolution
October 30, 2018 02:56 - 47 minutes - 38.6 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Craig Bruce Smith talks about his new book, American Honor: The Creation of the Nation’s Ideals during the Revolutionary Era. Throughout the era of the American Revolution, Americans spoke of honor all the time, most famously in the Declaration of Independence, the last sentence of which reads, “we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” But what did the Founders mean by “honor”? C...
102 The Pit Stop for the week of Oct 22 2018
October 22, 2018 01:50 - 5 minutes - 5.39 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in under 5 minutes! We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for The Pit St...
100 The Eugenics Movement: The Effort to Create a Pure American Race
October 17, 2018 20:15 - 40 minutes - 92.5 MBThis week at In The Past Lane, the American history podcast, I speak with documentary filmmaker, Michelle Ferrari, writer and producer of “The Eugenics Crusade,” which airs on PBS’s American Experience series on October 16, 2018. These days, eugenics is a discredited pseudoscience, one associated with deeply racist ideas and social policies, and the genocidal, master race ideology of Nazi Germany. But back in the early 20th century, eugenics was viewed by many Americans as a respectable, l...
101 The Pit Stop for the week of Oct 15, 2018
October 14, 2018 22:23 - 5 minutes - 5.92 MBThe Pit Stop is a weekly mini-episode from In The Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Every Monday The Pit Stop tells you what happened in American history this week - in under 5 minutes! We drop these minis in between our full-length episodes that feature interviews with historians about their latest books, feature pieces, and more. For more information about the In The Past Lane podcast, head to our website, www.InThePastLane.com Production Credits for The Pit St...