The 2 Best In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It Matters Podcast Episodes
1) 154 What the Declaration of Independence Declared (and Declares Today)
It's Independence Day! The perfect occasion for a special episode of In The Past Lane! This week, we take a close look at the document at the heart of the July 4th celebration -- the Declaration of I...Show More
2) 071 Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical is Restaging America’s Past
This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak to two historians about their new book on Hamilton: The Musical. Claire Bond Potter and Renee Romano’s book, Historians on Hamilton: How a ...Show More
3) 199 Who Was Alexander Hamilton?
In this episode of ITPL, we focus on Alexander Hamilton. You may have noticed that Hamilton has become the hottest Founder in recent years – and it’s all due to the smash Broadway hit, “Hamilton: The ...Show More
4) 198 The Civil War Draft Riots
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a significant but often overlooked event during the Civil War, the Draft Riots of July 1863. Protests against drafting me...Show More
5) 197 Brutality & Lawlessness: America's First Great Police Scandal
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the first great police scandal in US history. It occurred in the mid-1890s in New York City when an investigation into th...Show More
6) 196 The Molly Maguires
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at a legendary labor uprising by a mysterious group known as the Molly Maguires. They were Irish and Irish American coal min...Show More
7) 195 Where Have You Gone, Robert F. Kennedy?
This week at In The Past Lane, the podcast about American history and why it matters, we take a close look at Robert F. Kennedy. Here’s the lineup: 1) First up, it’s a short feature on the basics of t...Show More
8) 194 The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at one of the most deadly incidents of anti-black violence in US history: The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. White mobs rampaged ...Show More
9) 193 The Pullman Strike of 1894 + This Week in US History
This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we take a look at the famous Pullman Strike of 1894. It began as a protest over wage cuts in the midst of a severe economic depression and ...Show More
10) 192 The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920
This week at In The Past Lane, the history podcast, I speak with historian Nancy Bristow about her book, American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. In November 1918, even as ...Show More