On the last episode of this first season of the pod Dylan talks about the 2000s, including 9/11, the “Great Recession,” and other truly decade-defining events. It’s a wild ride. Stayed tuned for more episodes later!!

The 1990s

Dec 27th, 2023 32m 53s

On today’s episode, Dylan talks about the internet, Clinton, 24-hour news networks, and a whole bunch of other wild stuff. The 90s were a crazy time in America.

Reagan's America

Dec 20th, 2023 37m 28s

In today’s episode Dylan talks about America’s first President/actor, “trickle-down” economics, and a bunch of other awful 80s stuff. Man, that decade really was not good.

70s Culture

Dec 14th, 2023 34m 13s

Today on the podcast Dylan ends his trip through the 70s by looking at new identity movements, Red Power, and the rise of a new Right. Also a lot of talk about just how messed up everything was.

The 1970s

Dec 6th, 2023 35m 36s

On today’s episode Dylan, your beloved host, talks about Watergate, Nixon, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Also Nixon died after the recording of this episode. How time flies.

Vietnam War

Nov 29th, 2023 35m 16s

On this week’s episode of the pod Dylan talks about the Vietnam war, Kissinger, and a bunch of other ghouls.

The Great Society

Nov 22nd, 2023 34m 40s

This week on the podcast Dylan talks about LBJ, Kennedy, and the good old LSD-using Beatles. Nothing better than that baby

Civil Rights Movement

Nov 15th, 2023 31m 52s

In this week’s episode Dylan talks about the Long Civil Rights Movement, SNCC, and the use of TV by Freedom Movement activists. The Cold War comes back too!

Cold War Part 2

Nov 8th, 2023 50m 49s

In this week’s episode Dylan talks about the Red Scare, the suburbs, and the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The Cold War gets colder!

Cold War Abroad

Nov 1st, 2023 47m 37s

In this episode Dylan talks about the space race, the arms race, and the race to see who could be the coldest warrior. How did the United States deal with a post-World War II world?

World War II at Home

Oct 25th, 2023 32m 56s

On today’s podcast Dylan talks about the Double V campagin, the atrocious Japanese internment campagin, and other World War II things.

World War II Abroad

Oct 18th, 2023 42m 33s

This week on the pod Dylan goes through an overview of the conflict, tracing its beginnings, the way the war was fought, and some of the horrible atrocities committed during the war. This is the first part in a two part series on World War II.

The New Deal

Oct 11th, 2023 48m 1s

This week on The Greatest Podcast In American History Dylan looks at the New Deal, and answers everyone’s burning questions about whether or not it actually stopped the Great Depression.

The Great Depression

Oct 5th, 2023 35m 41s

This week on the pod Dylan takes you through the Great Depression, how it started, how it changed live in America, and just how bad it was. Hint, it was not great.

The Roaring Twenties

Sep 27th, 2023 51m 59s

On this episode Dylan talks about the rise of the 2nd KKK, the explosion of jazz, the end of the Progresive Era, baseball, and a whole bunch of other stuff!

WWI at Home

Sep 20th, 2023 35m 35s

On today’s episode Dylan talks about WWI in the United States, coercion, jail time, and the Black Tom explosion.

WWI Abroad

Sep 13th, 2023 32m 54s

In this episode Dylan discusses the beginnings of WWI, lives of the soldiers, and the horros of war.

American Empire

Sep 6th, 2023 45m 43s

In this episode Dylan discusses the ways in which the United States began to expand its reach outside of its territory, espeically in the Pacific and in Latin America.

Progressive Movement

Aug 30th, 2023 39m 58s

In this week’s episode Dylan discusses the Progressive movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at how they approached solving the problems of women’s rights, labor, and poverty.

The Populists

Aug 23rd, 2023 39m 34s

This week on the pod, Dylan is talking about the People’s Party and the Populists. They have some radical plans to re-shape the Americna economy in response to the Industrial Revolution. They failed, but those failures had a huge impact on the

The Labor Movement

Aug 16th, 2023 41m 14s

In this episode I talk about a post-Civil War labor conditions, early labor unions, and a couple of big labor strikes. Fascinating stuff!

The Industrial Revolution in the West

Aug 9th, 2023 38m 35s

In this episode Dylan talks about the Industrializing West and how it made America.

Industrial revolution in the South

Aug 2nd, 2023 31m 31s

Hey everyone! On this week of The Greatest Podcast In American History I talk about the Industrial Revolution in the American South. We look at the horrors of Jim Crow, how James Buchanan Duke got his money, and much more.

Industrial Revolution in the North

Jul 26th, 2023 32m 58s

A look at the northern US during the Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Jul 19th, 2023 41m 5s

This podcast will be taking a quick trip through American History, looking at how the modern United States came to be. The first series of episodes will begin with Reconstruction and end in the present.