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A look at Grant’s second vice president, one of 7 to die in office.

A bunch of leftovers from the Carter cast mixed with books I’ve read over the summer and early fall here.  Hope they are enjoyed.

As a young assemblyman, Theodore Roosevelt was ready to vote against a ban on cigar making in homes in New York.  It was he thought ‘socialistic’  Then Samuel Gompers took him on a tour.

From some trips to the library a few isolated history-political stories.

In a tight race, Bush-Cheney tried a novel, and now forgotten strategy.  They looked to multi-level marketing groups and emulated some tactics.  It may have worked, or not.

A recent library trip and some unused tidbits generated an episode of various items of interest about politics and history.

More demonstration of WEB DuBois uncanny ability to use words to describe his experience.  Also a bit more about Claude Kirk and why, despite 3 episodes, I wish I hit some points more.  About his lost hat, run for governor in 1978, and why he later said he was glad he lost.

a bit about vice President Humphrey

Episode 2 of our podcast series on the fall of the USSR takes us into the afternoon of August 19th, where activists are waking up to what is going on, and a bit into the history of events that lead to the coup of 1991.

You hear it hear first – the first version rough edit of THE FALL OF USSR series.  EP1 Wake Up Cassandra

Soviet citizens wake up to tanks out the window, and strange announcements mixed with music.  Citizens react.  One leader makes a narrow escape.  Another leader is held in place.  Is democracy over?  Is this the beginning of the end of everything?