You don't need social media to spread an idea.  Or a small coin, in this case, which was representative of a badly thought-out get-rich scheme.  We discuss the fad of 1935 that tied up post offices and its political implications.   And  Grover Cleveland takes on a powerful lobby group, while a city slowly discovers a lost subway system.      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Send a Dime" Chain Letters of 1935 and The Lost Subway System

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1948 is the classic comeback political story. And anytime you talk about it, you are talking about the possibility that an incumbent on the ropes come back. That's why MHCBUYP discussed this topic in 2020. But there is another angle to 1948. It's often forgotten that the year featured a sweeping bi-partisan legislative and foreign policy victory and that also factored into the result. We talk with author A.J. Baime about his then new book on the election.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE MARSHALL PLAN AND ELECTION 48

A collection of random stories - a child reporter gets the scoop of the lifetime in 1976. A look at the Patty Hearst story and the central question, did she know it. The Potsdam Conference. And a little poetry.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patty Hearst Story, The Child Reporter Who Scooped the Media, Potsdam and More.

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From 2011 where I discussed the 1968 Chicago Convention, with an added note about today's events and the 2024 election and a bit about Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley's broadcast during the '68 convention.  We are part of Airwave Media Network Check out 'Bro History,' Ben Franklin's World and  For the Love of History. Check it out. 
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THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING - 1968 Chicago Convention and Election

Stories of Presidential inflation fighting and fund-raising that seem to have a similar ring to today's events, in this episode. Nixon's plans to cut housing costs by reducing prices on the key element of housing inspires timber companies but riles environmentalist. Johnson uses his air fleet to shuttle the right people around to get the price of electrical wiring down. Eisenhower, Reagan, Hoover and Clinton raise the gas tax.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The "Send a Dime" Chain Letters of 1935 and The Lost Subway System

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