The Whiskey Rebellion

Frank's in Burbank, while David holds down the fort in Edinburgh:

1. Trump vs. Nixon: As a follow-up to last week's discussion of Trump and Andrew Jackson, we look at the comparisons between Trump and Richard Nixon.

2. Impeachment: Frank and David discuss the mechanics of impeachment and the preconditions that make impeachment possible

3. Ben Carson and Betsy DeVos's History Lesson: In a recent article in the New Yorker, Jelani Cobb dissects controversal recent statements by HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos about African American History.

 

Last Drops

Frank: Digitization of the Henrietta Liston Papers at the National Library of Scotland

David: Scottish Association for the Study of America conference last week in Edinburgh. Particular thanks to Catherine Bateson and Krysten Blackstone

This week's topics:

1. Trump's Address to Congress: Did he "pivot"? How was this address different from other presidential speeches to Congress?

2. A recent New York Times article examines how Americans have responded to the Gallup poll question: "What do you think is the most important problem facing the country?" Frank and David discuss what this data reveals and what it obscures.

3. Is Donald Trump Andrew Jackson? In a recent article in The American Historian, Mark Cheatham argues that this frequently made comparsion doesn't have a lot of value. 

Last Drops

Frank

David's new book Driven from Home: North Carolina's Civil War Refugee Crisis won the North Caroliniana Society's award for the best non-fiction published in 2016. He is the first person to win this award twice (his first book, Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina, won for 2011.)

Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln, which Frank re-watched on the plane

David

Historian Joanne Freeman's twitter feed (@jbf1755)

Historian Annette Gordon-Reed's twitter feed (@agordonreed)

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Back in Doctors in a stormy day in Edinburgh to discuss:

1. Presidential Ranking: C-Span just released their 2017 Presidential ranking survery results. Frank and David explore the history of these polls, whether Lincoln deserves to always win, and who are favorite and least favorite presidents are.

2. Presidents and the Media. In his recent Florida rally, President Trump claimed that his war with the media was similiar to conflicts that Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln had with the press. Frank reveals that TJ's relationship with the media was far more complicated that either Trump or his critics suggest.

Last Drops

David: Tag sale at the home of historian John Hope Franklin

Frank: NPR story on Aluetian internment during WWII and his annual rant about ex-pats paying taxes.

Whisky of the week: Talisker 10

 

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Please leave reviews on iTunes. Frank and David will be giving away copies of their most recent books to randomly selected reviewers.

Live (sorta) from Doctor's Pub in Edinburgh, Frank and David discuss:

1. The resignation/firing of Mike Flynn, the Logan Act, and Treason.

2. Leaks! Leaks! and more Leaks! Is the Trump WH the leakiest in history? How does it compare to Nixon, Adams, or (gasp!) Polk?

Last Drops

Frank: John LeCarre, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

David: Catherine Clinton's Southern Historical Association Presidental Address, "The Southern Social Circle." Now published in the Journal of Southern History

 

This week's whisky: Highland Park 12

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Frank and David discuss:

1. American Exceptionalism, especially in light of Donald Trump's comments prior to the Super Bowl

2. The Silencing of Elizabeth Warren. We talk about the gag rule that silenced abolitionists petitions and about collegiality (or lack thereof) in Congress.

 

Last Drops

Frank: The Patriot's victory in the Super Bowl

David: Loving and Trainspotting 2.

 

Special Bonus Context

Frank talks with Dr. Fabian Hilfich and Prof. Jussi Hanhimaki about the future and the past of Trans-Atlantic relationship.

Frank's audio is a bit wonky at times, but still worth a listen.

Frank and David discuss:

1. Trump's firing of acting Attorney General Sally Yates and dissent by civil servants

2. Black History Month

3. Historians as Activists: What happens when historians venture into politics. Inspiring in part by the American Historical Association's statement on Trump's immigration policy: http://blog.historians.org/2017/01/aha-condemns-executive-order-restricting-entry-united-states/

Last Drops

Frank: Burn's Supper and Abe Lincoln's polite decline: https://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/jul09/scotland.html

David: The blog of the African American Intellectual History Society: http://www.aaihs.org/black-perspectives/

 

David is donating all proceeds from his recently published book on Civil War refugees to help refugees hurt by Trump's immigration policy: www.amazon.com/Driven-Home-Carolinas-Refugee-UnCivil/dp/0820349461/

In this episode, Frank and David discuss:

1. The Women's Marches in D.C. and around the world

2. The Special Relationship between the U.S. and U.K.

3. President Trump's refugee ban

Last Drops

Frank: Tim Tyson's new book, The Blood of Emmett Till (www.amazon.com/Blood-Emmett-Till-Timothy-Tyson/dp/1476714843)

David: Columbia University uncovers its slave past

www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/arts/columbia-unearths-its-ties-to-slavery.html

In this initial episode of The Whiskey Rebellion, Frank and David discuss the Trump Inauguration and the Obama Legacy

 

Last Drops

Frank: Patriots Day

David: Backstory Podcast.