Take a look at how voting in the U.S. varies with turnout, electoral laws, election outcomes, and barriers to voting.

Learn about the media’s role of informing the public of news and government decisions and policies.

One of my favorite time periods in American history, the Progressive Era witnessed a wave of social, economic and political reforms that impacted people of all races, gender, religion, ethnicity, and geography.

Political realignments in the U.S take place while imperialism begins to rear its ugly head abroad in Cuba and the Philippines, culminating in the Spanish-American War.

How the cities developed and the problems that plagued them during the latter decades of the 19th century

Corporations, mergers, trusts and holding companies expand big business and threaten the workers world, leading to organized unions and strikes.

Dive into public opinion and how American government stays attuned to public opinions and preferences on issues, topics, and policies.

Learn what the American South and Western United States developed into following the Civil War and Reconstruction. Railroads, farmers, and Indians, oh my!

Dive in to American society and a hint of government in the postwar years to discover the policies of Reconstruction, especially in the South.

The Jacksonian Era of American politics: the contested 1824 election, Andrew Jackson’s presidency, Indian removal, rising racial discrimination and more are covered in this episode.

Transportation, infrastructure, industrialization, economic changes, and more are covered in this episode of the American History podcast.

Examine the first decade of independence from 1776-1789

After ratification of the Constitution, upheaval in Europe between England and France threatens to upend the new Republic, which will go to war with Britain in 1812 to affirm their sovereignty.

Find out how public opinion is shaped, formed, how circumstances and events can shape or change public opinion and how we measure it in America.

Dive into history with the Second Continental Congress in 1775 all the way through the Treaty of Paris in 1783x

The first segment focuses on Civil Liberties and what your individual rights are under the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution. The second segment focuses on Civil Rights and how various groups have fought for equal rights and what has been done to remedy past injustices.

A concise explanation of federalism in America

Dive into the early American republic to learn more about the founding of America and the creation of the Constitution

In this government podcast episode, the relationship between citizens and government is examined and explained to give a better understanding of what American democracy is and how it works.

The years following the Seven Years’ War were riddle with political upheaval and strife in the American colonies. Tune in to hear more about how the stage for revolution was set.

Take a look at eighteenth century America, the Enlightenment, and the Great Awakening on the eve of the Seven Years’ War aka the French and Indian War

Dive into American history with this podcast focusing on early northern and New England settlement.

Take a look at the Spanish colonization of the American Southwest and Florida and the English colonization of the Chesapeake area, Carolinas and the Caribbean.

Learn about Europe and Asia on the eve of colonization of the Americas and the early colonization experiments of Africa and Ireland.

Tune in to learn about the pre-colonial Native American cultures and societies that flourished all throughout the Americas and Caribbean prior to European contact.