The Whiskey Rebellion

Whiskey Rebellion 095: Jefferson in 2019

Live from the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Frank and David (mostly Frank) answer questions from a room full of teachers who have been studying this week with Frank in a Gilder Lehrman Institute programme on Thomas Jefferson. In a wide-ranging discussion, they address everything from Jefferson's foreign policy, to reparations, to how to teach Jefferson to high school students.

Whiskey Rebellion 094: Overturning Precedent

Over the past few weeks, several states have passed legislation significantly limiting access to abortion in order to challenge the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. Frank and David look at how Supreme Court precedents get overturned to put this recent strategy into some context.

Included in this episode, Frank calls for the repeal of the 11th Amendment.

Last Drops

Frank: book giveaway

David: White Lies podcast on NPR

Whiskey Rebellion 093: D-Day at 75

Today, June 6, marks the 75th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 during World War II. Frank and David discuss what the anniversary means and looks at earlier commemorations of D-Day and other comparable events.

Addendum: David mistakenly said that more British soldiers fought at D-Day than Americans. He meant that Americans were a minority of those Allied soldiers who fought at D-Day and that the combined British and Canadian forces outnumbered the Americans. 

Last Drops

Frank: the death of iTunes

David: the passing of Tony Horwitz

 

Whiskey Rebellion 092: War Crimes

President Trump has suggested that he might recognize Memorial Day by pardoning some American soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes. Frank and David look how the United States has dealt with war crimes from the Revolution to today.

Last Drops

Frank: Isenberg and Burstein's The Problem of Democracy

David: discovery of the Clotilda

Whiskey Rebellion 091: McCullough's Pioneers

David McCullough's recently published book, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, has prompted highly critical reviews in the New York Times and on Slate. Frank and David discuss the controversy and whether some historians have overreacted. 

Last Drops

Frank: Remembrace of Edinburgh SPS colleague John Peterson

David: Nursing Clio's articles on abortion

 

 

Whiskey Rebellion 090: High Crimes and Misdemeanors

In the two weeks since the redacted Mueller report became public, many Democrats have discussed the possibility of impeaching President Trump. Frank and David look at the history of impeachment, including:

• what the impeachment of judges in the Early Republic tells us about what the Founders thought about impeachment
• how the impeachment (or near impeachment) of Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton inform the current situation
• hypothesizing whether Democrats will proceed with impeachment

Last Drops

Frank: Texas Tech flash mob at Dallas Old Parkland Debate

David: new American Civil War Museum in Richmond

Whiskey Rebellion 089: Raising the White Flag

On location in Charlottesville (our first episode recorded in America), Frank talks to David about his new book, Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War.

David is doing a book tour -- interested listeners can hear him in person in the coming weeks at the American Civil War Museum, Bennett Place, Museum of Civil War Medicine, Shepherd University, and Washington and Lee. 

Last Drops

David: Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia

Frank: Getting Word exhibit from Monticello coming to Edinburgh

Whiskey Rebellion 088: Mueller's Antecedents

More than a week ago, Bob Mueller delivered his report to Attorney General William Barr. While we wait (impatiently) to read it, Frank and David discuss the antecedents to the Mueller Report, including the Warren Commission Report, the Tower Commission Report, the Starr Report, the Nye Committee Report, etc. 

Last Drops

Frank: Tartan Day in NYC and Nike "Lost Cause" ad

David: Historian trading cards and White Flag art exhibit

Shameless Self Promotion: David's new book, Raising the White Flag is now available for sale. 

Whiskey Rebellion: Special Episode with Joanne Freeman

Joined by some Edinburgh postgrads and special guests, Frank and David talk with Joanne Freeman after her Fennell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh. In a free-wheeling conversation, they discuss:

• Writing Field of Blood
• Working on Backstory
• Being a historian on Twitter

 

 

Whiskey Rebellion 087: Getting In or Getting Caught

Earlier this week, the FBI arrested more than 50 people in connection with a university admissions fraud scheme. Frank and David discuss the history of university admissions, including:

• How Thomas Jefferson got into William & Mary
• How the SAT changed admissions in unforseen ways
• How the Supreme Court said race could be a factor in admissions, but prohibited quotas

Last Drops

Frank: Fennell Postdoc in American History at Edinburgh

David: Captain Marvel