# History That Doesn't Suck A podcast by Prof. Greg Jackson. HTDS is a bi-weekly podcast, delivering a legit, seriously researched, hard-hitting survey of American history through entertaining stories. To keep up with History That Doesn’t Suck news, check us out htdspodcast.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram: @historythatdoesntsuck. Become a premium member to support our work, receive ad-free episodes and bonus episodes.Pre-order Prof. Jackson's new book Been There Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome Feed: https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/e69da14a26973f1dc761432876205254 ## Latest episodes - [214: D-Day, Part I: From the First Quebec Conference to June 5, 1944](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/73ab8b3c2ae1) (2026-10-19, 61 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253550/8253550_2026-04-14-132550.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [213: Halloween Special VI: The ASEs & Guy de Maupassant](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/8e07c51f0a95) (2026-10-05, 43 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253552/8253552_2026-04-14-132652.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [Bonus: GTDS: NASA and the Commercialization of Space](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/4a69fb1ea987) (2026-09-28, 79 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8634938/8634938_2026-09-02-155038.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [212: The European Theater, 1943](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/5ac64378d426) (2026-09-21, 62 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8671559/8671559_2026-09-21-025559.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [15 (Second Edition): “We the People:” Constitution Making in Philly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/2824f05cb9f0) (2026-09-07, 68 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8642474/8642474_2026-09-06-173914.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [211: Pacific Theater Epilogue with Capt. Mac Caldwell](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/789f455ee6e0) (2026-08-24, 55 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8602116/8602116_2026-08-19-173416.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [210: The Pacific War 1944: From the Cairo Conference to the Marianas Turkey Shoot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/43be7b8c06bc) (2026-08-10, 59 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8581925/8581925_2026-08-08-170325.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [209: The Pacific War 1943: Operation Cartwheel, Tarawa, & Eleanor Roosevelt's Pacific Tour](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/1ab024b5e3b0) (2026-07-27, 58 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253558/8253558_2026-04-14-133558.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [208: The Pacific War, 1942–43: Guadalcanal, the Aleutians, and Operation Vengeance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/42a12807d9b1) (2026-07-13, 60 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253561/8253561_2026-04-14-133801.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [Introducing: Government That Doesn't Suck! with Professors Greg Jackson and Lindsey Cormack](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/a1bd1db145ee) (2026-07-06, 49 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253559/8253559_2026-04-14-133759.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [The Declaration of Independence at 250](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/f7cec5db1e47) (2026-07-02, 12 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253536/8253536_2026-04-14-130336.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [America250 Episode 8 Rerelease: Declaring Independence, the Rise of Alexander Hamilton, & the Fall of New York](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/2fa426f57c11) (2026-06-22, 63 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253537/8253537_2026-04-14-130437.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [Bonus: Prof. Greg Jackson interview on The Road to Now with Dr. Ben Sawyer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/9874a03901e4) (2026-06-15, 61 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8448876/8448876_2026-06-12-193616.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [207: Japanese Internment: Removal, Relocation, & Reckoning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/446b23c2f29b) (2026-06-08, 67 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253563/8253563_2026-04-14-133903.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [206: American Propaganda: Cap’s Debut, Frank Capra’s War Docs, and Casablanca](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/383d7e047e86) (2026-05-22, 64 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253565/8253565_2026-04-14-134105.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [205: Total War on the Home Front: Victory Gardens, Volunteering, and the Double V](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/ccafaf986c74) (2026-05-11, 59 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253567/8253567_2026-04-14-134307.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [Bonus: “Messy Tales,” an Excerpt from the Prof’s book, Been There, Done That](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/259410c07298) (2026-05-04, 35 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8385922/8385922_2026-05-15-212022.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [204: The Holocaust: Anne Frank, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, & Auschwitz](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/934eacb32d1d) (2026-04-27, 63 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253568/8253568_2026-04-14-134408.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [203: The Holocaust: Killing Squads, Ghettos, & Gas Chambers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/24b698999270) (2026-04-13, 65 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253573/8253573_2026-04-14-134713.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [202: Holocaust Prologue with US Holocaust Memorial Museum Director, Sara J. Bloomfield](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/98c9828e2be7) (2026-03-30, 45 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253578/8253578_2026-04-14-135218.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [201: A Soft Underbelly: The Allied Invasion of Sicily & the Fall of Il Duce](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/f509d3838026) (2026-03-16, 55 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253583/8253583_2026-04-14-135623.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [200: The North African Campaign: Desert Rats, the Desert Fox, & Operation Torch](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/5dc8654937cf) (2026-03-02, 61 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253527/8253527_2026-04-14-133427.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [199: Building the Anglo-American Alliance: The US Enters the European Theater](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/a70a919aec09) (2026-02-16, 59 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253586/8253586_2026-04-14-130526.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [198: The Pacific Tide Turns at Coral Sea & Midway](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/24e8b33d4c07) (2026-02-02, 60 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253592/8253592_2026-04-14-132232.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [197: The Doolittle Raid & the Bataan Death March (Spring 1942)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/15c3ff156dd0) (2026-01-19, 61 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253596/8253596_2026-04-14-132936.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [196: An Epilogue to Pearl Harbor with Steve Twomey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/a1c0b03013c5) (2026-01-05, 56 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253538/8253538_2026-04-14-130638.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [195: Holiday Special IX: Chanukah in Warsaw & Christmas in Washington, D.C.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/e7a526d0a6c5) (2025-12-22, 35 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253616/8253616_2026-04-14-130716.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [194: Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/612ac8247162) (2025-12-07, 60 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253620/8253620_2026-04-14-131720.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/0148b67e2d42) (2025-11-24, 60 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253624/8253624_2026-04-14-132124.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [192: A Conversation with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein: The American Revolution and WWII](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/90e7e34dd012) (2025-11-10, 54 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253629/8253629_2026-04-14-132629.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [Bonus: Eleanor Roosevelt "Over Our Coffee Cups"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/43289bc82561) (2025-11-03, 6 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253532/8253532_2026-04-14-134432.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [191: Halloween Special V: “The War of the Worlds” on the Radio](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/a96b53fadcca) (2025-10-20, 39 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253633/8253633_2026-04-14-133033.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [190: Epilogue to US Pre-WWII Isolationism to Interventionism with Lynne Olson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/b8e7c9307df6) (2025-10-13, 66 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253638/8253638_2026-04-14-133738.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [189: World War II in Europe & the American Response (1941): Production & Preparation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/879f537b4ee4) (2025-10-06, 63 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253644/8253644_2026-04-14-134244.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [The Unlikely Union: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/1e403cde38b7) (2025-09-29, 11 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253534/8253534_2026-04-14-135134.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [188: World War II in Europe & The American Response (1939–40): Isolationism vs. Arsenal of Democracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/bb2e728b8f2a) (2025-09-22, 65 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253651/8253651_2026-04-14-135251.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [187: From the Rhineland to Poland (1935–1939): Annexation, Appeasement, & the Start of World War II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/854b2884cc64) (2025-09-08, 65 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253661/8253661_2026-04-14-131301.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/67f01ad02718) (2025-08-25, 63 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253666/8253666_2026-04-14-131706.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [185: The Early Holocaust: From the “Jewish Question” to Kristallnacht](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/9ee722378bc4) (2025-08-11, 65 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253672/8253672_2026-04-14-133312.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/7bd413b2678b) (2025-08-07, 8 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253599/8253599_2026-04-14-133639.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [184: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: From Failure to Führer of Nazi Germany or the Third Reich](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/2332b0330616) (2025-07-28, 64 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253677/8253677_2026-04-14-134317.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [183: The Origin of Fascism: “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascist Italy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/120ab1a86f44) (2025-07-14, 67 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253678/8253678_2026-04-14-134818.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [182: A Prologue to World War II: US Army Interwar Preparation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/d453b759a6ec) (2025-06-30, 42 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253680/8253680_2026-04-14-130320.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [181: American Aviation: The Growth of the Industry Through the Eyes of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Howard Hughes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/3e74cb9a9efe) (2025-06-16, 61 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253681/8253681_2026-04-14-130921.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [180: “A Race to the Sky”: The Rise of New York City’s Chrysler, Manhattan Company, and Empire State Buildings](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/20f3eca23ecf) (2025-06-02, 58 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253683/8253683_2026-04-14-131423.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/8f87d400971a) (2025-05-19, 61 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253685/8253685_2026-04-14-132825.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/6a37039e9cd5) (2025-05-05, 63 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253686/8253686_2026-04-14-133226.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [America 250: The Boston Campaign 1775-76: A Leadership Discussion with Gen. William Rapp](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/dc7e6040389e) (2025-04-21, 56 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253608/8253608_2026-04-14-135408.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [177: An Epilogue to the New Deal and CCC Deep Dive with Neil Maher](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/65b842cf9c5f) (2025-04-07, 47 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253687/8253687_2026-04-14-133827.192.mp3?rssID=6404 - [176: FDR v. “The Nine Old Men” (The New Deal pt. 3): Court Packing and Closing the New Deal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1291579828/0b5af4ad8f1e) (2025-03-24, 64 min): audio https://p.podderapp.com/1794982497/tracking.swap.fm/track/v9Uiw3bGr54f6BVZKSyc/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8253689/8253689_2026-04-14-134229.192.mp3?rssID=6404 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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