We've Been Through Worse: The History No One Taught You | Greg Jackson

About this episode

The episode explores 250 years of American partisanship and political violence with insights from Dr. Greg Jackson.

Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and special guest host Bryan Austin welcome Dr. Greg Jackson to examine 250 years of American partisanship, political violence, and yellow journalism. While these forces still shape the modern world, history proves they are not insurmountable—if we overcame them before, we can do it again. Please support this podcast by checking out our patreon: www.patreon.com/primarysourcemedia   CHAPTERS: 0:00 Things Have Never Been This Bad? 0:50 Meet Greg Jackson & the Legendary Library Ladder 5:08 The Plane Ride That Launched a Podcast 11:09 Why People Are Starving for Real History 17:11 Touring America with "The Unlikely Union" 19:20 "This Is the Worst It's Ever Been" — Remember the Civil War 26:01 The Big Idea: Why History Rhymes 30:46 The Founders at Their Worst 31:47 Hamilton vs. Jefferson & America's First Media War 36:13 Fake News in the 1790s 39:39 The Baltimore Riots of 1812 42:25 Major William Barney: A Forgotten American Hero 44:18 Free Speech & the Press, Then and Now 47:08 What These Dark Chapters Teach Us Today 50:45 A Call to Action: Be a Better Angel 53:47 Inside the Book: JQA & the Most Corrupt Election Ever 56:21 Visit a Small…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Lynn Price Robbins

Guests: Bryan Austin, Dr. Greg Jackson

Topics covered

• American partisanship
• political violence
• yellow journalism
• historical resilience
• media history

Keywords

• American history
• partisanship
• political violence
• yellow journalism
• media history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Primary Source Media

Books & works: Been There, Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome

Places: Philadelphia

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