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250 Most Impactful Moments in American History

250 Most Impactful Moments in American History

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History isn't just what we read in textbooks - it's the story of us, the United States. As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Bill Hemmer brings listeners compelling interviews with historians, experts, and eyewitnesses who detail the triumphs, trials, and breakthroughs that defined our nation. In order to understand where the country's heading, it's important to know where we've been. New episodes available every Wednesday.2025 Fox News Network, LLC World
Episodes
  • 110-106: What Hath God Wrought

    110-106: What Hath God Wrought
    Jul 22 2026
    110: President Johnson signs The Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law abolishing racial segregation 109: Samuel Morse demonstrates electric telegraphy for the first time. Six years later in 1844 - "What hath God wrought" Samuel Morse sends his first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore ft. Curator of Electricity Collections at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Hal Wallace. 108: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail ft. Chair of the Center for the American Dream at the America First Policy Institute, Dr. Alveda King. 107: Vietnam War: Two US destroyers come under fire in the Gulf of Tonkin. President Johnson expands the war effort based upon this incident. 106: The New York Stock Exchange nosedives nearly taking out the American economy. It is given a reprieve by a group of investors led by J.P. Morgan who pool $25M to invest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • 115-111: Operation Desert Storm

    115-111: Operation Desert Storm
    Jul 15 2026
    115: Andrew Carnegie consolidates all of his business under one umbrella with the Carnegie Steel Company 114: President Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans 113: President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland ft. Executive Vice President & Provost at UT Austin and Author of The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, Dr. William Inboden. 112: U.S. Military Academy at West Point opens 111: Operation Desert Storm: United States forces repel Iraq from Kuwaiti territory ft. Former White House Press Secretary (serving under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush) Marlin Fitzwater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • 120-116: The Right To Vote

    120-116: The Right To Vote
    Jul 8 2026
    120: Homegrown terrorists Timothy McVeigh and accomplice Terry Nichols set of a bomb at the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK killing 168 people including 19 children 119: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill setting off the California Gold Rush ft. Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Anthea Hartig. 118: Construction on the Hoover Dam is completed 117: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Women's Suffrage Association in New York. Three years later in 1872, Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time in defiance of law. She is arrested and fine $100 dollars - which she never pays ft. Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University & author of the prize-winning book, The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, Dr. Lisa Tretault. 116: The Teapot Dome land scandal cripples the Harding Administration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins
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