That American Century
A history podcast about the people and events shaping the United States in the 20th Century. Communists, Capitalists, Populists, Feminists, Imperialists, Isolationists, Anarchists, Atheists and Fundamentalists welcome 🇺🇸
That American Century
Latest Episodes
Arnold Rothstein | Ep 13
What does the Black Sox Scandal and the Becker-Rosenthal case have in common? Arnold Rothstein. His career in New York City's world of vice spans the 1890s to the 1920s, adjusting during periods of reform and always staying steps re...
The Becker-Rosenthal Case | Ep 12
It was called "The Trial of the Century." In July 1912, a New York City Bookmaker is assassinated in front of the Hotel Metropole. Four gunmen and one NYPD Lieutenant are implicated in the crime. Lieutenant Charles Becke...
Sinclair v. Rockefeller | Ep 11
From The Jungle to HUAC to California in 2003 - entertainment and politics collide time after time in the 20th century. Upton Sinclair, Ronald Reagan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. All three were celebrities first then California gube...
