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This Day (An America 250 History Show)

To mark our 250th birthday, “This Day” presents "50 Weeks That Shaped America," a series of deep dives into the stories that brought us to this moment.

Podcast · By Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia · American English · Official site

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 29, 2026

    Citizens United: Money Is Speech w/ Celina Stewart (Part One) (opens the original)

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    All this month, we're partnering with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation for a series called "Democracy Under Construction." You can find out more about their work at kettering.org and listen to their podcast "The Context" at kettering.org/thecontext For the thirty-sixth installment of "50 Weeks That Shaped America" we go to 2010 and the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision — which enshrined corporate spending as protected speech and unleashed a new era of dark money in American politics. J

  2. Episode · Sep 27, 2026

    Our Dog Whistle Politics w/ Alex Lovit [Some Sunday Context] (opens the original)

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    Every Sunday during our month-long collaboration with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Jody Avirgan chats with Alex Lovit, host of the Kettering podcast "The Context." Today, they follow up on the conversation about the Southern realignment in the 1960s, as White voters shifted to the Republican party -- and the party embraced a strategy to woo them. Jody and Alex discuss the mix of cultural and racial issues that lead to voting patterns, and how the story of realignment isn't as simple as a

  3. Episode · Sep 24, 2026

    Southern Realignment: Hunting Where the Ducks Are w/ Eric K. Ward (Part Two) (opens the original)

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    All this month, we're partnering with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation for a series called "Democracy Under Construction." You can find out more about their work at kettering.org and listen to their podcast "The Context" at kettering.org/thecontext The story of Southern realignment continues with the Southern Strategy itself -- how Nixon looked at the 1964 and 1968 electoral maps and saw an opening, how coded language replaced overt racism, and how a regional story became a national one. Plus

  4. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Southern Realignment: The Impossible Coalition w/ Eric K. Ward (Part One) (opens the original)

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    All this month, we're partnering with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation for a series called "Democracy Under Construction." You can find out more about their work at kettering.org and listen to their podcast "The Context" at kettering.org/thecontext For the thirty-fifth installment of "50 Weeks That Shaped America" we go to 1964, and a moment when the two major parties in this country, in a sense, switched. Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Eric K. Ward, Executive Vice President of Race For

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