Best Dylan Shearer Podcasts (2024)

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2000s and beyond 32:20

8M ago32:20

32:20

On the last episode of this first season of the pod Dylan talks about the 2000s, including 9/11, the “Great Recession,” and other truly decade-defining events. It’s a wild ride. Stayed tuned for more episodes later!!By Mitch and Dylan

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The 1990s 32:53

8M ago32:53

32:53

On today’s episode, Dylan talks about the internet, Clinton, 24-hour news networks, and a whole bunch of other wild stuff. The 90s were a crazy time in America.By Mitch and Dylan

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Reagan's America 37:28

8M ago37:28

37:28

In today’s episode Dylan talks about America’s first President/actor, “trickle-down” economics, and a bunch of other awful 80s stuff. Man, that decade really was not good.By Mitch and Dylan

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70s Culture 34:13

8M ago34:13

34:13

Today on the podcast Dylan ends his trip through the 70s by looking at new identity movements, Red Power, and the rise of a new Right. Also a lot of talk about just how messed up everything was.By Mitch and Dylan

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The 1970s 35:36

9M ago35:36

35:36

On today’s episode Dylan, your beloved host, talks about Watergate, Nixon, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Also Nixon died after the recording of this episode. How time flies.By Mitch and Dylan

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Vietnam War 35:16

9M ago35:16

35:16

On this week’s episode of the pod Dylan talks about the Vietnam war, Kissinger, and a bunch of other ghouls.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Great Society 34:40

9M ago34:40

34:40

This week on the podcast Dylan talks about LBJ, Kennedy, and the good old LSD-using Beatles. Nothing better than that babyBy Mitch and Dylan

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Civil Rights Movement 31:52

9M ago31:52

31:52

In this week’s episode Dylan talks about the Long Civil Rights Movement, SNCC, and the use of TV by Freedom Movement activists. The Cold War comes back too!By Mitch and Dylan

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Cold War Part 2 50:49

10M ago50:49

50:49

In this week’s episode Dylan talks about the Red Scare, the suburbs, and the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The Cold War gets colder!By Mitch and Dylan

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Cold War Abroad 47:37

10M ago47:37

47:37

In this episode Dylan talks about the space race, the arms race, and the race to see who could be the coldest warrior. How did the United States deal with a post-World War II world?By Mitch and Dylan

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World War II at Home 32:56

10M ago32:56

32:56

On today’s podcast Dylan talks about the Double V campagin, the atrocious Japanese internment campagin, and other World War II things.By Mitch and Dylan

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World War II Abroad 42:33

10M ago42:33

42:33

This week on the pod Dylan goes through an overview of the conflict, tracing its beginnings, the way the war was fought, and some of the horrible atrocities committed during the war. This is the first part in a two part series on World War II.By Mitch and Dylan

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The New Deal 48:01

11M ago48:01

48:01

This week on The Greatest Podcast In American History Dylan looks at the New Deal, and answers everyone’s burning questions about whether or not it actually stopped the Great Depression.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Great Depression 35:41

11M ago35:41

35:41

This week on the pod Dylan takes you through the Great Depression, how it started, how it changed live in America, and just how bad it was. Hint, it was not great.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Roaring Twenties 51:59

11M ago51:59

51:59

On this episode Dylan talks about the rise of the 2nd KKK, the explosion of jazz, the end of the Progresive Era, baseball, and a whole bunch of other stuff!By Mitch and Dylan

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WWI at Home 35:35

11M ago35:35

35:35

On today’s episode Dylan talks about WWI in the United States, coercion, jail time, and the Black Tom explosion.By Mitch and Dylan

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WWI Abroad 32:54

12M ago32:54

32:54

In this episode Dylan discusses the beginnings of WWI, lives of the soldiers, and the horros of war.By Mitch and Dylan

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American Empire 45:43

12M ago45:43

45:43

In this episode Dylan discusses the ways in which the United States began to expand its reach outside of its territory, espeically in the Pacific and in Latin America.By Mitch and Dylan

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Progressive Movement 39:58

12M ago39:58

39:58

In this week’s episode Dylan discusses the Progressive movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, looking at how they approached solving the problems of women’s rights, labor, and poverty.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Populists 39:34

1y ago39:34

39:34

This week on the pod, Dylan is talking about the People’s Party and the Populists. They have some radical plans to re-shape the Americna economy in response to the Industrial Revolution. They failed, but those failures had a huge impact on the US.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Labor Movement 41:14

1y ago41:14

41:14

In this episode I talk about a post-Civil War labor conditions, early labor unions, and a couple of big labor strikes. Fascinating stuff!By Mitch and Dylan

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The Industrial Revolution in the West 38:35

1y ago38:35

38:35

In this episode Dylan talks about the Industrializing West and how it made America.By Mitch and Dylan

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Industrial revolution in the South 31:31

1y ago31:31

31:31

Hey everyone! On this week of The Greatest Podcast In American History I talk about the Industrial Revolution in the American South. We look at the horrors of Jim Crow, how James Buchanan Duke got his money, and much more.By Mitch and Dylan

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Industrial Revolution in the North 32:58

1y ago32:58

32:58

A look at the northern US during the Industrial RevolutionBy Mitch and Dylan

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Industrial Revolution 41:05

1y ago41:05

41:05

This podcast will be taking a quick trip through American History, looking at how the modern United States came to be. The first series of episodes will begin with Reconstruction and end in the present.By Mitch and Dylan

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Horror Story - 10:30:21, 9.56 AM 9:27

3y ago9:27

9:27

A Horror Story for the AgesBy Mitch and Dylan

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The Second Coming 1:00

4y ago1:00

1:00

The Second Coming by Mitch and DylanBy Mitch and Dylan

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Public History Project Plutopia 21:13

4y ago21:13

21:13

Public History Project Plutopia by Mitch and DylanBy Mitch and Dylan

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013 - America's Most Wanted, Jamal Crawford with Dylan Shearer 1:11:08

7y ago1:11:08

1:11:08

013 - America's Most Wanted, Jamal Crawford with Dylan Shearer by Damen and Grace StudiosBy Damen and Grace Studios

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The Sun has set on the British Empire 49:20

8y ago49:20

49:20

Dylan and Mitch discuss the history of British colonialism and its eventually devastating impact on India as a precursor to its division.By Mitch and Dylan

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Agency for African Americans in Reconstruction 44:08

8y ago44:08

44:08

Dylan and Mitch discuss the trap of discussing agency when it comes to groups not typically focused on by historians. ...Also there is a bit of The Hobbit thrown in there for good measure...By Mitch and Dylan

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Little Man, Big Ego: The Napoleonic Legend 44:24

8y ago44:24

44:24

Mitch and Dylan discuss representations of Napoleon as well as bumbling their way through the French Revolution.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Historian's Creed 44:27

8y ago44:27

44:27

Mitch and Dylan talk about the concept of inevitability in historical though and how it is bad. They touch on Vietnam, World War I and the Civil war.By Mitch and Dylan

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America's First Terrorist Organization 46:12

8y ago46:12

46:12

Dylan and Mitch discuss America's first terrorist organization, the Ku Klux Klan. There are many misconceptions about the Klan but at the end of the day it still is horrible.By Mitch and Dylan

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Booze, Brothels, and Bowery B'hoys 45:40

8y ago45:40

45:40

Dylan and Mitch take on America's most infamous slum--the Five Points. Filled with rowdy gangs, dozens of saloons, and plenty of vice, the Five Points of the mid-1800s was a neighborhood unlike any other.By Mitch and Dylan

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Witchcraft and Wizardry 48:55

8y ago48:55

48:55

A deep dive into the Spanish Inquisition in the New WorldBy Mitch and Dylan

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Hot Bishops, Lazy Preachers and Lying Monks 44:47

8y ago44:47

44:47

Mitch and Dylan discuss Medieval Monks, literacy and orality.By Mitch and Dylan

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The Football Charge 46:05

8y ago46:05

46:05

Mitch and Dylan discuss the Football Charge in the battle of the Somme, how historians talk about war, and how we remember soldiers.By Mitch and Dylan