Irregular Mind
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- E47. US History – Understanding This Country | Vietnam and the American Psyche · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 47How did the Vietnam War reshape the United States-not just politically, but psychologically? In this episode, we explore how the Vietnam War transformed American society from the…
- E46. US History – Understanding This Country | Cold War Heats Up · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 46In Episode 46 of US History - Understanding This Country, we explore how the Cold War became more dangerous, more visible, and more deeply tied to American life at home. This…
- E45. US History – Understanding This Country | From Nonviolence to Black Power · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 45By 1967, the dream of nonviolent change was cracking. What came next transformed America — and the fight isn't over. In this episode, we trace the radicalization of the civil…
- E44. US History – Understanding This Country | Civil Rights Movement Voting Rights Act · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 44Dive into a pivotal moment in U.S. history as we explore the Civil Rights Movement’s fight for voting rights and the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. In this episode…
- E43. US History – Understanding This Country | Children's Crusade & the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Turning Protest into Law · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 43Dive into the pivotal summer of 1963 in this episode of US History - Understanding This Country, hosted by Santhosh Janardhanan. Explore the Birmingham Campaign's bold Project C…
- E42. US History – Understanding This Country | Civil Rights Movement from Courtrooms to the Streets · 17 min · Season 3 Episode 42Episode 42 is where the Civil Rights Movement shifts from courtrooms to the streets. After legal wins like Brown v. Board of Education, activists and students push for real…
- Episode 41a (Recap) - US History Podcast Catch‑Up: From Colonization to the Early Civil Rights Movement · 12 min · Season 3 Episode 41I’m back - and I owe you an apology. I went AWOL after September for personal reasons, but US History - Understanding This Country by Irregular Mind is back in the groove. In…
- E41. US History – Understanding This Country | Civil Rights Beginnings: Brown, Parks & King · 19 min · Season 3 Episode 41Explore the early US civil rights movement: Brown v. Board of Education, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Little Rock Nine, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., school integration…
- E40. US History – Understanding This Country | Prosperity, TV, Rock ’n’ Roll · 16 min · Season 3 Episode 40Step into the 1950s: GI Bill-fueled growth, Levittown suburbs, TV in every living room, and rock ’n’ roll teens—alongside redlining, poverty, and early sparks of Civil Rights…
- E39. US History – Understanding This Country | The Korean War: America’s First Test of the Cold War · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 39From the North Korean invasion to MacArthur’s Inchon landing, Chinese intervention, and Truman’s clash with his general — discover how the Korean War became the blueprint for…
- E38. US History – Understanding This Country | Victory to Cold War Tensions · 22 min · Season 3 Episode 38In 1945, victory brought hope and change. From the GI Bill and baby boom to the UN, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, and Truman’s Fair Deal — discover how America emerged as a…
- E37. US History – Understanding This Country | From D-Day to Nagasaki · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 37Coincidentally, on the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, we retrace America’s path to victory in WWII — from D-Day’s stormed beaches and the Battle of the Bulge, to the…
- E36. US History – Understanding This Country | The World at War, Again: How the US stepped into WWII · 27 min · Season 3 Episode 36Before Normandy and D-Day, there was fear, fascism, and a world unraveling. In this episode, we trace the rise of totalitarian regimes in Europe and Asia, the blitzkrieg that…
- E35. US History – Understanding This Country | The Great Depression · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 35When the Roaring Twenties crashed into economic ruin, America found itself spiraling into the Great Depression. In this episode, we explore the causes, the fallout, and the…
- E34. US History – Understanding This Country | The Roaring Twenties · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 34Explore the dazzling highs and hidden lows of 1920s America - from jazz clubs and cultural revolutions to rising nativism, fundamentalism, and an economy teetering on collapse…
- E33. US History – Understanding This Country | The Great War: How World War I Transformed America and the World · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 33Explore America’s entry into World War I, from trench warfare and propaganda to Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles. Discover how the Great War reshaped the…
- E32. US History – Understanding This Country | American Muscle and Presidents of Power · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 32In this episode, we follow America’s bold stride into global influence and domestic reform through the eyes of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. From…
- E31. US History – Understanding This Country | Expansionism and Imperialism · 26 min · Season 3 Episode 31Explore how the United States expanded its reach beyond its borders through imperial ambition, war, and diplomacy. From Hawaii to the Philippines, this episode traces America’s…
- E30. US History – Understanding This Country | Progressivism in America · 32 min · Season 3 Episode 30Explore the transformative Progressive Era in U.S. history — from trust-busting and muckraking journalism to child labor laws, women’s suffrage, and civil rights movements. This…
- E29. US History – Understanding This Country | Immigration and New Cities · 29 min · Season 3 Episode 29In this episode, we explore the explosive rise of American cities during the late 1800s and early 1900s. From Ellis Island to ethnic neighborhoods, from nativist backlash to…
