American History Special! – Has the United States always been crazy?!
November 24, 2025
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Episode 135 · November 24, 2025
American History Special! – Has the United States always been crazy?!
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Summary
The United States of America is strange. It’s easy to blame it on Trump, but has it ever been normal? Author and journalist Kurt Andersen wrote How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History to track how the nation became so weird.
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