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250 Most Impactful Moments in American History

250 Most Impactful Moments in American History

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History isn't just what we read in textbooks - it's the story of us, the United States. As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Bill Hemmer brings listeners compelling interviews with historians, experts, and eyewitnesses who detail the triumphs, trials, and breakthroughs that defined our nation. In order to understand where the country's heading, it's important to know where we've been. New episodes available every Wednesday.2025 Fox News Network, LLC World
Episodes
  • 180-176: Ike’s Farewell Warning

    180-176: Ike’s Farewell Warning
    Apr 15 2026
    180: President Eisenhower in his farewell address warns against the power of a "military industrial complex" ft. Founding Director of the Eisenhower Institute and Author of How Ike Led, Susan Eisenhower 179: The Donner Party becomes snowbound 178: Riots break out in Los Angeles following the not guilty verdict in the Rodney King case. 63 people were killed 12k people arrested and $1B worth of damage. ft. Former Attorney General and Founding Partner at Torridon Law PLLC, Bill Barr 177: President Truman implements the Truman Doctrine, pledging US support to democracies against authoritarianism. 176: Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed as the first female justice of the Supreme Court Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • 185-181: Bush v. Gore

    185-181: Bush v. Gore
    Apr 8 2026
    185: Samuel Colt receives a patent for his revolver 184: The Missouri Compromise becomes law: admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state 183: 2000 Presidential Election ends in controversy with numerous lawsuits in the state of Florida and ending with a 5-4 Supreme Court decision. George Bush defeats Al Gore for the Presidency ft. FOX News Contributor and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove 182: President Grant signs the Ku Klux Klan Act empowering forces to combat the group 181: Thomas Edison announces the invention of the phonograph which he later demonstrates ft. Research Professor; Director and General Editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers, Paul Israel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • 190-186: The iPhone Empire

    190-186: The iPhone Empire
    Apr 1 2026
    190: Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the first iPhone ft. former Senior Vice President of Apple Computer, & author of best-selling books The Steve Jobs Way, & Leading Apple with Steve Jobs, Jay Elliot 189: Simultaneous bombings at US Embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania kill 224 and injure 4,500. The bombings are attributed to the al Qaeda terror network led by Osama bin Laden 188: Pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton invents and begins advertising a beverage that will be known as Coca-Cola 187: The Freedom Riders begin bus rides into the South to test the 1960 Boynton decision, a bus is later firebombed and another has all riders arrested for disturbing the peace ft. Author and Photographer of Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders, Eric Etheridge 186: A fire breaks out in the Apollo 1 spacecraft during a launch pad test killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    38 mins
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