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A weekly podcast where we cover flashpoints in history that help to give context to our current chaotic state of affairs.
On this week's episode of Acts of Pod we cover several conspiracy theories that have been spreading around the social media platforms. Every...
This week finds us deep in our isolation pods here at Acts of Pod. While it is true that we cover the term Astroturfing, we also dive into t...
Reporting from our self isolation chambers, we've been reading the news so you don't have to and can continue with those projects you've bee...
In today's episode, we give a brief primer on how quarantines have worked since the Plague of Justinian, through all manner of fevers, virus...
You may have heard this present administration described as a banana republic, maybe by us. Well, you may not know what that means exactly....
Is there ever a purer love than that between a Mad King and his devoted followers? History is littered with examples of these unions from Iv...
This week we talk about how projection when used consciously in politics can be used to vilify or scapegoat vulnerable groups of people, man...
Well it's the holidays and what a rare treat for a troubled, stressful nation. If you feel like you're living in a world gone mad, don't fre...
This week on the pod we cover the term Gaslighting. It is used in psychological terms to describe how narcissists or abusers keep you in the...
This week we cover the term Minority Rule and how it has manifested itself from the original intentions of the founders, to the gerrymandere...
In this episode we visit haunted historical stories that highlight the never ending stories we find ourselves in. Like hawks flying through...
What does it mean to be politically correct? Well it depends on who you ask. In this episode we trace the journey of the word from the inter...
Recently, some of the world's most famous CEOs released a statement sharing their intent to change their focus from their shareholders to th...
On today's episode we have our first interview with Scott Solomon who presents his idea on how to initiate and incentivize a global wealth t...
There was nuclear disaster worse than 3 Mile Island and if you haven't heard of it, no one would blame you. It happened it New Mexico on Nav...
Imagine if you will, a nation in crisis. A map of every major American city spread across the desk, committees assembled to ascertain the de...
This week on Acts of Pod, Anne and I discuss the term "The War on Women." During campaign season, a lot of terms get bandied about and here...
In the small town of Bath, Michigan, an unthinkable tragedy challenged the beliefs of an entire nation, for two days until Lindbergh success...
Grab your flower garlands and pass out the ribbons because it's May Day and you know what that means? Labor coalesces into a powerful union...
Recently, the Violence Against Women Act has been in the news because it has not received bilateral support. While one would be tempted to t...
In the face of impossible odds, a group of women helped to organize a boycott that would launch one of the most successful civil rights camp...
Imagine if you will, a great nation of promise filled with anxiety about its future. The world is erupting in chaos and corporate interests...
Do you have a firm understanding of the differences between a wealth tax and a marginal tax? Could you let us know? This week, we diligently...
This week on the pod we take it all the way back to the 1500s to provide an overview on how the legislation of child support developed here...
We're taking it back to Lovelace and Babbage to try and trace the history of women in technology. From human computers, to ENIAC programmers...
If it wasn't so evil it might be hilarious. Right around the time Nixon was affirming that he was not a crook, a small cabal of Nixon loyali...
This week we cover the Tennessee trial of John Scopes who was indicted for teaching evolution in the classroom in 1925. We trace the beginni...
In this week's episode we give a brief history of voter suppression techniques used in American history from the exclusive original requirem...
The Southeastern voting block, or the solid South, was not always republican. Around the 1950s, right about the time Brown V Board of Educat...
On this very special Halloween episode of Acts of Pod, we cover the Salem Witch Trials. We take a deep dive into the economic and political...
Have you read the UN report on climate change? Well, you're gonna want to sit down. Or better yet, why don't you just get the news from your...
Kvennafridagurinn, or Iceland's monumental Woman's Day Off campaign, had the participation of 90% of the nation's women. The next year saw l...
In today's episode we cover the current state of American healthcare, how prices became out of control and possible changes that could be ma...
Yikes! Back at again with the bleakest subject material around, but to be fair, we would never stack the Supreme Court against your best int...
After a long and successful grassroots campaign, activists were able to ensure net neutrality and have internet access classified as a utili...
What would you begin to think if a shadowy group of men began asking all of your co-workers and friends about your life, began tailing you a...
Thirsty? Well, if you're living in Flint this is still not an easy problem to solve. We're talking dirty water in a Michigan town. Surprise....
Over the past 20 years, every developed nation has been able to nearly eliminate all deaths related to the complications from childbirth. Al...
This week, in light of the news of Ivanka Trump's new job training initiative, we take a look back at the inception of the Tennessee Valley...
Recently, at the World Health Organization assembly, the current U.S. administration caused quite a stir when it raised concerns about the l...
In this episode the gang's all here and we cover the stigmatization of the homeless over time as well as the uptick in homelessness as a res...
Shirley Chisholm led a no-nonsense campaign for the House and later for president with the slogan "Unbought and Unbossed." She fought both r...
From Socrates to Weight Loss Tea there has hardly been a time when we have been free from diet culture. On this very special episode, our gu...
This week we bring you updates on some of the news we've covered in previous pods! Enjoy the literal sounds of summer because Anne recorded...
This week we do a brief history of the Pride Parade and an overview of the gay rights movement in America. We look at the tactics that made...
This week we're huddled together yearning to be free. In the middle of a heated debate over immigration, we re-examine the Chinese Exclusion...
This week we give a basic introduction to wealth and income inequality. We take a look at the peaks of inequality in our own history dating...
This week we do a deep dive into the history of the plastic bag. "It's funnier than you think," says only one person. For a product with a f...
This episode we take a look back at the Clinton scandal of the 90s as viewed through a more contemporary lens. We compare the attitudes towa...
Riding the second wave of a red scare, Senator Joseph McCarthy conducted a series of trials meant to out secret communists in the State Depa...