America 250: Exclusive Interview with Ohio 250 Exec. Director Todd Kleismit
Season 9, Episode 6: "Ohio v. the Semiquincentennial". Happy 250th birthday America! This bonus episode for the U.S.'s semiquincentennial fe...
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Ohio V. The World
An Ohio History podcast, hosted by Alex Hastie.
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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Ohio v. the Great Lakes)
Alex heads to the North Coast for Episode 5: "Ohio v. the Great Lakes" to tell the story of the most infamous sinking in Great Lakes history...
America's Last War on the Border: The Punitive Expedition in Mexico
Episode 4: "Ohio v. Mexico". With America's military ramping up operations in the Western Hemisphere, Alex takes a look at America's last wa...
The Original Fake News (Ep. 3: "Ohio v. Radio")
Episode 3: "Ohio v. Radio" (the Original Fake News). Alex looks at early radio as the new mass media force it was in the first half of the 2...
Close Call: When the US Almost Lost Cincinnati (Ep.2: "Ohio v. Invasion")
Season 9, Ep. 2: "Ohio v. Invasion" : When the US Almost Lost Cincinnati. In September 1862, the US Civil War was raging and the Confederate...
When Using the US Army Against Americans Goes Wrong (the Bonus Army)
Ohio v. the World podcast is back! It’s the Season 9 premiere “Ohio v. Veterans. Alex is back to discuss what happens when the US Army is us...
Public Enemies: the FBI Strikes Back (Part 2)
Episode 11: "Ohio v. Crime" (Part 2): the FBI Strikes Back. Alex concludes Season 8 with a bang, literally. The bullets are flying as the J....
Public Enemies: The Rise of the Gangsters (Part 1)
Episode 11: "Ohio v. Crime" (Part One): The Rise of the Gangsters. In Part 1 of the Season 8 finale, Alex goes to back to the 1930s and the...
Presidential Medical Secrets and the Real 1st Female President
It's Election Day and we're back with another presidential episode "Ohio v. the 25th Amendment." We look at two major presidential health em...
The "Other" Assassinations: The Political Murders of Presidents Garfield and McKinley
Four American Presidents have been assassinated in office. Two of them are among the most infamous moments in US history, the Lincoln and JF...
Ohio's Last VP: Nobel Prize Winner, #1 Hit Songwriter, Gen. Charles Dawes
Our Presidential mini-season is back for 2024! We start with a bio episode on Ohio's last Vice President, General Charles G. Dawes (1925-192...
Bonus Episode: A CEO Roundtable on the State of Ohio History
BONUS EPISODE: A CEO Roundtable Discussion on the State of Ohio History. Alex finally ends his summer break and sits down with the leaders o...
Ohio and Cancel Culture: A Long History
Episode 6: "Ohio v. Cancel Culture". Seems like everyone is getting cancelled these days from celebrities to political figures, Alex examine...
Part 2: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose
Ep. 5: "Pete Rose v. the World" (PART TWO). Alex examines the fall of baseball's all-time hits leader, Cincinnati's own Pete Rose. This two-...
Part 1: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose
Ep. 5: "Pete Rose v. the World" (PART ONE). Alex tackles the life and career of baseball's all-time hits leader, Cincinnati's own Pete Rose....
A New Birth of Freedom:: John Bingham and the 14th Amendment
Episode 4: "Ohio v. the 14th Amendment" John Bingham is one of the most important figures in American history to be all but forgotten. He dr...
Broken Rings: Israel, Palestine and the Munich Olympic Massacre
Broken Rings: Israel, Palestine and the Munich Olympic Massacre EPISODE 3: Ohio v. Terrorism. Alex recounts the tragedy of the 1972 Munich M...
The Wow! Signal: When Ohio Made First Contact
Episode 2: Ohio v. the Universe: Are we alone? We analyze the Wow! Signal, what many consider the first legitimate contact with an extraterr...
Part One: The Rise and Fall of American Fascism, A Cautionary Tale
Alex details the rise of anti-semitic and fascist groups during the Depression in America. These groups hatred of Jews, FDR and core America...
Part Two: The Rise and Fall of American Fascism, A Cautionary Tale
Part Two: Ohio v. Fascism. The cautionary tale of the rise and fall of American Fascism in the 1930s is explored in detail in Part Two of ou...