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Historical Blindness

The Smoke-Filled Room: Contested Elections in America

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4839 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this post-election episode, written a week before the American presidential election, I look to contested elections in American history for some insight into what is happening today, with especial focus on the outmoded institution of the Electoral College of the United States and the elections of 1824 and 1876.  Pledge on Patreon at patreon.com/historicalblindness to get ad-free and exclusive episodes. All active patrons will be entered to win a new pair of earbuds from Sudio on December 1st! Shop Sudio.com between November 23rd and 30th to receive 35% off your purchase AND and extra 10% off with the discount code "historical"! Sign up for a 14-day trial of The Great Courses Plus or a 30-day trial of Audible to support this show! Some music on this episode is copyright Alex Kish of AlexKishMusic.com. Contact him to get compositions for your own projects. Other music, including "November," "Mercy," "Harbor," "Tumult," "Denouement," and "Wake Up," are by Kai Engel, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0). Additional Music: Drone in D Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi, listeners, I want to tell you about one of my favorite podcasts.

0:39.5

In The Constant, Mark Chrysler tells you stories from history that share a theme.

0:46.2

He calls it a history of getting things wrong, which could have to do with erroneous ideas,

0:52.2

or complete debacles, or a variety of other kinds of stories that I

0:56.7

think you'll really enjoy if you're a fan of my show. But more than that, Mark is a compelling

1:02.9

storyteller who finds human drama as well as philosophical and social morals at the core of

1:09.2

each historical tale he spins. and he does it with a

1:13.3

sense of humor that I'm afraid my show sometimes lacks. You'll hear what I mean in the

1:18.7

promo I'm about to play. Recently, he did an episode about the election of 1876, which you'll hear

1:25.0

more about in this episode of historical blindness. So if that topic interests

1:29.9

you, check out Mark's take on that election, and once you're hooked, enjoy a great

1:35.4

binge of his back catalog. I'll drop a link for the constant in the show notes. Here's a taste

1:42.2

of what you can expect.

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