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The Fancy Dorm Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Get In, Loser, We're Freezing Eggs and Taxing Millionaires
The Proximity To Whiteness
I Am Annoyed Anew: The Fauci Diaries
A News Odyssey
A Bison Attacks and a Farewell to Sen. Lindsey Graham
Graham Platner's Rape Allegations, Dem Reax, and Socialists Rise!
#Todayin1776 and Today: We're Celebrating the Improbable Birth of America!
Which Is Shallower: Socialists or the Reflecting Pool?
And Iran, Iran So Far Away, From This Deal?
#Todayin1776: John Adams Explains Why Jefferson Was Chosen To Write the Declaration
#Todayin1776: Maryland Delegates Write Home For Opinions on Independence
MK's Friend Had a Terrible Ex Named Graham and Scott Pelley Has No Perspective
#Todayin1776: George Washington Would Like to Get His Troops Paid, Please
#Todayin1776: The Lee Resolution for "Free and Independent States"
#Todayin1776: "Necessity Calls for Independence"
#Todayin1776: Abigail Adams Deals with Politics and the Price of Tea
Dr. Jill and the Oysterman Are Here to Gaslight You
#Todayin1776: John Adams Starts Recording His Letters So Abigail Doesn't Get Mad At Him
#Todayin1776: John Adams Writes to a Boston Merchant About Independence Momentum
Autopsy? More Like Au-sloppy, Amirite?
A Full Diaper Episode
Technical Difficulties of Redistricting
Of Nazi Tattoos and Senate Races
#Todayin1776: Joseph Ward Writes to John Adams Threats to Boston and Also A New Job
Assassination Attempt at the WH Correspondents' Dinner
#Todayin1776: George Washington Wants His Aides-de-Camp PAID
Dems Get Their W in Virginia Redistricting
It Wasn't Fartgate That Brought Down Swalwell
Bonus: Sarah Isgur on SCOTUS, the "Last Branch Standing"
John Adams Responds to "Saucy" Abigail's Remember the Ladies Letter
American Feats of Strength and a Pox on the Parties
Abigail Adams Becomes a Farmeress and Misses Her Husband
Big Arch and Medium News Coverage
On this Spring Break edition of Getting Hammered, Vic and MK finally try the Big Arch, and because they didn't want it to get cold, they do that first and talk about burgers for half the show! After that, Iran, #NoKings, and polyamory. Mixed bag today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Abigail Adams Asks John to Remember the Ladies
I'm Goin' Once, Goin' Twice, Sold! MK & Kelly Celebrate Capitalism
Kelly Maher guest-hosts with Mary Katharine Ham today, tells us about her new adventure in auctioneering, and we talk about all the people who don't understand capitalism— Kathy Hochul, Hasan Piker, Abigail Spanberger, D.C. government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: John Adams Clowns on Brits Abandoning Boston Tories
In this letter to his friend, Horatio Gates, Adams touches on Boston and whether the Brits are really gone, talks about a recent resolution allowing privateers to take British boats, and then the challenges of forming a Republic of 13 colonies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Washington's Official Proclamation on the Occupation of Boston
Enjoy the details as Washington realizes he has to impress upon his soldiers how to act once they're in Boston. This is a very explicit effort to make sure the uncomfortable lines between Boston inhabitants who are leftover royalists, patriot residents, possible spies, and Continental soldiers are observed with as little drama as possible, and all conflict dealt with in legal avenues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Washington Tells Hancock He Chased Off the Brits
Gen. George Washington seems to let himself be happy in this letter to Hancock about having cleared the British army out of Boston, which they find in fairly good condition after 11 months of siege and occupation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oscars, Iran, and Ordering the Surf & Turf
In this episode , Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus cover the Oscars, the bright spots and the political commentary, Iran strikes and "taking Cuba", jihadist attacks in the U.S., one of which exemplifies the uselessness of gun control laws, and the continuing leftward lurch of the state of Virginia under alleged moderate Abigail Spanberger. Plus, Paul Ehrlich critique! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: The British Leave Boston! A Report From Inside the City
Today we meet Timothy Newell, a Boston selectman who has been in Boston the entirety of the siege. As one of just a few members of civilian government left in the city, he has negotiated with Gen. Howe and British troops over treatment of citizens in the city. He is a patriot, but was likely too old to fight, so served the cause in a different way. While there, he wrote a colorful and thorough account of his time in the city with the British troops, whom he called "a set of men, whose unparralled wickedness, profanity, debauchery and cruelty is inexpressible." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: John Adams Worries About Guns & Washington Worries About Smallpox
Two views on the Revolution today, one from John Adams' diary, discussing a resolution to remove arms from disaffected colonists, who did not want to fight for America. Adams wanted the resolution to go further, urging colonists to take up all powers of government, repudiating the Crown's authority, but he settled for the one presented. It was a big escalation, and enforced spottily across the 13 colonies, but the Army also really needed the muskets. Meanwhile, Washington occupies the high ground around Boston, but that tactical advantage doesn't erase his concerns about smallpox. Are the British troops spreading it on purpose to his ragtag Army? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Press Practices Creative Writing in Wake of Terror Attack
In this episode, Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus cover a wide range of current events, including domestic coverage of a terrorist attack in New York City, as well as updates on Iran and the Strait or Hormuz. Plus, Noem is out and we need to speculate a little and is Talarico the Christian Democrat who will turn Texas blue? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Washington Takes Dorchester Heights!
A truly astonishing feat, which becomes a turning point in Boston and in the entire war. Tune in for this ruse and how it goes down, causing British Gen. Howe to reportedly remark (although it is not attributed in a primary document, so let's attribute it to very cool legend): "The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in a month." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boom: Iran Strikes Deconstructed
In this episode, Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss the recent military strikes against Iran, exploring the intelligence and strategy behind the operation, the rationale for the strikes, and the varied domestic and international reactions. They also analyze media coverage and public perception of the events, concluding with thoughts on the future implications for US-Iran relations and American foreign policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Abigail Hears the Battle for Dorchester Heights From Her Home
This is fascinating! Abigail Adams begins a letter to John Adams in Philadelphia that she won't finish until eight days later on March 10. Why? Because she is continually interrupted by bombing in nearby Boston, which unbeknownst to her is the beginning of the consequential taking of Dorchester Heights by the Colonial Army. She also talks about attacks on Adams' reputation, the trouble some friends get into defending him, and her thoughts on "Common Sense." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bonus: The SOTU Goes from Policy to Pageantry
bonusGold Medals, Medals of Freedom, Medals of Honor, a reunion of a Venezuelan political prisoner with his niece, Ilhan Omar yelling at Trump! This show had everything. Also, Abigail Spanberger spoke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: The Plan to Attack Boston If Hell Breaks Loose
You'll remember Washington's War Council rejected a plan to attaack Boston in mid-February, instead telling Washington to put cannons up on Dorchester Heights. This is a contingency attack plan written by those same generals, should the British attack Dorchester Heights. They didn't feel great about its potential for success, and luckily, things turn out differently on the high ground around Boston later in March. Stay tuned! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Olympic Golds & Golden Crashouts
In this episode of 'Getting Hammered', hosts Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus discuss Olympic highlights, the libs and journos who are trying to ruin them, personal parenting challenges, and the recent Supreme Court ruling on tariffs. They also cover Gavin Newsom's public persona and AOC's emo responses to criticism of her Munich performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
#Todayin1776: Adams Says Everyone Needs To Be Making Gunpowder
On Feb. 23, 1776, John Adams offered resolutions in the Continental Congress with the intent of boosting domestic production of saltpeter, a main ingredient in gunpowder, and gunpowder mills. Domestic production never really took off during the war, only accounting for a small percentage of total gunpowder. Instead, the colonies imported or smuggled supplies in from the French and the West Indies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices