This Day (An America 250 History Show)

For the forty-second installment of "50 Weeks That Shaped America" we discuss the millions and millions of Black Americans who left the South in the first decades of the 20th century in what came to be known as the "Great Migration." Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the economic prospects that drew Black southerners to cities like Chicago and Detroit; how it reshaped every corner of the country; and the intense backlash that followed.Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now.This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Our conversation about the life and legacy of Al Gore continues. We discuss what a post-9/11 era with Gore as president would have looked like, and how he turned to environmental activism with An Inconvenient Truth in the mid-2000s. Plus, how he's remembered today.Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now.This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For the forty-first installment of "50 Weeks That Shaped America" we talk about Al Gore's life and legacy. We use it as a chance to talk about the fateful 2000 election, plus his advocacy for climate change issues. This episode, Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss Gore's upbringing, how his political path reflected the larger politics of the 80s and 90s, and how he found himself in the middle of the most controversial election of our lifetimes.Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now.This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

To cap off our collaboration with the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, the This Day team went to Washington, DC, for a live conversation at the Howard Theatre about whether the next big realignment in American democracy is on the horizon -- and what history can teach us about the path forward. We were joined by Alex Lovit, host of Kettering’s podcast The Context, and  Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II—bishop, author, founder of the Poor People's Campaign and the Moral Mondays movement, and Kettering Foundation senior fellow. Thanks to everyone who joined us in DC, and thanks to Kettering for being our partners over the last month!You can find out more about Kettering at kettering.org and listen to their podcast “The Context” at kettering.org/thecontext  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Our conversation about Ross Perot continues with a look at his drop -- and re-entry -- into the 1992 presidential race, including those iconic infomercials. Plus, how his mix of personal wealth, folksy wisdom, and economic populism set a template for modern politics and politicians.Join our America250 newsletter community! Subscribe for free to get the latest news and analysis of how America250 is playing out. Paying subscribers get access to early, ad-free versions of the show. Plus bonus features throughout the year. To support our work and get access to everything, subscribe now.This Day is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories. If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website: ThisDayPod.comGet in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Follow us on social @thisdaypodOur team: Jacob Feldman, Researcher/Producer; Khawla Nakua, Transcripts; music by Teen Daze and Blue Dot Sessions; Audrey Mardavich is our Executive Producer at Radiotopia. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices