History Behind News Program

By Adel Aali, History Behind News

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Episodes: 228

Ken from Caldwell
 Jun 26, 2025
Some very excellent guests, and the host is fabulous; he's thoughtful, and doesn't speak too much but asks good questions and allows his guest the space to fully answer.

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Others cover the news. We uncover the history behind it. We make in-depth history researched and written by eminent scholars enjoyable and accessible to everyone. Our motto: "bridging scholarly works to everyday news." Adel Aali, podcast host, is a former attorney & healthcare entrepreneur with a long and deep passion for history. Adel started this program to provide a better understanding of news through history. More here: https://HistoryBehindNews.com/ Watch this program on YouTube: https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub We appreciate your financial support of our program: https://historybehindnews.

Episode Date
The White House - History Of Presidential Renovations
Apr 03, 2026
The Kurdish Question & Why Is Kurdish Nationalism Unique? | S6E5
Mar 27, 2026
Iran's Ayatollahs and Byzantine Government | S6E4
Mar 06, 2026
Bail Reform & Controversies in America: History, Impact, and Why It Matters | HbN S6E2
Jan 30, 2026
Was 1953 A Coup? Reinterpreting U.S. Interventions in Iran | HbN S6E1
Jan 09, 2026
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | S5Bonus Christmas
Dec 19, 2025
From Shoguns to a Female Prime Minister - Japanese Women in the Modern Era | S5E54
Dec 05, 2025
Thanksgiving - The Real Story! From 1524 to 1621. And what happened in 1622? | Bonus
Nov 21, 2025
Gerrymandering: History & Current Political Analysis | S5E53
Nov 07, 2025
Who Does New York City Belong To? Mayoral Elections & Crises of Identity | S5E52
Oct 24, 2025
Irony of US-Venezuela History: Friends to Foes, Democracies to Dictatorships | S5E51
Oct 17, 2025
S5E50 | Jimmy Kimmel, Jane Fonda & Flag Burning - First Amendment History
Oct 10, 2025
S5E49 | Is Presidential Democracy An Oxymoron?
Oct 03, 2025
S5E48 | How US Lost India to USSR: India-US Relations
Sep 26, 2025
S5E47 | US-Brazilian Relations - A History
Sep 19, 2025
S5E46 | Fashion In America - A History
Sep 10, 2025
S5E45 | The White House - History Of Changes Big & Small
Sep 05, 2025
S5E44 | Why is Jane Austen important? A Literary Giant & A Historic Figure
Sep 03, 2025
S5E43 | Public Broadcasting History - Why Conservatives Dislike PBS & NPR
Aug 29, 2025
S5E42 | Japan's Invasion of America's… Bathrooms
Aug 27, 2025
S5E41 |Jeffrey Epstein & Untold History of Presidential Love & Sex Scandals
Aug 22, 2025
S5E40 | Who is Putin? And what does he want?
Aug 15, 2025
S5E39 | Forgotten In Russian Occupation: Crimea & Crimean Tatars
Aug 14, 2025
S5E38 | Due Process & Habeas Corpus - Meanings & History
Aug 08, 2025
S5E37 | U.S. Alliances, Global Dominance & National Security
Aug 01, 2025
S5E36 | Understanding Autism & Its History
Jul 30, 2025
S5E35 | Late-Night Talk Show History
Jul 25, 2025
S5E34 | Harvard & History of America's University Endowments
Jul 23, 2025
S5E33 | Jewish Immigration & Success - Ancient Iran To America
Jul 11, 2025
Bonus | The Story Behind Our Independence Day
Jul 02, 2025
S5E32 | U.S. Military Permanently in Middle East - History of How This Happened
Jun 23, 2025
S5E31 | Kings & Ayatollahs: Iran's National Security Strategy
Jun 20, 2025
S5E30 | Civil-Military Relations - From Whiskey Rebellion To Los Angeles
Jun 17, 2025
S5E29 | The German Empire: Lessons For the U.S. and China
Jun 10, 2025
S5E28 | South Africa - Why Apartheid's End Hasn't Ushered Prosperity
Jun 06, 2025
S5E27 | Kashmir's History - A Podcast Not Possible In India!
May 27, 2025
S5E26 | "One Big, Beautiful Bill" - Budget Entitlements in U.S. History
May 23, 2025
S5E25 | El Salvador: A Tiny Country With A Big Prison And High Crime History
May 20, 2025
S5E24 | Tariffs' History: U.S. Politics & Foreign Policy
May 13, 2025
S5E23 | History of the Papacy
May 06, 2025
S5E22 | Power of the Presidency: What Our Founders Envisioned
Apr 30, 2025
S5E21 | Political History of Secularism's Rise and Religion's Retreat
Apr 23, 2025
S5E20 | Tariffs and Taxes - History of U.S. Revenues
Apr 16, 2025
S5E19 | South Korea: Perceptions of Failed History & Incomplete National Identity
Apr 11, 2025
S5E18 | America's Arctic Security - What Is "Arctic Exceptionalism"?
Apr 04, 2025
S5E17 | POTUS v. SCOTUS: How America's Presidents Dared & Defied America's Highest Court
Mar 28, 2025
S5E16 | The Fed: Unlikely Story of How Our Central Bank Was Created
Mar 21, 2025
S5E15 | An Immigration Power Not Used By Any President - Until Pres. Trump
Mar 14, 2025
S5E14 | America's Men of Destiny. America's Manifest Destiny.
Mar 07, 2025
S5E13 | America's Tycoons - Elon Musk's Political Power Compared To Others
Feb 28, 2025
S5E12 | Germany's Elections - AfD Party, anti-Immigrant politics & American neo-Nazis
Feb 20, 2025
S5E11 | How Japan Works - The "most important bilateral relationship in the world, bar none."
Feb 14, 2025
S5E10 | How California Ranks In Wildfire Management
Feb 07, 2025
S5E8 | America's Big Ally: Our History With Colombia
Jan 31, 2025
S5E7 | Impacts of Presidential Speaking Styles
Jan 24, 2025
S5A6 | Inauguration Stories: President For One Day
Jan 20, 2025
S5E5 | From Wars With Canada To Tariffs On Canada
Jan 17, 2025
S5E4 | LA Fires: Rebuilding, Legal Ramifications & History
Jan 16, 2025
S5E3 | Does Trump Help Greenlanders Play World Powers Against Each other?
Jan 10, 2025
S5A2 | The First State Funeral. The First National Funeral.
Jan 08, 2025
S5E1 | How The Boring, Simple Process of Counting Votes Caused Crises
Jan 04, 2025
Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization | S4EBonus Christmas
Dec 20, 2024
Bashar's Biographer & U.S. Presidential Advisor Tells Inside Story | S4E24
Dec 13, 2024
S4E23: What's Missing In Our Political Movements Now
Dec 06, 2024
Thanksgiving - The Real Story! From 1524 to 1621. And what happened in 1622? | Bonus
Nov 22, 2024
S4E22: African American Elite - History Not Often Told & A Take On Kamala Harris's Defeat
Nov 15, 2024
S4E21: Elon Musk’s Super PAC vs. Dark Money - It's Not About "Citizens United".
Nov 01, 2024
S4E20: How Polls Predict Voting Preferences In A Presidential Election Year?
Oct 18, 2024
Why Trump's Maximal Sanctions Against Iran Backfired on America | Bonus
Oct 11, 2024
S4E19: Debunking How China Kept Its Prices Low
Oct 04, 2024
S4E18: Rural America's Identity & Politics. Why They Vote Republican?
Sep 20, 2024
S4E17: What's In A Generation? Your Age, Your Sex, Your Vote
Sep 06, 2024
The Story Behind Our Independence Day | Bonus
Jul 03, 2024
S4E16: Elon Musk and History of America's Huge CEO Pay Packages
Jun 26, 2024
S4E15: Debunking Histories of Conservatism & Jewish Americans
Jun 05, 2024
S4E14 : Georgia's Existential Moment - Join EU Or Return To Russia's Orbit
May 22, 2024
S4E13: History of Gambling - Divinations, Julius Caesar, Steamboats & Vegas
May 08, 2024
S4E12: Ecuador: The Undoing Of A Once Peaceful, Multicultural Country
Apr 24, 2024
S4E11: The Saga of China's Brutal One-Child Policy
Apr 10, 2024
S4E10: The Longest Continuous Monarchy - Denmark's History
Mar 27, 2024
S4E9: Did Persians Really Lose Their Empire To Arabs? Were They Persians Or Iranians?
Mar 15, 2024
S4E8: America's Conspiracy Theories - From Taylor Swift/Kelce Back to WWI
Feb 28, 2024
S4E7: Is Yemen The Graveyard of Empires? Are Houthis A Ragtag Army?
Feb 14, 2024
S4E6: How to live with 25% inflation? PER MONTH!
Feb 07, 2024
S4E5: Would the North Have Gone To War If Slavery Was Not At Issue?
Jan 31, 2024
S4E4: Who can control our border with Mexico? Texas or D.C.?
Jan 24, 2024
S4E3: Real Napoleon (not Joaquin Phoenix) - Propaganda Genius Or Brilliant General?
Jan 17, 2024
S4E2: Cinemas’ Actresses In Characters That Defy Stereotypical Roles
Jan 10, 2024
S4E1: Politainment - A Review of 2023 Politics
Jan 03, 2024
S3E50: Was Jesus Born on December 25th? Would George Washington Recognize Our Christmas Now?
Dec 20, 2023
S3E49: A Republican First Lady Who Supported Abortion! Stories of Powerful Unelected Women - From Martha Washington to Rosalynn Carter
Dec 13, 2023
S3E38: Psychology & Lives of Mass Shooters - 35 Mass Shooting Prevention & Intervention Strategies
Dec 08, 2023
S3E47: Homelessness in America - How Did It Get So Bad?
Nov 29, 2023
S3E46: Thanksgiving, the Real Story
Nov 22, 2023
S3E45: America's Concerts & Cultural Icons - From Taylor Swift to 19th Century Opera Megastars
Nov 15, 2023
S3E44: Palestine's People - From Islam's Conquest To End of Ottomans
Nov 08, 2023
S3E43: From Royalty of Persian Jews to Home Libraries of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews to A Medieval Jewish Kingdom Outside Israel
Nov 04, 2023
S3E42: The Unwanted FIFA Kiss - Spanish Women's Long Struggle for Equal Rights
Nov 03, 2023
S3E41: Does urban ground war advantage the defending, weaker party?
Oct 27, 2023
S3E40: When did Jewish people live in this land? When did they leave it?
Oct 20, 2023
S3E39: UAW History, U.S. President and The Big Three
Oct 13, 2023
S3E38: China's Military & Geopolitical History
Oct 06, 2023
S3E37: China's Economic History - Why China's Innovation Fell Behind Europe's
Sep 29, 2023
S3E36: How Humans Fear Their Own Creations - From Frankenstein to Artificial Intelligence
Sep 22, 2023
S3E35: Spain - From Global Empire To "El Desastre" To A Kingdom Without A King
Sep 15, 2023
S3E34: Violent Gangs and Predatory Republics - From Haiti to Africa
Sep 01, 2023
S3E33: How Sweden Stayed Out of War For 209 Years!
Aug 25, 2023
S3E32: Why Do Governments Go In Debt?
Aug 18, 2023
S3E31: Really! Dieting Was A Thing In History?
Aug 11, 2023
S3E30: Israel's Supreme Court - A Professional or Political Institution?
Aug 04, 2023
S3E29: The Magic of the Movies... Is It Gone?
Jul 28, 2023
S3E28: Sudan's History - A country classified as a condominium!
Jul 21, 2023
S3E27: Recession! What recession?
Jul 14, 2023
S3E26: Does the Supreme Court function as intended by our Founders?
Jul 07, 2023
S3E25: History of July 2nd. Sorry, I meant July 4th.
Jun 30, 2023
S3E24: What the hell happened to San Francisco!
Jun 23, 2023
S3E23: Classified Information, Espionage Act, Executive Orders & the Constitution
Jun 16, 2023
S3E22: Who can regulate immigration, states or D.C.?
Jun 09, 2023
S3E21: Crime of Rape - Its Legal & Cultural History
Jun 02, 2023
Who is Janet Yellen? | S3E20
May 26, 2023
S3E19: Is Türkiye Still A Democracy?
May 19, 2023
S3E18: Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans?
May 12, 2023
S3E17: What Kind of Kings Crown Themselves?
May 05, 2023
Upcoming Episodes and...what is Self-Coronation?
May 03, 2023
S3E16: How a defamation suit prevented coverage of a state's civil rights movement!
Apr 28, 2023
S3E15: Are gun regulations the exception or the norm in America’s history?
Apr 21, 2023
S3E14: Mass Opposition To Mr. Netanyahu's Judicial Reform. Israel's History of Democracy & Politics.
Apr 14, 2023
S3E13: 62 to 64! Mass Protests in France. History of French revolts & revolutions - from Bastille (1789) to retirement reform (2023)
Apr 07, 2023
Upcoming Episodes & More...
Apr 05, 2023
S3E12: Bank Runs. America Before FDIC. America After FDIC. And... what's a free banking system?
Mar 31, 2023
S3E11: Persian or Iranian New Year? How Muslim Arabs Conquered Iran & China's Historic Alliance With Iran.
Mar 17, 2023
S3E10: How Does A Superpower's Power Infrastructure Fail?
Mar 10, 2023
S3E9: History of Antitrust - Big Corps Stifling Competition? Amazon, Google, Meta...
Mar 03, 2023
S3E8: History of Long Wars & Attrition Warfare. From Napoleon's Invasion of Russia to WWI, WWII & the Vietnam War and now... Ukraine, Year 2!
Feb 24, 2023
S3E7: History of Aerial Spying - form the French Revolution to Balloons in the US Civil War, U-2 High Altitude Aircraft, US-China Air Collision and China's Spy Balloon
Feb 17, 2023
S3E6: History of Tanks: from WWI trenches to WWII's frozen Eastern Front to Iraqi Deserts to Ukraine...
Feb 10, 2023
S3E5: Brazil's Modern History & A Cautionary Tale For America. Is America Becoming Brazilianized?
Feb 03, 2023
S3E4: To Seek, Or Not Seek A 2nd Term - Biden Compared To Prior US Presidents
Jan 27, 2023
S3E3: How Podcasts Are Changing Journalism - History of Podcasting
Jan 20, 2023
S3E2: History of US Air Force - Pentagon Unveils B-21 Raider, A New Stealth Bomber
Jan 13, 2023
S3E1: Republican Party's History & Founding Principles - Chaos In The People's House!
Jan 06, 2023
S2E42: Iran - dichotomy of an Islamic state pretending to be a republic. And how CIA’s 1953 coup impacted the 1979 Revolution?
Dec 16, 2022
S2E41: Presidential Comebacks - Jackson, Cleveland, Nixon and Trump
Dec 09, 2022
S2E40: Russian Oil, OPEC's Power, Prices At the Pump - History of Petroleum
Dec 02, 2022
S2E39: Polarization of America's Politics. Prediction: polarization will begin to end in 5-10 years
Nov 18, 2022
S2E38: Chile's History of Polarized Politics - Hard Lessons For America
Nov 11, 2022
S2E37: Mar-a-Lago Documents - History of Classified Information & Relative Powerlessness of U.S. Courts & Congress In National Security Matters
Nov 04, 2022
S2E36: China's Leadership - History of Hubris, Insecurity, Blunders & Overreach
Oct 28, 2022
S2E35: Puerto Rico's Ambivalence Toward the U.S. - History of A Nation Without Its Own Country
Oct 21, 2022
S2E34: Iran's History of Hijab, Women's Rights, Marriage, Abortion
Oct 14, 2022
S2E33: What is a 'REVOLUTION'? Who Were the Iranians of the 1979 Revolution? Was it an Islamic revolution?
Oct 07, 2022
S2E32: History of Housing Booms & Busts, And Home Mortgages With Huge Balloon Payments
Sep 30, 2022
S2E31: From Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II - History of Royal Self-Imaging
Sep 23, 2022
S2E30: History of U.S. floods - inland vs. coastal floods, and stories from Florida & Louisiana
Sep 16, 2022
S2E29: China - history's longest superpower!
Sep 09, 2022
S2E28: Viktor Orbán: "We do not want to become peoples of mixed race" - history of the Hungarian people
Sep 02, 2022
S2E27: History of America's Election Violence, Electoral College & Why Our Elections Are Producing Minority Winners - As Opposed To Majority Winners
Aug 26, 2022
S2E26: Strength of the U.S. Dollar - how does it impact the world?
Aug 19, 2022
S2E25: Failed Nuclear Negotiations with Iran. And Why Iran & US Are In A Perpetual State of Conflict!
Aug 12, 2022
S2E24: Awesome Political Power of Minority Interests - History of Prohibition & A US Census That Was Ignored
Aug 05, 2022
Midseason Reflections & Highlights
Jun 24, 2022
S2E23: Organizing in Starbucks, Amazon & More - History of Labor Unions in America
Jun 17, 2022
S2E22: Finland Is Joining NATO - “Never Again Alone”, Finland’s History of War and Uneasy Peace with Russia
Jun 10, 2022
S2E21: Congressional UFO Hearings - human history of UFO stories, searches & science
Jun 03, 2022
S2E20: War Continues In Ukraine - 5 Reasons For Wars In History
May 27, 2022
S2E19: Ukraine Was Part of A Country Lost To History - the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
May 20, 2022
S2E18: Florida's History - from Disney to DeSantis to Special Districts
May 13, 2022
S2E17: 50,00-plus space debris flying at 15x speed of a bullet - history & analysis of space environment & safety
May 06, 2022
S2E16: Assassinate Putin? - history of Russia’s leaders, revolutions and people: "we can't live like this anymore!"
Apr 29, 2022
S2E15: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book Banned - French postcards, sex, race suicide & book burnings... America's history of censorship
Apr 22, 2022
Trading With the Enemy! | S2E14
Apr 08, 2022
S2E13: Saga of Nobel Laureates' Patents - CRISPR history, application, ownership & ethics
Apr 01, 2022
S2E12: Bitcoins From A Volcano? History of Dollar's Dominance, Paper Dollars & Digital Dollars
Mar 25, 2022
S2E11: 20% inflation! A History of Gold, Great Depression, Nixon, Volker, Bernanke & Free Banking
Mar 18, 2022
S2E10: Why Was Civil War Pension Still Paid In 2020? History of America’s Entitlement Programs
Mar 11, 2022
S2E9: What Does Putin Want? - evolution of his ideology
Mar 04, 2022
S2E8: Wars in Ukraine, A History of Russian Imperialism And Insecurity
Feb 25, 2022
S2E7: Why Don't We Have A Cure For Alzheimer's Disease - history & future
Feb 21, 2022
S2E6: Have You Gotten Your Booster Shot? - who has the authority over vaccines, a legal history
Feb 11, 2022
S2E5: Who Are Ukrainians? Kievan Rus'... Ukraine’s National Identity
Feb 04, 2022
S2E4: 100,000 Overdose Deaths! - a clinical history of America’s opioid crisis. Chasing the White Dragon...
Jan 28, 2022
S2E3: Who Are Kazakhs? Hummer Taxis, An Uprising & Russian Troops
Jan 21, 2022
S2E2: Biden Is Forgiving Some Student Loans - history of why student loan programs were designed as a financial product
Jan 14, 2022
S2E1: Do Economic Shocks Destabilize China's Authoritarian System? And Is China’s Real Estate Industry A Gigantic Ponzi Scheme?
Jan 07, 2022
Reflecting On Season One
Dec 17, 2021
S1E42: America’s water rights - the Colorado River... and was Tennessee stealing Mississippi’s water from under them?
Dec 10, 2021
S1E41: vaccines in ‘50s, ‘60s & '70s… clamor & rush to get vaccinated
Dec 03, 2021
S1E40: 400th anniversary of Thanksgiving... the REAL story!
Nov 18, 2021
S1E39: defunding the police fails - our criminal justice systems & our "communities"?
Nov 12, 2021
S1E38: COP26, US climate policies & history before the conference
Nov 05, 2021
S1E37: 23,000-year-old footprints in New Mexico... Bible scholars, evolution and racist anthropologists.
Oct 29, 2021
S1E36: Supply Chain Crisis Effect On Covid, Inflation & Democrats' Big Budgets
Oct 22, 2021
S1E35: 400% inflation... total calamity! Lebanon’s economic collapse.
Oct 15, 2021
S1E34: Who are the Taliban? Were Afghans good communists?
Oct 08, 2021
S1E33: 100 years ago, a bridge across the Atlantic was deemed possible. It just needed funding!
Oct 01, 2021
S1E32: Poto Mitan... and Haiti's history of NGOs, earthquakes and economic policies.
Sep 24, 2021
S1E31: 675,000! The Spanish flu pandemic and its lessons for Covid.
Sep 23, 2021
S1E30: Our Saigon rooftop moment - Afghans hanging from an American military aircraft.
Sep 10, 2021
S1E29: Do immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans?
Sep 03, 2021
S1E28: Ethiopia's "avoidable" civil war!
Aug 27, 2021
S1E27: Cuomo, Weinstein, Clarence Thomas... power, harassment & retaliation!
Aug 20, 2021
S1E26: Is green energy truly green? Environmentalists complain: not in my backyard!
Aug 13, 2021
S1E25: What Is An Ayatollah? And When Did Iran Become A Shia Nation? Iran's Complex Leadership Structure
Aug 06, 2021
S1E24: Cuba- Two Centuries of Fighting For Freedom...
Jul 30, 2021
S1E23: Haiti's Exceptionalism - From A Black Nation's Triumphant Revolution to Despotism & Foreign Interference.
Jul 23, 2021
S1E22: Who are Afghans? Empire, modernization, women's liberation & more...
Jul 16, 2021
S1E21: UFO talk: Harvard astronomer and Pentagon’s 6/25 UFO Report
Jul 09, 2021
S1E20: 4th of July... who does it belong to?
Jul 02, 2021
S1E19: Hong Kong's History - China's Century of Humiliation & “one country, two systems"
Jun 25, 2021
S1E18: The Fed - secrecy & subterfuge at its founding, inflation control and interest rates
Jun 18, 2021
S1E17: America’s Patents, COVID vaccine patent waiver
Jun 11, 2021
S1E16: Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs violently clash in streets...
Jun 04, 2021
S1E15: Afghan refugees are here. How did we treat Vietnamese refugees?
May 28, 2021
S1E14: Climate Change & America - the only Western Democracy without any climate change laws.
May 21, 2021
S1E13: Taxes... if Mr. Biden Was President In 1821, Could He Have Raised Corporate & Income Taxes To Pay For His Infrastructure Plan?
May 14, 2021
S1E12: How China's one-child policy was implemented without any laws?
May 07, 2021
S1E11: Race, Crime & U.S. Presidents
Apr 30, 2021
S1E10: Biden's $2.3T infrastructure could use a previous president's plan for an infrastructure Constitutional amendment.
Apr 10, 2021
S1E9: Have mass shootings increased in America? Brief review of 2nd Amendment... and then... confusion!
Apr 04, 2021
S1E8: The filibuster is in the news - to keep or not to keep!
Mar 26, 2021
S1E7: Biden's Political Power: $1.9T Covid Stimulus - the history of Democratic Party's paradigm shift from small to BIG government
Mar 19, 2021
S1E6: Censored books: Dr. Seuss, Fahrenheit 451, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and many more
Mar 12, 2021
S1E5: Mr. Potato Head, Gender Neutrality, Marie Antoinette, Kamala Harris, Ms., Mx., Mrs. & Miss
Mar 05, 2021
S1E4: Bitcoin, Hamilton, the Civil War, Karl Marx, a Persian king, "a Cross of Gold", Janet Yellen
Feb 27, 2021
S1E3: Part II: Minimum Wage Politics Now Pales In Comparison To the Political Drama At Its Inception - A Heroine Behind It All
Feb 20, 2021
S1E3: Part I: Minimum Wage Politics Now Pales In Comparison To the Political Drama At Its Inception - A Heroine Behind It All
Feb 20, 2021
S1E2: Removing Congresswoman Greene From Her Committees Changes Disciplinary Standards Set In History
Feb 13, 2021
S1E1: Counting Americans - controversy, clash and Constitutional crisis: 1920-21 and 2020-21
Jan 29, 2021