Bahr's History Hits

Bahr's History Hits is where the past and present collide--thorugh the lens of books, events, and ideas that shape our world. Hosted by Michael Bahr, this podcast explores how the past shapes the present through powerful ideas and pivitol books. Whether you're a student of history--or just love a good debate, this is your place for big questions and awesome discussions.

Bahr's History Hits is a history podcast hosted by Michael Bahr, with 36 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Michael Bahr hosts Bahr's History Hits, a history show with 36 episodes published.

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  Episode #36

  Eighteen Minutes: The Fire that Changed America

  Aug 13, 202610 minS1

  Eighteen minutes. That's all it took for a locked door and a pile of fabric scraps to become one of the deadliest workplace disasters in American history. In 1911, 146 garment workers — mostly young immigrant women — died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, trapped behind exits their bosses had locked to stop them from stealing thread. This episode, we dig into David von Drehle's Triangle: The Fire That Changed America to uncover how a single tragedy exposed a system built on greed — and how the grief of immigrant families helped rewrite American labor law forever. It's a hard story. It's also an essential one. This is our Season One finale — thank you for hitting history with us all season long. Season Two kicks off with a very special guest: Iowa State Senator Jeff Taylor, joining us to talk about his own remarkable book. You don't want to miss it. History is cool. Learn about it. Keep hitting history.

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  Episode #35

  The Man Who Silenced History

  Jul 30, 202611 minS1

  On live television, a nightclub owner named Jack Ruby did the unthinkable — he gunned down Lee Harvey Oswald, the only man who could answer America's biggest question about November 22, 1963. What followed was one of the strangest trials in American history: a flamboyant celebrity lawyer, an untested insanity defense built on epilepsy, and a Texas prosecutor who wasn't buying any of it. This week, we dig into Kennedy's Avenger by Dan Abrams and David Fisher to unpack the forgotten trial that turned a courtroom into a media circus — and left the Kennedy assassination's biggest mystery permanently unsolved. Was Ruby a grieving patriot, or something more? You decide. Plus: a preview of next week's episode, where a horrific tragedy in a New York garment factory changes American labor law forever. History is cool. Learn about it.

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  Episode #34

  Miracle in the Corn

  Jul 16, 202611 minS1

  No hydraulics. No flight controls. No textbook for what happened next. On July 19, 1989, United Flight 232 lost every system designed to keep it flying. What followed was 45 minutes of pure improvisation — a crew inventing a way to steer a plane that, by every engineering standard, was unflyable. This episode dives into Laurence Gonzales's Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival to ask what actually happens when the experts run out of answers and ordinary people have to write the solution in real time. A story of skill, teamwork, and the kind of grace under pressure that turned a crash nobody expected to be survivable into 184 lives saved. Keep hitting history.

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  Episode #33

  The Case for America

  Jul 4, 202611 minS1

  <p>Two hundred fifty years ago, fifty-six men risked the rope to sign their names to an idea. Today, we ask if that idea still holds.</p><p>On the actual anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we close out our Road to 250 series with Bret Baier's The Case for America — and a personal one of my own, as a husband, a government teacher, a coach, and a father raising a son in this country. Not a blind defense. Not a list of grievances. Just an honest case for why this unfinished, imperfect, still-arguing experiment is still worth believing in.</p>...

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  Episode #33

  The Case for America

  Jul 4, 202611 minS1

  Two hundred fifty years ago, fifty-six men risked the rope to sign their names to an idea. Today, we ask if that idea still holds. On the actual anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we close out our Road to 250 series with Bret Baier's The Case for America — and a personal one of my own, as a husband, a government teacher, a coach, and a father raising a son in this country. Not a blind defense. Not a list of grievances. Just an honest case for why this unfinished, imperfect, still-arguing experiment is still worth believing in. The finale of our weekly series leading up to July 4th, 2026. Happy Independence Day.

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