For the Ages: A History Podcast

Explore the rich and complex history of the United States and beyond. Produced by The New York Historical, host David M. Rubenstein engages the nation’s foremost historians and creative thinkers on a wide range of topics, including presidential biography, the nation’s founding, and the people who have shaped the American story. Learn more at nyhistory.org .

For the Ages: A History Podcast is a history podcast hosted by The New York Historical, with 173 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The New York Historical hosts For the Ages: A History Podcast, a history show with 173 episodes published.

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  The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump

  Sep 27, 202627 minS6

  The 2024 presidential election cycle upended norms and expectations across the American electorate, with over 40% of Hispanic voters casting their ballots for Donald Trump. Reflecting on this unprecedented political moment, historian Geraldo Cadava explores the history of Hispanic American voters from the 1960s to the present, tracing their growth as a key demographic that has been courted across the political spectrum. Recorded on May 12, 2025

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  1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

  Sep 13, 202627 minS6

  The story of the 1929 stock market crash and the Great Depression that followed goes far beyond the events of “Black Tuesday.” New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss the speculation, greed, and ignored warnings that led to that epic economic meltdown, while examining the ways in which the economic and political state of the US in the late 1920s resembles our nation today. Recorded on November 11, 2025

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  Episode #25

  America’s Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History

  Aug 23, 202627 minS5

  One hundred and fifty years before the events of January 7, 2021, the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election—arguably the most contentious in American history, with both parties claiming corruption and neither candidate conceding—led to racial violence across the state and the deaths of at least 150 Black men in the Colfax Massacre. CNN’s Dana Bash and author David Fisher join David M. Rubenstein to discuss the little-known story of this violent moment in America’s history. Recorded on May 1, 2025

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  Episode #23

  Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Times

  Jul 26, 202644 minS5

  Few people know Abraham Lincoln as intimately as Harold Holzer. The author, co-author, or editor of over 50 books on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era, Holzer has explored everything from Lincoln’s election to his assassination, his views on immigration to his role as a father. In this conversation, Holzer joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss the life and times of America’s 16th president. Recorded on May 2, 2025

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  Episode #22

  Viva la revolución: Spain's Role in American Military Conflicts

  Jul 12, 202627 minS5

  Spain’s involvement in early American history might feel limited, but Spanish people and their descendants have been involved in American military conflicts, both through direct fighting and the supply of weapons and funds, since the American Revolution, through the Civil War, both World Wars, and beyond. Join historian Marie Arana to learn how Spanish and Hispanic military involvement has been a constant in American history. Recorded on November 25, 2025

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