The American Miracle with Michael Medved

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Bestselling author and radio host Michael Medved recounts some of the most significant events in America’s rise to prosperity and power, from the writing of the Constitution to the Civil War. He reveals a record of improbabilities and amazements that demonstrate what the Founders always believed: that events unfolded according to a master plan, with destiny playing an unmistakable role in lifting the nation to greatness.

  1. 4 NOV

    Introducing: Country Over Self

    Today, we’re excited to introduce Country Over Self: Defining Moments in American History. This new mini-series, hosted by Matt Blumberg, dives into moments when Presidents put Country Over Self and Country Over Party. In each 30-45 minute episode, Matt speaks with renowned presidential historians, exploring pivotal instances in U.S. history. Highlights include conversations with Joseph Ellis on John Adams, H.W. Brands on FDR, Alexis Coe on George Washington, and a compelling two-part episode on Ford’s pardon of Nixon, featuring biographers Richard Norton Smith and Rick Perlstein. Whether you’re a history buff or just curious about inspiring moments in American leadership, give Country Over Self a listen. Catch it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or YouTube or visit www.countryoverself.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min

  2. 7 OCT

    A Kingdom of Kindness

    In the first century of American independence, far-sighted patriots (including George Washington and John Adams) anticipated the way the development of the new nation would change the destiny of the dispersed and downtrodden Jewish people. But even these prophetic voices couldn’t foresee the other side of the bargain – the unexpected tidal wave of Jewish immigration (mostly from the troubled Russian Empire) that indelibly altered the rise of the Republic. This not only brought poetic meaning to the base of the Statue of Liberty (“I lift my lamp beside the golden door”) but also brought fame to a devout Christian thinker and activist who saw himself as “God’s Little Errand Boy” and won praise from his Jewish allies as the true “father of Zionism.”   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    58 min

  3. 23 SEPT

    The Abrahamic Advantage

    The early British settlers in North American took their Bible seriously—including the verses in Genesis (12: 1-3) that promised a special blessing to those who blessed the children of Abraham. Amazingly, leading scholars and preachers emphasized this promise even before a significant number of Jews had found their way to the New World. Ironically, the original center of antisemitic sentiment was in New York (then New Amsterdam), which later developed the largest, most productive Jewish community on earth. John Adams and George Washington praised and welcomed Jewish settlers, and even befriended Mordecai Manuel Noah who developed a plan to build a “New Israel” on an island in the Niagara River in upstate New York. Later, Warder Cresson, a prominent Quaker (and briefly a convert to Mormonism), became America’s first consul to Jerusalem, where he debated Herman Melville on the Holy Land’s future and tried to deploy American aid in rebuilding a new Jewish commonwealth, based on scientific agriculture, in the then desolate site of ancient Judea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    59 min

  4. 16 SEPT

    The Rough Rider and His "Crowded Hour"

    How did Theodore Roosevelt go from the worst day of his life—with the simultaneous death of his adored wife and beloved mother—to celebration as a national hero on his path to the presidency at the unprecedented age of 41? This astonishing progress displayed reckless, almost suicidal courage on the battlefield and a strange, almost supernatural sense of his own invincibility. Eyewitnesses and close friends who watched his mounted charge up San Juan Hill, leading his colorful, unconventional regiment into seemingly lethal enemy lines to win the decisive battle of the Spanish-American War, saw his success as an open miracle. Concerning his previous day of grief, TR said: "Black Care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough." Young Roosevelt illustrated that maxim in his dramatic rise to power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 4m

  5. 9 SEPT · BONUS

    John S. Pemberton Sells the First Glass of Coca-Cola

    May 8th, 1886: American pharmacist John S. Pemberton sells the first glass of Coca-Cola at a pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, a drink he originally bills as a cure-all tonic. History Daily podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-daily/id1591095413 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    22 min

  6. 2 SEPT

    The Reaper and the Bull Moose

    Donald Trump wasn't the only president to attempt a return trip to the White House four years after he'd left the presidency. Theodore Roosevelt attempted his own comeback in 1912 and, like Trump, he was hit by a would-be assassin's bullet in the midst of his campaign. For TR, the shooting was nearly fatal - with only his glasses case and the folded pages his planned speech stop stopping the bullet from reaching his heart. Bleeding profusely, he insisted on delivering his address in any event -- one of the more bizarre political rallies in our history. The remarkable story, revealing TR's haunting, lifelong connection to death, is told in THE REAPER AND THE BULLMOOSE, the latest episode in our American Miracle podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min

  7. 26 AUG

    Providential Purchase

    Napoleon Bonaparte was noted for conquering new territory for France, not giving away a huge portion of North America at the cost of mere pennies an Acre. A strange, haunting series of events made the Louisiana Purchase possible, and with it the acquisition of land that later became 15 new states. Those events included the brutal attempts to suppress the only successful slave rebellion in all human history, the unseasonal and unprecedented freezing over of an important Dutch Harbor, plus the skill and flexibility of American leaders who managed to overcome the partisan divisions that had begun to paralyze the young Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    49 min

  8. 20 AUG

    The Five Minute Miracle: The Midway Marvel Alters Everything

    Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese Navy rules the Pacific, before a combination of good fortune and brilliant intelligence work come together in a fateful, five minute interlude that alters the tide of war and ends the grandiose dreams of Japanese empire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    55 min
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Bestselling author and radio host Michael Medved recounts some of the most significant events in America’s rise to prosperity and power, from the writing of the Constitution to the Civil War. He reveals a record of improbabilities and amazements that demonstrate what the Founders always believed: that events unfolded according to a master plan, with destiny playing an unmistakable role in lifting the nation to greatness.

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