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.
Every president has a story. So does everyone who made their bed.
In Season 2, Episode 4 of Bahr’s History Hits, we dig into Kate Andersen Brower’s The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and meet the butlers, maids, chefs, florists, engineers, and other staff members who quietly kept America’s most famous home running.
They witnessed grief, scandal, celebration, and history from only a few feet away—and for decades, their job was to say almost nothing about it.
This is presidential history from a different angle: not from behind the Resolute Desk, but from behind the curtain.
History is cool. Learn about it. Keep hitting history.
24 Sept 2026
Twelve Days in April
Five days after the Civil War effectively ended, the president who had guided the Union through it was gone. This episode, we dig into Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard to relive Abraham Lincoln’s final days, the conspiracy that unfolded across Washington, his assassination at Ford’s Theatre, and the twelve-day manhunt for John Wilkes Booth that followed. It’s a story of victory turning to tragedy—and of one violent night that changed who would lead America into Reconstruction.
10 Sept 2026
The General Who Wouldn’t Let it Break
The Civil War ended in 1865. But just eleven years later, the country came within a hair's breadth of a second one — not on a battlefield, but over a presidential election so contested that newspapers openly speculated about renewed conflict. This episode, we dig into Bret Baier's To Rescue the Republic to uncover how Ulysses S. Grant — the general who saved the Union with an army — was forced to save it again as president, brokering a peace that held the nation together at a painful cost. It's a complicated legacy, and an unforgettable read. Next time: a single gunshot in a crowded theater changes everything. History is cool. Learn about it. Keep asking big questions, keep reading, and keep hitting history!
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