
History Behind News Program
Hosted by Adel Aali · Adel Aali, History Behind News
5.0from 109 ratings
- 241
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 109
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 123K
- YouTube views
About History Behind News Program
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.
- Publisher
- Adel Aali, History Behind News
- Category
- history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 25 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 241 episodes have a transcript.

25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Socialism in America: Popular Candidates, But No Party in Power | S6E12

28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Pakistan Feels Used—and Abandoned—by America | S6E11

10 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Comparing America's Rise to History's Great Empires | S1E27 AAR
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Socialism in America: Popular Candidates, But No Party in Power | S6E12
Published 25 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So he helps found the Socialist Party of America in 1901. It gets pretty strong in 1912, 6% of the total world, 16% in Oklahoma, 16%, I think you said, in Nevada. By 1972, it's dissolved. So my question about the 20th century is this. Why didn't a socialist political party take hold in America? It happened, I think, in Great Britain, the United Kingdom. It happened in Australia. I think it may have even happened in New Zealand, but not in America. Into 20th century. Now, a lot of those countries, Anglophone countries, it's called the Labour Party, which is the original Labour Party, of course, was in Great Britain. […]
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- Sidra Khan
- Steven Pincus
- Roger Collins
- Thomas Balcerski
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- 122,785
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 79 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 30 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 92
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