How the Hell Did We Get Here?
Hosted by John · John Miller
4.9from 23 ratings
- 67
- Episodes
- 3
- Transcribed
- 23
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 430K
- YouTube views
About How the Hell Did We Get Here?
Want to understand U.S. history better? This show will help anyone better comprehend the present condition of the United States' government, society, culture, economy and more by going back to the origins of the U.S., before it was even an independent country and exploring the fundamental aspects of U.S. history up to the present moment. The episodes chronologically examine different periods--Colonial, Revolutionary, Antebellum, Civil War/Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, Progressive Era, Roaring 20s, Depression & WWII, the Cold War/Civil Rights era and the later 20th and early 21st century--of U.S. history to show the country's 500-year-long evolution. I will be your narrator, as someone who has been intensely interested in the study of history for most of my life and who has taught the subject in various formats for decades. I will rely on the scholarship of various historians but will make the content accessible to everyone, regardless of prior knowledge of the subject. Whether you know a lot about U.S. history or not very much at all, this show will provide you with some excellent context and information and help you to better understand how the hell we got here!
- Publisher
- John Miller
- Category
- education · government · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 30 Aug 2024
- Latest episode
- 25 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
3 of 67 episodes have a transcript.
25 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Black History IS American History
30 Jul 2026
How the Hell Did the "Era of Good Feelings" Come to an End?
2 Jul 2026
What Patriotism REALLY Means: Thoughts on America's 250th Birthday
Inside a recent episode
Why Black History IS American History
Published 25 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And in forcing the country to confront segregation, disenfranchisement, and unequal protection, they helped expand the practical meaning of American citizenship itself. That's something that I think gets lost when we call the civil rights movement a chapter of black history. Obviously, it is black history. But it's also constitutional history, it's political history, it's legal history, the history of American democracy. The country that emerged from the civil rights movement had a different understanding of what governments, employers, schools, businesses, and public institutions could do and not do to American citizens. […]
Read the full transcript with a Pod Engine plan.
See plansReach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 430,111
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 15 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 46
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 51
Contact How the Hell Did We Get Here?
- Guest appearances
- Books guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Questions about How the Hell Did We Get Here?
Who hosts How the Hell Did We Get Here??
John host the show. Published by John Miller.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does How the Hell Did We Get Here? take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
3 of 67 episodes have a transcript on Pod Engine. Full transcripts are available with a Pod Engine plan.
Host of How the Hell Did We Get Here??
Claim your podcast to manage its listing and keep your show details accurate.
Pod Engine is an independent podcast discovery and analytics service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by this podcast. Artwork and show content belong to their owners. Full legal notice.
Explore this show
Podcast research with Pod Engine