Things Have Never Been This Bad?0:50 Meet Greg Jackson & the Legendary Library Ladder5:08 The Plane Ride That Launched a Podcast11:09 Why People Are Starving for Real History17:11 Touring America with "The Unlikely Union"19:20 "This Is the Worst It's Ever Been" — Remember the Civil War26:01 The Big Idea: Why History Rhymes30:46 The Founders at Their Worst31:47 Hamilton vs. Jefferson & America's First Media War36:13 Fake News in the 1790s39:39 The Baltimore Riots of 181242:25 Major William Barney: A Forgotten American Hero44:18 Free Speech & the Press, Then and Now47:08 What These Dark Chapters Teach Us Today50:45 A Call to Action: Be a Better Angel53:47 Inside the Book: JQA & the Most Corrupt Election Ever56:21 Visit a Small Museum & Philadelphia's Gazette War59:39 Where to Find Greg & His Book EPISODE LINKS:Greg Jackson – https://www.htdspodcast.com/aboutBeen There, Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Been-There-Done-That/Greg-Jackson/9781668062609#:~:text=Greg%20Jackson%20is%20the%20creator,podcasts%20on%20Apple%20and%20SpotifyHistory That Doesn’t Suck – https://www.htdspodcast.comGreg Jackson’s Tour – https://www.htdspodcast.com/live-showsThe Balloon Hoax – https://www.eapoe.org/works/mabbott/tom3t015.htmJohn Fenno – https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-FennoPhilippe Freneau – https://allthingsliberty.com/2025/10/the-good-old-republican-cause-philip-freneaus-principled-stand-against-the-shadow-of-monarchy/Alexander C. Hanson – https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000176Major William Barney – https://www.mdhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mdhm_special_issue_2012.pdfCharles Sumner – https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_Sumner.htmPODCAST INFO:Podcast website: 2c4hpod.comApple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-complicated-4-history/id1664183536Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3svQpZfxhVQnYJMESpp842?si=514780ada34d4aab Full episodes playlist:   https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2x56DEw1y7EYWxfufgfSR951RrdsXet&si=TuDcpAjaeQx-vjkH SOCIAL:Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/2c4hPodcast- Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/2c4h_podcast