ESPN veteran Jody Avirgan is bringing his podcasting talents to Radiotopia. The former 30 for 30 Podcasts producer and host has developed a new show, This Day in Esoteric Political History, for the podcast network.
The show, which debuts March 31, will explore how events in U.S. political history might inform our present. Political historian Nicole Hemmer co-hosts alongside Avirgan, looking at such moments as the Abe Lincoln's death and the year Woodrow Wilson contracted influenza.
Each episode, which will run under 10 minutes in length, will feature special guests. New episodes will be released every Tuesday and Thursday. "We're in the midst of an unprecedented, and in many ways monumental era, which feels so distinct to the present,".