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historian, politics & media, book coming soon: Archie Bunker for President with @uncpress.bsky.social

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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 20h
Tonight, I'll be talking about my book, Archie Bunker for President, over zoom with the great folks at the @cphatsmu.bsky.social. Registration below.
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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
DRAFTING THE PAST is expanding! Together, @katecarp.bsky.social and @mkn.bsky.social are creating a website and newsletter devoted to nonfiction history books. You'll find book reviews, craft essays, author interviews, publishing news, and more--plus the podcast you already know and love. 🗃️ 1/
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Nick Jonas Waving Hand and Smiling
Alt: A Jonas Brother Raising His Hand
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
On behalf of Scandinavia*, let me be the first to welcome you! *i'm including finland, even though it's technically nordic, not scandinavian.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"For Fox to turn a man as partisan, bullying and unlikeable as Lalas into American soccer’s figurehead is the media equivalent of getting John Wayne Gacy to perform at a children’s birthday party." 🔥🔥🔥
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Burrows' memoirs Directed by James Burrows is an excellent read: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677147...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A master of television, you could write a history of the sitcom from the 1970 to today through the career of James Burrows: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier, Friends, Will & Grace, and so much more...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Norman Lear remained convinced until the end that All in the Family could be be made today (whether that today was the 1990s or the 2020s). The problem, Lear recognized, was not "bias in the media" or "liberal policies," but executives afraid of risks and underestimating the audience.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The American Political History Conference (APHC) is the best and it's a thrill to have a roundtable on my book as part of the program!
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
That he did! (even though the character itself was used in ads for Ted Kennedy in the 1980 election)
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I'm not in Philadelphia right now (because of the implications...), but at least Archie Bunker for President is representing me at the @uncpress.bsky.social booth. If you're attending OAH this weekend, check it out!
Photo of books in the UNC exhibit at the Organization of American Historians conference, featuring Archie Bunker for President.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Congratulations, can't wait to read!!
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Enjoyed this review (after waiting for weeks to first read the book)! I especially appreciated Thompson's deep engagement with the media not just as atmospheric but key political institution (not unlike what you did in The Life and Death of Ryan White).
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
tucker is criticizing trump to further his own far-right politics. not only do you not have to hand it to him, but when you do hand it to him, you're lending him legitimacy to do other bad things.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Finally, now's a good time to order your own copy of my book Archie Bunker for President - about how we got to our current moment of politics as television entertainment and a television character in the White House. uncpress.org/978146969090...
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Archie Bunker for President
Delving into the intersection of television entertainment and American politics during the 1970s, focusing on the sitcom All in the Family, this book explore...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Let's stay on campus and let's stay with my friends for one more recommendation. @katejewell.bsky.social epic study of college radio is a must. uncpress.org/978146967725...
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Live from the Underground
Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs ...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Even if I wasn't friends with @llassabe.bsky.social I would still be recommending Resistance from the Right. It such a smart and relevant history of conservative activists on campus. uncpress.org/978146967449...
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Resistance from the Right
Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe ...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Sometimes you come across a title outside your field that draws your attention and you can't really say why. Currently, for me that is Jack Reid's book on the rise and fall of hitchhiking. uncpress.org/978146968406...
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Roadside Americans
Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventurers sought ...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Charles Ponce De Leon has a new book on the history of Rolling Stone magazine that's going on my to-read pile. uncpress.org/978146969439...
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Rolling Stone and the Rise of Hip Capitalism
In its early years, Rolling Stone stood out on the magazine rack: an iconoclastic bimonthly aimed at young Americans, dedicated to music, culture, and politi...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Okay, @uncpress.bsky.social is running a American History Sale - 30% off with code 01UNCP30 so let's do a five book mini-thread 🧵
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This conversation with @ceaubin.com about how Archie Bunker paved the way for Donald Trump was so much fun!! Listen to @thisguysucked.com wherever you get your podcast!
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I don't know why you're laughing.
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a woman speaking into a microphone with a sign that says attorney box
Alt: Attorney General Pam Bondi angrily declaring in a congressional hearing "the Dow, the Dow right now, the Dow is over 50,000."
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Thanks for sharing, looks interesting!
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Such an honor to receive this recognition for my book! Archie Bunker for President was my dream project and I enjoyed every step of the process. I'm particularly glad to see the award committee describe it as an "insightful and thoroughly entertaining book."
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Wonderful news, Niki!! Congratulations 👏 👏 👏
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Excellent stack!! I love it when colleagues share their reading lists.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Honored that Archie Bunker for President is among the finalists for the SMU Center for Presidential History Book Prize!! Television entertainment is often dismissed as trivial, so this recognition of my book as political/presidential history means a lot.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
One of the reasons I'm on social media is the regular reminders when the books I have been looking forward to are out in the world!
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Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This month marks 55 years since the premiere of All in the Family. Historian @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, author of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics (2025) explains the show's transformative impact on American television. 🗃️
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Before Norman and After Norman: The Impact of All in the Family on American Television
Fifty-five years ago this month, All in the Family debuted, launching a transformation of the American sitcom.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Thanks for the rec, Mel Brooks is a gift!!
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This is valid. It's also an argument for the political value of something like Fox News in driving issue salience. There's an infrastructure on the right that is missing on the left.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
That's... a choice. Also, there was no *live* footage from the Hilton, Grant Park, or Michigan Ave.
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Kelly Therese @feministkelly.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
If you need a break from the news (and you do), listen to the latest episode of Unsung History with @oscarwinberg.bsky.social and learn who Archie Bunker endorsed in the 1972 presidential election.
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All in the Family
All in the Family page for UNSUNG HISTORY
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I can't believe Bari Weiss is making me post Aaron fuckin' Sorkin content but this seemed kind of obvious. youtu.be/wTjMqda19wk?...
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The Newsroom - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore...(Restricted language)
YouTube video by tpratt441
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Carroll O'Connor was once the most recognized face in the nation and yet everybody* misspelled his name *all* the time. *most people, not literally everybody.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
This. Always this. youtu.be/uq-gYOrU8bA?...
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Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (Official Video)
YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
If memory serves, this parody was made for a dinner celebrating Bob Wood of CBS. Formally, it was a National Association of Broadcasters policy but, as a court concluded in a 1976 lawsuit by Lear et al, the FCC was actually behind it. I have two chapters on it here: uncpress.org/978146969090...
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Archie Bunker for President
Delving into the intersection of television entertainment and American politics during the 1970s, focusing on the sitcom All in the Family, this book explore...
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I can, indeed, confirm. There are, in fact, several episodes where people Archie dislikes pass away and even then he's capable of compassion.
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Extract from Rob Reiner's Wikipedia 

Filmography 
1986 - Stand By zme
1987 - The Princess Bride
1989 - When Harry Met Sally
1990 - Misery
1992 - A Few Good Men
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Heartwarming look at Rob Reiner's remarkable career @sepinwall.bsky.social My only note: the famous "a sock and a sock or a sock and a short"-scene was the result not of the excellent writers but of Reiner and O'Connor playing around with the characters.
"The two actors together were explosively funny, and the dynamic between the characters was so elementally funny that the writers could have them argue over virtually anything and generate huge laughs. It didn't have to be about politics or sociology. It could be something as simple as the proper order in which to put on your socks and shoes."
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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The obituaries will describe him as an actor, director, philanthropist, and political activist. Most of all, I think he was a funny and decent man seeking to make the world a better place. That's how I'll remember him.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
He often acknowledged Lear's influence on his political activism. And still I think it is fair to say that his work for liberal candidates and causes was unparalleled in Hollywood.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I remember a comment he once made about how Stand by Me was the first thing he did that his father could not have done. That comment was full of love and respect.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
After a decade studying All in the Family, I have so many fond memories of Rob Reiner. He was, in many ways, a man defined by the work of his father, Carl Reiner, and a father figure, Norman Lear. And yet, he stood in nobody's shadow.
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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I have been sitting with the heartbreaking news about Rob and Michele Reiner for a while now, struggling to find the right words. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Rob Reiner, wife dead in homicide at Brentwood home; police interview family member
Longtime Hollywood star Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their Brentwood home Sunday in what police are describing as an apparent homicide.
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scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Did you or anyone you know dance on Soul Train in the 1970s? Looking for folks to interview for some book research Thanks! #BlackSky
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