Podcast Episodes

The Books That Shaped America w/ Jon Meacham (Part 1)

This week, as we head to the 4th of July weekend, we are bringing you a special two-part episode that provides a capstone for our month-long collabor…

3 hours ago

A Nation Of Readers: Poetry, Essay, Hanif and Javier

Hanif Abdurraqib and Javier Zamora both float between poetry, memoir, essay, spoken word and more -- finding the right form to explore their personal…

2 days, 3 hours ago

Stonewall: Does It Matter Who Threw The First Brick? (Part 2)

Our conversation about the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn continues with an account of how the tension ratcheted up that night -- and how the story …

5 days, 3 hours ago

Stonewall: The Breaking Point (Part 1)

For the twenty-fifth installment of “50 Weeks That Shaped America” we go to June 1969, and New York City’s Greenwich Village. Police raids on the Sto…

1 week ago

A Nation Of Readers: The Gaps In History

A conversation about finding historical inspiration in all sorts of unique places, with Tiya Miles, author of "All That She Carried: The Journey of A…

1 week, 2 days ago

Little Bighorn: Custer's Last Stand and Custer's Legend (Part 2)

In part two of our look at the Battle Of Little Bighorn, we discuss what actually went down in Custer's Last Stand, how it was more chaotic than the …

1 week, 5 days ago

Little Bighorn: The U.S. Conquers The West (Part 1)

For the twenty-fourth installment of “50 Weeks That Shaped America” we go to the Montana Territory in the spring of 1876. General George Custer (and …

2 weeks ago

A Nation Of Readers: Nate DiMeo's Memory Palace

Nate DiMeo, host of "The Memory Palace" podcast and author of "The Memory Palace" book, on the small details that shape the work of history.

For the p…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

After Watergate: The Backslide (Part 2)

In part two of our conversation about the long shadow of Watergate, we discuss the ways in which Nixon tried to rehabilitate his image -- and how man…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

After Watergate: Reforming Government (Part 1)

For the twenty-third installment of “50 Weeks That Shaped America” we go to 1974. Of course we had to do an episode on Watergate as part of this seri…

3 weeks ago