Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWho Are the Houthis?
In Yemen a rebel movement of Shia Islamists has been firing missiles at commercial shipping in the Red Sea, provoking several rounds of U.S. airstrik…
2 years, 4 months ago
China's Real Historians
In the face of government repression and censorship, a number of brave Chinese citizens -- some are activists, others ordinary folks -- are using bas…
2 years, 4 months ago
Life and Death in Gaza
Before Gaza became synonymous with poverty and human misery, the area was a thriving commercial hub and a crossroads for the armies of empires. Befor…
2 years, 4 months ago
Hitler Enters the Race
In a major campaign speech to start 2024, President Joseph Biden likened the remarks of his likely November opponent to the rhetoric of Adolph Hitler…
2 years, 4 months ago
Hold Your Nose and Vote For Humphrey
In 1968 the antiwar left punished Vice President Hubert Humphrey for supporting his boss Lyndon Johnson's war in Vietnam. Many young activists either…
2 years, 5 months ago
Biden's Foreign Policy, Year Four
President Joseph R. Biden will begin 2024 managing the same commitments and crises that defined his foreign policy in 2023. In both Ukraine and Israe…
2 years, 5 months ago
2023 Year in Review, Part 2
This is the second of two episodes looking back on the major events of 2023.
Our year in review continues with historians Jeremi Suri and Jeffrey Eng…
2 years, 5 months ago
2023 Year in Review, Part 1
This is the first of two episodes looking back on the major events and ideas of 2023.
What events this year compelled you to reassess the past? What …
2 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Ep! Ukraine War Update w/ Michael Kimmage
This conversation was first published in a Washington Times video on Dec. 20 available at washingtontimes.com.
Catholic University historian Michael …
2 years, 5 months ago
Collapse of the USSR, Revisited
As Americans opened their Christmas gifts 32 years ago, the beleaguered president of a superpower on the other side of the world endured a unique hum…
2 years, 5 months ago