Podcast Episodes

House Divided w/ Manisha Sinha

As politics grew increasingly violent in the 1850s, Americans understood that unresolvable conflicts over the extension of slavery and the disproport…

3 years, 4 months ago

House Divided w/ Sean Wilentz

The election of California Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker after five days and 15 ballots exposed divisions within the Republican Party that may…

3 years, 4 months ago

Biden Doctrine

As President Biden enters the third year of his presidency, his only obvious foreign policy success lies in Ukraine, where U.S. and NATO support has …

3 years, 4 months ago

Understanding Emancipation at 160

January 1 marked the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, a major step in a process of world historical importance, the abolition of s…

3 years, 5 months ago

Putin Problems

Note: This is the final episode of 2022. History As It Happens will be back with new episodes the first week of January, 2023. Enjoy the holidays!

In…

3 years, 5 months ago

The Munich Fallacy

Since British prime minister Neville Chamberlain attempted to avoid war with Hitler in 1938 by agreeing to carve up Czechoslovakia, the word appeasem…

3 years, 5 months ago

Voices of Iran

Since September thousands of ordinary Iranian citizens have risked their lives -- and hundreds have lost their lives -- protesting the ayatollahs' ru…

3 years, 5 months ago

Commercialization of Christmas

Merry Christmas! Or is it Happy Holidays?! Either way, the most intense shopping season of the year is underway. American consumers' senses are being…

3 years, 5 months ago

Voices of China

Remarkable scenes are unfolding across China. Ordinary citizens are taking to the streets to protest the regime's "Zero Covid" strategy that has lock…

3 years, 6 months ago

One-Term Presidents

It's a small group no one wants to be a member of. Since the dawn of the republic only 10 elected presidents have been rejected by voters in their bi…

3 years, 6 months ago