Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhen America Built Big Things
From the Erie Canal to the intercontinental railroad, from rural electrification projects to the interstate highway system, Americans built the massi…
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Weimar America
Why do serious historians fear American democracy is hanging by a thread, with parallels to the fall of the Weimar Republic? In this episode, Christo…
4 years, 4 months ago
The End of NATO
Formed by treaty in 1949 to defend Western Europe against the threat, real or perceived, of Soviet aggression, NATO has become the de facto defender …
4 years, 4 months ago
Back to 1776
After The 1619 Project sparked a scholarly uproar over its provocative reinterpretation of U.S. history, the longtime activist and social conservativ…
4 years, 4 months ago
Atoms for Iran
On December 8, 1953, President Eisenhower laid the groundwork for the international diplomacy that would create Iran's nuclear program. In his "Atoms…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Capitol Riot, One Year Later
One year has passed since Donald Trump egged on a mob to attack Congress, the violent culmination of his months-long effort to overturn the president…
4 years, 4 months ago
Biden's Foreign Policy, Year Two
President Joseph Biden is beginning his second year in office facing many of the same foreign policy problems that awaited his arrival in the White H…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Future of Work, Part 2
What will work look like in 2022, or 2032? Will your job still exist? Will you ever have to leave your home for the office again? Or will the robots …
4 years, 5 months ago
The Future of Work, Part 1
As millions of Americans workers join the "Great Resignation," expectations are changing for pay, benefits, on-the-job treatment, work-life balance, …
4 years, 5 months ago
Christmas Day, 1991: Extinction of the USSR
Born of revolution in 1917, the Soviet Union dominated Eurasia for more than 70 years until its dramatic, though largely peaceful, collapse in 1991. …
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