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Documents & Debates: The Miracle of Lincoln's Nomination in 1860
Season 3 Episode 22
Jeff talks with Ad Achorn, author and journalist, about the nearly miraculous nomination of Abraham Lincoln by the then-new Republican Party. Far fro…
3 years ago
American Portraits: Ernest Hemingway - American Icon
Season 3 Episode 21
John Moser discusses the life, letters, person, and legacy of Ernest Hemingway. A man of his era, and an icon as both an author and personality, Hemi…
3 years ago
Documents and Debates: Don't Forget About Vicksburg
Season 3 Episode 20
Jeff discusses the important and often overlooked Battle of Vicksburg, which came an end on 4 July 1863. Overshadowed by Gettysburg, this battle was …
3 years ago
American Portraits: Alexander Hamilton
Season 3 Episode 19
Jeff discusses the life, ideas, and legacy of Alexander Hamilton with Stephen Knott, formerly of the United States Naval War College and a recognized…
3 years, 1 month ago
Documents & Debates: America's First Constitution - the Articles of Confederation
Season 3 Episode 18
Jeff and Gordon Lloyd discuss the importance of the Articles of Confederation - not as a failure, or a preface to the Constitution, but as an importa…
3 years, 1 month ago
Contemporary Conversations: War in Ukraine
Season 3 Episode 17
Jeff is joined by Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow and director of the Keystone Defense Initiative to discuss the war in Ukraine, its strategic impo…
3 years, 1 month ago
Born American, But in the Wrong Place
Season 3
Peter Schramm, whose family escaped Communist Hungary during the 1950s, moved to America, were his family worked out their version of the American Dr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Documents and Debates: Stories from the American Revolution
Season 3 Episode 16
Jeff and Rob McDonald discuss several interesting - and little-known - stories of individuals from the American Revolution, men and women, patriots a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Documents & Debates: Remember the Alamo!
Season 3 Episode 15
Jeff and Dan Monroe discuss Texas history, independence and annexation, and the Mexican-American War while meeting for Ashbrook's Director's Club Wee…
3 years, 1 month ago
Documents & Debates: The Legacy of the Progressives
Season 3 Episode 14
Jeff Sikkenga and Jason Jividen discuss the animating ideas and issus of the original Progressives, and their views on - and in many ways rejection o…
3 years, 2 months ago