Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Conversation with Jeffrey Rosen: The Life and Legacy of Justice Ginsburg
Season 1 Episode 33
Starting in the 1990s, Jeffrey Rosen met with Ruth Bader Ginsburg to discuss both her political and personal life, gleaning priceless observations fr…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Season 1 Episode 32
Bestselling author Walter Isaacson, in conversation with David M. Rubenstein, discusses the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning Jennifer Doudna …
4 years, 4 months ago
A Conversation with Brenda Child
Season 1 Episode 31
Scholar Brenda Child sheds light on how America’s first inhabitants were impacted in a wide-ranging discussion that will include President Jackson’s …
4 years, 4 months ago
The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
Season 1 Episode 30
The American experiment began with a revolutionary idea that a nation could be founded on the principles of democracy, equality, and liberty. In this…
4 years, 4 months ago
Cover Story: Katharine Graham, CEO
Season 1 Episode 29
Publisher Katharine Graham, one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, championed excellence in journalism. Under her leadership, the W…
4 years, 5 months ago
A Conversation with John M. Barry: The Great Influenza
Season 1 Episode 28
At the height of World War I, a lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, spreading rapidly as it moved east with American troops. Th…
4 years, 5 months ago
The World: A Brief Introduction
Season 1 Episode 27
We live in a global era with events that happen hundreds or thousands of miles away having a direct impact on our lives. This is all too clear in rec…
4 years, 5 months ago
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Season 1 Episode 26
Originally published in 2012, science author David Quammen’s book Spillover hypothesized the increasing frequency of diseases spreading from animals …
4 years, 5 months ago
A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Season 1 Episode 25
Henry Louis Gates Jr. has helped reshape the nation’s collective understanding of the legacy of slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the on…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Splendid and the Vile: Churchill, Family, and Defiance during the Blitz
Season 1 Episode 24
During World War II, the Nazis bombed Great Britain relentlessly, killing 45,000 Britons and destroying two million homes. Drawing on recently declas…
4 years, 6 months ago