Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Season 4 Episode 20
As the man who led the effort to create the most violent weapon in the history of mankind with the invention of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheime…
1 year, 2 months ago
Justice by Means of Democracy
Season 4 Episode 19
John F. Kennedy advised Americans to ask not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country. Scholar Danielle Allen a…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Season 4 Episode 18
Samuel Adams was called “the most elegant writer, the most sagacious politician, and celebrated patriot” by John Adams, his second cousin, and was ap…
1 year, 3 months ago
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Season 4 Episode 17
In a time when crossing political party lines can seem as treacherous as crossing a fault line during an earthquake, it could be difficult to believe…
1 year, 3 months ago
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America
Season 4 Episode 16
What did “the pursuit of happiness” mean to our nation’s Founders, and why was it included in the Declaration of Independence? Listed as one of Ameri…
1 year, 4 months ago
Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement
Season 4 Episode 15
Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, oppressive voter registration literacy tests disenfranchised Black voters across the United States. In direct…
1 year, 4 months ago
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Season 4 Episode 14
Seeking to wrest control of New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the English King Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, appointed Richard Ni…
1 year, 5 months ago
A Conversation with James Patterson
Season 4 Episode 13
James Patterson is one of the most popular storytellers of our time. The creator of some of the most popular characters and series in fiction, includ…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
Season 4 Episode 12
President Theodore Roosevelt is often described as an icon of American masculinity. From his military past as a Rough Rider to his history of underta…
1 year, 6 months ago
President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
Season 4 Episode 11
When President James Garfield assumed the office of the presidency in March 1881, he stood at the helm of a deeply polarized and fragmented nation. K…
1 year, 6 months ago