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One Iraqi’s War, Hopes and Ruins, A Sound History
The voice missing from most US/UK histories of the Iraq war is that of Iraqis who saw their hopes raised and then ruined. This sound history was made…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sir Lawrence Freedman on Two Wars, Two Anniversaries: Ukraine & Iraq
Sir Lawrence Freedman, takes an anniversary look at two of the big wars of the 21st century: Ukraine and Iraq. Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War St…
3 years, 2 months ago
2023: Israel At the Authoritarian Crossroads
In the year 2023 Israel reached a crossroad. Hundreds of thousands of citizens demonstrated every week against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's go…
3 years, 2 months ago
Cultural History: Greenwich Village 1944, Brando and Baldwin
Greenwich Village in 1944 as World War 2 came to an end saw the beginnings of an explosion of artistic expression among the Village bohemians. In thi…
3 years, 3 months ago
NHS at 75: A Surgeon, Now A Patient's History
As Britain's NHS turns 75, author Henry Marsh, who worked as a surgeon and is now a cancer patient of the National Health Service, discusses his book…
3 years, 4 months ago
America Held Hostage: Week 1 of 2023
American politics was held hostage in the first week of 2023. Once again the hostage takers were from the extremist right-wing of the already radica…
3 years, 4 months ago
2022 Holiday Special: Jewish Ukrainian Music from Before Putin’s War
In this FRDH holiday special to mark the end of 2022, Michael Goldfarb plays Jewish Ukrainian music recorded by him while on assignment in L'viv befo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Bible Study for Atheists: The Midterms and the Renewed Search For a Strongman
In this edition of Bible Study for Atheists, FRDH host MIchael Goldfarb looks at the results of the 2022 Midterm Election through the story of the ch…
3 years, 6 months ago
FRDH In Ukraine: L'viv Diary
FRDH podcast host Michael Goldfarb was in L'viv Ukraine recently and this is his diary. L'viv is a city he knows well and he explores how war has cha…
3 years, 7 months ago
Autumn 2022 and Its Economic Crises: Local and Global
The autumn of 2022 has brought Britons local and global economic crises and in this podcast the Financial Times' Martin Wolf tries to make sense of b…
3 years, 7 months ago