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Back to SearchJason Bell, "Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
Episode 235
The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis, and the first spy to crack Hitler's deadliest secret code: the framework of t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Steven Nadler, "Spinoza: A Life" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 251
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story o…
2 years, 2 months ago
Peter Gray, "William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism" (U College Dublin Press, 2023)
Episode 60
Exploring both his life and legacy, the first full biography of William Sharman Crawford, the leading agrarian and democratic radical active in Ulste…
2 years, 2 months ago
Diana Chapman Walsh, "The Claims of Life: A Memoir" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 73
The engaging memoir of a legendary president of Wellesley College known for authentic and open-hearted leadership, who drove innovation with power an…
2 years, 2 months ago
Amanda Wunder, "Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV" (Yale UP, 2024)
Episode 9
Spanish Fashion in the Age of Velázquez: A Tailor at the Court of Philip IV (Yale University Press, 2024) by Dr. Amanda Wunder is the first archival …
2 years, 2 months ago
Charles E. Curran, "Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian" (Georgetown UP, 2006)
Episode 1
Over the course of our 60th anniversary in 2024, we'll be revisiting some classic Georgetown books. First up is Loyal Dissent by Charles E. Curran.
L…
2 years, 2 months ago
Tanisha Ford, "Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement" (Amistad Press, 2024)
Episode 456
An engrossing social history of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urban League Guild and fundraiser extraordinaire who …
2 years, 2 months ago
On Fiorello La Guardia and Why He Still Matters: A Discussion with Author Terry Golway
Episode 16
Has any American mayor ever made a greater stamp on the public consciousness than the Little Flower, Fiorello La Guardia, mayor of New York City from…
2 years, 2 months ago
Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Episode 183
Deng Xiaoping’s 1992 Southern Tour has become a milestone in Chinese economic history. Historians and commentators credit Deng’s visit to Guangzhou P…
2 years, 2 months ago
Jerry Grillo, "Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)
Episode 272
Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseball’s golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest, Georgia, in the northeast Ge…
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