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BTSA: Life of Frederick Douglas w/ Prof. David Blight
Our guest this week is Pultizer-Prize-winning Yale Professor David Blight. He expounds on the life of Frederick Douglas when he learned to read and w…
2 years, 7 months ago
BN: Fox News Contributor Karl Rove on America's Broken Politics
"America is deeply divided. Our politics is broken, marked by anger, contempt and distrust. We must acknowledge that reality but not lose historical …
2 years, 7 months ago
QA: Randall Eliason, On Senator Bob Menendez's First Trial
In a dip into the Q&A archives, an interview from 2017 with former federal prosecutor and George Washington University Law School professor Randall E…
2 years, 7 months ago
AW: Adam Nagourney, "The Times"
New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney looked at the successes and failures of the last four decades of "the paper of record," The New York Times. He…
2 years, 8 months ago
AB: The Internet Archive & Digital Libraries
Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle discusses digital libraries, legal disputes over electronic book lending, and copyright laws.
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2 years, 8 months ago
BTSA: Journals of Lewis and Clark w/ Author Lanny Jones
Our guest this week is author, historian, and magazine editor Lanny Jones. He is the author of "William Clark and the Shaping of the West. His latest…
2 years, 8 months ago
BN: Charlotte Gray, "Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons"
Author Charlotte Gray, our guest this week, is a Canadian born in Great Britain who now lives in a suburb of Ottawa. Her book "Passionate Mothers, Po…
2 years, 8 months ago
AW: Meg Kissinger, "While You Were Out - An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence"
Meg Kissinger spoke about her family's struggle with mental illness and her coverage of mental health care in America as a journalist. She was interv…
2 years, 8 months ago
BTSA: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton & John Jay "The Federalist Papers"
Colleen Sheehan, Arizona State University Professor, discusses the early life and times of the Federalist's three authors. She explains how their liv…
2 years, 8 months ago
BN: Erec Smith, Co-Founder of Free Black Thought
Erec Smith, our guest this week, is an associate professor of rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-founder of Free Black Thoug…
2 years, 8 months ago