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Home Rule: D.C.'s Fight for its own Democracy
The passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973 marked a pivotal moment in the long and unfinished struggle for democracy in the nation…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The War Hero Who Refused to Die: Eddie Rickenbacker's 24 Days at Sea
When the Second World War came, Rickenbacker was already in his early sixties. He could've stayed home, basking in his fame and business success; he …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: How the Jefferson/Hamilton Debate Still Defines Us Today, w/ Jeffrey Rosen
Peter speaks with Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, as he discusses his upcoming book, The Pursuit of Liberty: Ho…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
YOU DECIDE: Napoleon - Military Genius or Tyrant?
YOU DECIDE SERIES: Napoleon's legacy is one of contradictions. To some, he is the ultimate military genius, a visionary who spread revolutionary prin…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Speech that Sparked the American Revolution
Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech, delivered in March 1775 at St. John's Church in Richmond, electrified the Virginia Convent…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations: The Tastes, Smells, and Feels of Ancient History, w/ Sam Kean
Peter is joined by New York Times Bestselling author Sam Kean to discuss his latest book, Dinner With King Tut. We look at ancient history through th…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Death Below the Waves: The Curse of UB-65
During World War I, the German submarine UB-65 gained a chilling reputation among sailors as a vessel cursed by death. After a series of mysterious a…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
The Phantom Continent that Fooled the World
For centuries, European cartographers filled the blank southern hemisphere with the imagined continent of Terra Australis Incognita, a vast land they…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Hollywood's Hays Code
The Hollywood Hays Code, enforced from the 1930s to the late 1960s, imposed strict moral guidelines on American films, banning depictions of crime, s…
6 months ago
Conversations: Reevaluating Robert McNamara, w/ Philip and William Taubman
Peter is joined by Philip Taubman and William Taubman, two esteemed brothers whose combined expertise in journalism, history, and biography has produ…
6 months ago