Podcast Episodes

What Is Antisemitism?

The Trump administration says it will deny entry to immigrants for "suspected antisemitic activity." It is attacking prestigious universities over th…

1 year, 1 month ago

From Atatürk to Erdoğan

A century after Kemal Atatürk galvanized the Turkish people and founded modern Turkey on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire -- and upon new principles o…

1 year, 1 month ago

Appomattox

When did the Civil War end? April 1865? August 1866? April 1877? Historian Michael Vorenberg delves into why each of these dates, among others, might…

1 year, 1 month ago

O No Canada! (McKinley-Trump Tariffs)

President Trump's "Liberation Day" unveiling of sweeping tariffs on just about everything imported into the United States pushed the world to the bri…

1 year, 2 months ago

The JFK Files

Why was director Oliver Stone testifying on Capitol Hill today? After his 1991 film "JFK" reignited conspiracy theories about President Kennedy's ass…

1 year, 2 months ago

Alien Enemies

Suspicious foreigners arrested without warrants. The suppression of free speech in the name of national security. Civil liberties shredded in a clima…

1 year, 2 months ago

Enemies Lists

In late June 1973, former White House counsel John Dean delivered startling testimony before the congressional committee investigating Watergate: Ric…

1 year, 2 months ago

5 Years After Covid

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak, months after it originated in China, a global pandemic. It soon infec…

1 year, 2 months ago

The Rise and Demise of U.S.A.I.D.

Note: This podcast was published before a federal judge found that Elon Musk likely violated the Constitution in his effort to demolish U.S.A.I.D.

Pr…

1 year, 2 months ago

Army of Europe

At the Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, "Many, many leaders have talked about Europe that needs its own mili…

1 year, 2 months ago