Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHAIH Live! The Kennedy Coup
This conversation with University of Virginia Miller Center historian Ken Hughes aired on C-SPAN's American History TV on Nov. 25. Hughes discusses h…
2 years, 4 months ago
Turkey on Thanksgiving
Millions of Americans devour roasted turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. It's the traditional centerpiece of this quintessential American feast. Bu…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Question of Genocide
Partisans and activists on either side of the Israel-Hamas war are lobbing allegations of genocide against the other. Some respected legal scholars a…
2 years, 4 months ago
Russia in the Middle East
What was Vladimir Putin doing hosting Hamas' representatives two weeks after the terrorist group massacred Israeli civilians? What are Russia's inter…
2 years, 4 months ago
How Wars Are Lost
The wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East shattered illusions. Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, now in its twenty-first month, dispelled…
2 years, 5 months ago
Why Peace Failed (Oslo Accords at 30)
In a scene that seems as unimaginable today as it did then, U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian officials gathered on the White House lawn in September 19…
2 years, 5 months ago
From 9/11 to 10/7: Know Your Enemy
The Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7 that killed more than 1,400 Israelis drew comparisons to the al-Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington on Sept…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ike's Assassins
In late 1960 the Congo crisis was front-page news. Photographers and newsreels captured the humiliating arrest and imprisonment of the newly independ…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Oil Weapon
Fifty Octobers ago, Arab oil producers agreed to an embargo against the United States and a handful of other countries, upending American politics an…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bidenomics
Presidents like to take credit when the economy is booming or deflect blame when things turn sour. Despite plenty of positive economic news, polls sh…
2 years, 5 months ago