Podcast Episodes

Strike

In 2023 labor is striking back. In a resurgence of labor militancy after decades of dormancy, tens of thousands of American workers are walking off t…

2 years, 10 months ago

Russia and Cuba, Together Again

On today's geopolitical chessboard, most eyes are watching Eastern Europe or the Indo-Pacific. Somewhat unnoticed is what's happening in Cuba. Russia…

2 years, 10 months ago

George's Farewell

Historian Alexis Coe wants you to read George Washington's Farewell Address. She's been reading it repeatedly, and describes it as a "shockingly mode…

2 years, 10 months ago

Korea's Forever War

Thursday, July 27, marks the seventieth anniversary of the Korean War armistice. It ended three years (1950-1953) of brutal combat between North Kore…

2 years, 10 months ago

Clarence Thomas and the Fourteenth Amendment

In his concurring opinion supporting the majority ruling striking down race-based affirmative action in college admissions, Supreme Court Justice Cla…

2 years, 10 months ago

Whole and Free: NATO and Ukraine

There's been talk of Ukraine possibly joining NATO since the early years of post-Cold War Europe, but it never happened. And the allies aren't quite …

2 years, 10 months ago

Witches No More

Nearly four centuries ago, authorities in Windsor, Connecticut hanged Alice Young, the first recorded execution for witchcraft in the British colonie…

2 years, 10 months ago

Otto and Miep

Note: Audio clips of "A Small Light" are courtesy NatGeo.

Anne Frank's 'A Diary of a Young Girl' has been read by tens of millions of people in dozen…

2 years, 10 months ago

Bonus Ep! Our Radical Declaration w/ Denver Brunsman

This is a bonus episode in a three-part series on the radicalism of the Declaration of Independence. The video version will air on C-SPAN 2's America…

2 years, 10 months ago

Our Radical Declaration w/ Annette Gordon-Reed & Joseph Ellis

This is the last in a three-part series of episodes about the radicalism of the Declaration of Independence and enduring importance of the American R…

2 years, 10 months ago