Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBlack Activism and the Olympics
It is an iconic Olympic moment that resonates in our current climate of racial activism. At the summer games in Mexico City in 1968, American sprinte…
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The Folly of American Empire
It is time for fresh thinking about America's place in the world and the meaning of national security. As 2021 reaches its midway point, Americans ar…
4 years, 9 months ago
Bibi and 'The Bomb'
In 1992 Benjamin Netanyahu, then Israel's deputy prime minister, first warned the world that Iran was "three to five years" away from developing a nu…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Commission
From the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the JFK assassination, from Watergate to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, special commissions and select committees ha…
4 years, 9 months ago
Liberal Roots of the Republican Party
If today's Republican Party, from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, is known for fighting the left in the Congress, courts, and culture, the Republican …
4 years, 9 months ago
The Biggest Invasion Ever
In this episode, we are joined by world-renowned war historian Sir Antony Beevor. When someone says the Soviet Union, not the Western allies, defeate…
4 years, 9 months ago
Where America and Russia Went Wrong
One summit between President Joseph Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin will not resolve 30 years of missteps, miscalculations, and meddling b…
4 years, 9 months ago
D-Day: History and Memory
In the first 24 hours of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, about as many French civilians were killed as Allied soldiers. From June 6 to August 25,…
4 years, 9 months ago
Why Third Parties Fail
In the words of Richard Hofstadter, "Third parties are like bees: once they have stung, they die." What Hofstadter, a towering public intellectual wh…
4 years, 10 months ago
Why Tulsa Was Forgotten
In the past week Americans marked the anniversaries of two major events that hold different places in the common memory. One evoked feelings of honor…
4 years, 10 months ago