Episodes

  • Islam & Judaism in American History

    Islam & Judaism in American History
    May 31 2025
    George Mason University religious studies department chair John Turner teaches a class on the history of Islam and Judaism in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Schools of Thought on the Vietnam War

    Schools of Thought on the Vietnam War
    May 25 2025
    Hillsdale College history professor Mark Moyar discusses competing interpretations of the Vietnam War when it comes to questions about the necessity of the conflict and whether it was winnable for the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Ronald Reagan & the 1980s Conservative Resurgence

    Ronald Reagan & the 1980s Conservative Resurgence
    May 18 2025
    University of Texas history professor Mark Lawrence discusses the rise of Ronald Reagan, his impact on the conservative movement, and the Reagan Administration's performance in his first term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Native Americans & the American Revolution

    Native Americans & the American Revolution
    May 11 2025
    Tulane University history professor Keely Smith discusses Native American alliances during the Revolutionary War and how the U.S. government and American society viewed various tribes during the early Republic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • FEED DROP: BN+ Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"

    FEED DROP: BN+ Alexandra Richie, "Warsaw 1944"
    May 4 2025
    As a follow up to our recent podcast regarding the life and times of Anne Frank, we asked author Alexandra Ritchie to tell us more about the horrors of World War II and Poland. Ritchie, a citizen of Canada, now lives in the city which is the title of her book, Warsaw. Her focus is on 1944 and what was called the Warsaw Uprising. In her introduction, she writes, "Himmler and Hitler had decided that the entire population remaining in one of Europe's great capital cities was to be murdered in cold blood. Himmler referred to Warsaw as the great abscess, which was to be completely destroyed." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Winston Churchill, the Special Relationship and the Cold War

    Winston Churchill, the Special Relationship and the Cold War
    Apr 27 2025
    American University professor Laura Beers teaches a class on Winston Churchill and the "special relationship" between Great Britain and the U.S during World War II and the Cold War Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Cold War Refugees & the 1980 Refugee Act

    Cold War Refugees & the 1980 Refugee Act
    Apr 20 2025
    Tulane University history professor Jana Lipman discusses Cold War refugees from Cuba and Vietnam and the impact of the Refugee Act of 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • World War II Interracial Relationships in Japan & Hawaii

    World War II Interracial Relationships in Japan & Hawaii
    Apr 13 2025
    Santa Clara University history professor Sonia Gomez discusses the intimate relationships between people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds that occurred in Hawaii and Japan during and immediately after World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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