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Charlie Brown's America: the Popular Politics of Peanuts

Professor Blake Scott Ball discusses his new book on the history of the Peanuts comic strip!...

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Juneteenth and the “End of Slavery in the US”: What’s in a Date?

"Juneteenth" (June 19th) is now widely regarded as marking the end of slavery in the United...

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Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960

Professor Liza Black enlightens us about her new book, Picturing Indians: Native Americans in...

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Loving Day: 2023

June 12th is Loving Day! Loving Day is now celebrated around the world. If you don’t know what...

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The American South and Country Capitalism

SWhy do so many big and iconic American corporations come from the US South, a region...

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Mourning the Presidents

Presidential funerals have become major cultural moments in American history. But were they...

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• 11 meses

The Nuremberg Trials: Justice for Humanity?

Did the Nurenberg Trials provide justice for humanity after the horrors of World War II? In order...

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The Nuremberg Trials, Episode 1: Background and Buildup

Professor Philip Nash explains the extremely complicated background of the Nuremberg Trials of...

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Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America

Dr. Megan Kate Nelson puts us in the middle of the history and context of the founding of...

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Mother's Day 2023

Major social and political forces led to the establishment of Mother's Day as a major and...

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The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Simon Winchester takes us on a journey through the history of how knowledge has been acquired,...

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Hitler, the Fascists, and Gun Control

The intensifying pandemic of gun violence and murder in the U.S. has prompted this usual, tired,...

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Anna Marie Rosenberg - Woman Crush Wednesday!

Anna Marie Rosenberg was one of the most important Americans of the 20th century. Yet she is not...

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The "After Life" of the Life After Covid

Drs. Kerie Leigh Merritt and Yohuru Williams discuss important research and reflection about what...

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Ike “Every Gun That is Made…Signifies…a Theft from Those Who Hunger and Are Not Fed…” Quot

Did President Eisenhower actually say, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every...

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Income Tax and Inequality in US History - Encore!

Income tax is a troubling issue in American politics and history. We explain its long history,...

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• 1 año

Culture: the Story of Us from Cave Art to K-Pop

The Essentials That Make Culture What it Is, and Has Been. Dr. Martin Puchner joins us to talk...

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Regina Twala – Woman Crush Wednesday

Dr. Joel Cabrita tells us about Regina Twala, one of the most important intellectuals and...

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Black Women's Radical Activism in the Midwest during the Great Depression

Was the north the promised land for southern African-Americans during the Depression, or was it...

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The John Birch Society and Its Influence on American Politics

The John Birch Society is one of the most extreme right-wing groups in American history. It has...

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