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SOURCE: Public Seminar
2/10/2021
Collars, Cuffs, and History Collaborations
Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young are the producers of the "Past/Present" podcast. Their new project "Welcome to Your Fantasy" looks at feminism and the sexual revolution through the cultural phenomenon of the Chippendales Dancers. Claire Potter interviews the trio about it.
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SOURCE: PBS News Hour
12/7/2020
How Rocky Presidential Transitions Have Shaped American History
Beverly Gage of Yale University explains how presidential transitions have tested the nation in the past.
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SOURCE: Esoteric Political History
11/3/2020
When Black Voters Went Blue
Leah Wright Rigeur discusses the process by which Black voters shifted from loyal Republicans to Democrats.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
10/12/2020
How We Lie to Ourselves About History
At its best, the "You're Wrong About" podcast transcends fact-checking and debunking to ask why so many of the stories we know are wrong, and why they persist nevertheless.
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SOURCE: Smithsonian
10/8/2020
The Outsized Role of the President in Race Relations
Lindsay Chervinsky announces a new collaborative podast "The Past, The Promise, The Presidency" to offer an accessible understanding of racism and the presidency.
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SOURCE: Keeping Democracy Alive
10/2/2020
Ben Railton Joins "Keeping Democracy Alive" to Talk "Patriotic Education"
American Studies scholar Ben Railton discusses his upcoming book "Of Thee I Sing: The Contested History of American Patriotism" and the political hijacking of the patriotic ideal.
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SOURCE: Merritocracy
10/5/2020
Dr. Heather Cox Richardson: The 2020 Election and Beyond
Heather Cox Richardson joins host Keri Leigh Merritt to discuss the history behind the 2020 election, and more.
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SOURCE: Vanity Fair
“Nationalism Will Run Roughshod Over Democracy”: What Can Nazi Germany Tell Us About Trump’s GOP? (Podcast)
As Trump’s fearmongering, demonization, and threats of violence have invited comparisons to Hitler’s rise, historian Peter Fritzsche separates fact from exaggeration on "The Hive" podcast.
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SOURCE: The Intercept
6/24/2020
The Rebellion Against Racial Capitalism (Podcast)
UCLA history professor Robin D.G. Kelley on the current abolitionist movement and the violent history of racial capitalism.
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SOURCE: The Intercept
6/3/2020
The Rebellion in Defense of Black Lives is Rooted in U.S. History. So, too, is Trump’s Authoritarian Rule (Podcast)
Historians Keisha Blain and Stuart Schrader discuss the history of black rebellion against police violence and the militarization of domestic policing.
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SOURCE: The Intercept
5/13/2020
What Reconstruction and the New Deal can Teach us About What Comes after the Pandemic Presidency
David Blight discusses the achievements and end of Reconstruction, while Greg Grandin looks to the New Deal for clues to what might follow the Trump presidency.
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SOURCE: Vanity Fair
5/11/2020
10 Podcasts for History Enthusiasts
The hosts of these shows, including historians Nicole Hemmer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Walter Isaacson, and Erik Larson, use the past to help us understand our difficult present.
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SOURCE: Backstory Radio
1/3/20
American History Podcast Backstory to End Production This Year
BackStory began in 2008 as a monthly radio show.
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SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
10/18/19
Julie Hirschfeld Davis & Michael D. Shear: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration
by Chris Riback
But it turns out, the immigration story — the historical American experience and the current realities — serves as an incredibly useful way to consider the entire Trump presidency: Obsession, chaos, fear, depravity, and yet – meaningful, important, and potentially-lasting change that has shifted not only how the world views America, but how we view ourselves.
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SOURCE: Indiana Gazette
10/15/19
Historians Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney bring history to life in podcast
After inviting listeners to step into a historical world on each episode, Horrocks and Mahoney launch into debates about the problematic aspects of American Girl, draw links to pop culture and talk about the lessons that the characters learn.
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SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
9/27/19
James Poniewozik: How the Trump Show Happened
by Chris Riback
“Follow the media culture of America over the course of Trump’s career, and you will understand better how Trump happened. Follow how Trump happened and you will understand better what we became.”
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SOURCE: NCPH
9/11/19
Jim McGrath on Podcasts and Public History
by Jim McGrath
"This post is a reflection on my ongoing experiences with podcasts as a listener, creator, and collaborator."
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SOURCE: NPR Codeswitch
8/30/19
Robert Vinson and Jennifer Allen Quoted in NPR Article: What Do You Call The 'Anniversary' Of A Disaster?
For Vinson, a word like "remembrance" is the best fit to describe how people are looking back.
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9/1/19
The Value of History Podcasts: An Interview with Historian and Podcaster Mike Duncan
by Scott Benigno
"Wherever we’re headed history will always thrive.”
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SOURCE: Roll Call
8/21/19
Senate Historian Daniel S. Holt Featured on Political Theatre Podcast
Holt discusses duels, bathtubs and other Senate mysteries.
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