Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, joins us to talk about how the blueprint for our modern America was drawn during Reconstruction.
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Beyond Borders: What Makes A Nation
Thomas Meaney, a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany, joins us to talk about the history of military intervention, citizen uprisings, and the ideas around citizenship that define belonging in our world.
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Blame Europe And The U.S. For The Immigration Crisis
Suketu Mehta – an immigrant himself – joins host Krys Boyd to pick apart anti-immigration policies.
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Laughs, American Style
This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of funny business with Kliph Nesteroff, author of “The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy.”
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