Richard Kreitner, contributing writer to The Nation, joins us to look at past and present attempts to dissolve the United States.
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America’s Do-Over: The Three Amendments That Define Reconstruction
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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Why The Civil War Was Bloodiest At Its End
S.C. Gwynne joins us to talk about how an increase in violence in the war’s final year actually helped bring it to a close.
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Steve Inskeep On America’s First Power Couple
Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR’s Morning Edition and Up First, joins us to talk about the most famous trailblazing political couple you’ve likely never heard of.
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The Racial Message Of Public Monuments
Kirk Savage joins us to talk about how Confederate monuments came to dominate public spaces.
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He Came For The Coffee (And Stayed For The War)
Mokhtar Alkhanshali talks about his experience exploring the rich history of coffee farming and leaving Yemen in the midst of a civil war. Dave Eggers tell the story of Alkhanshali’s journey in “The Monk of Mokha.”
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When American Politics Was Really Divisive
Yale history professor Joanne Freeman joins guest host John McCaa to talk about brawls on the House floor.
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The True Story Of A Woman Buffalo Soldier
Sarah Bird joins us to tell the story of how a newly-freed woman made the incredible choice to disguise herself as a man and fight with the famed Buffalo Soldiers.
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Music To March To
This hour, we’ll learn how African American spirituals once sung in the fields evolved into the protest songs that paved the way for equality with Baylor University associate professor Robert F. Darden.
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A Master Of War
This hour, we’ll get to know the man who nearly brought the Union Army to its knees with S.C. Gwynne, author of Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson.
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Women Spies In The Civil War
This hour, we’ll get to know a socialite, farmer, abolitionist and widow who each knew how to dig up a secret with Karen Abbott. She profiles them in her book, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War.
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