Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham discusses his biography of the 16th president, from birth to assassination, and Lincoln’s conviction that slavery must be ended as a moral evil.
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How the planet’s physical features shape global affairs
Associate professor Daniel Immerwahr talks about why map reading is key to understanding hot spots around the globe and how topography is related to history.
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Indigenous people tell their own story through photography
Will Wilson talks about a collection of the works of more than 30 indigenous artists who have used their lenses to chronicle issues of identity, culture loss and representation.
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How should we memorialize those who were enslaved?
Clint Smith, a staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses the shortcomings of America’s reckoning with its treatment of indigenous populations and enslaved peoples, and what should be done to address deeper questions of public memory.
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Democrats’ new strategy for 2022
Staff writer Nicholas Lemann discusses the blind spots the Democratic party has – like focusing too heavily on college-educated voters – and which policies the Republicans might be messaging in a clearer fashion.
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The macabre market for Native remains in Texas
Writer Rachel Monroe discusses the moral and legal questions of finding objects – even bodies – in Texas and who has a right to display them, profit off them and even own them.
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Back when everybody hated Harry S. Truman
Author Jeffrey Frank talks about the man who authorized the use of the atomic bomb, his low popularity, and his policies that impacted civil rights.
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Royal scandals are nothing new: The story of Edward VIII
Author Andrew Lownie talks about George VIII, The Duke of Windsor, his ties to Nazi Germany, and the real story of his marriage to American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
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The social networks that helped Black communities thrive
Producer/director Shayla Harris discusses the networks and towns built for Black people, and the community and safety they brought.
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The point of tiny T. rex arms and other dinosaur mysteries
David Hone, paleontologist and senior lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, shares the latest in dinosaur research, from child-rearing to habitats – and what might be the next big dinosaur discovery on the horizon.
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What blind people wish you understood about their lives
Writer M. Leona Godin talks about the cultural and scientific history of blindness – and what sighted people should know about what it’s like to be blind.
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Nina Totenberg on her 50 years of friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg
NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg talks about how conversations with Ruth Bader Ginsburg developed into a nearly 50-year friendship.
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