Harvard genetics professor David Reich joins host Krys Boyd to talk about how studying our ancestor’s DNA has opened the door to understanding how humans have evolved.
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Manifest Destiny Ends With The Wall
Yale historian Greg Grandin joins us to talk about why it’s time to rethink the notion that there’s nowhere else to expand. His new book is called “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.”
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Demography Is Destiny
Paul Morland, associate research fellow at the University of London, joins us to discuss how shifting populations have brought on political movements and led to the rise and fall of nations. His new book is called “The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World.”
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Why We Don’t Acknowledge American Imperialism
Northwestern University associate history professor Daniel Immerwahr joins us to talk about the lasting influence the U.S. has had on its territories. His new book is called “How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.”
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How The Supreme Court Got So Powerful
David Kaplan, former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, joins us to take a behind-the-scenes look at how the Supreme Court operates – and to talk about times when justices have overstepped their boundaries.
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A Century Of Protest Songs
James Sullivan joins us to trace the evolution of protest songs – from the early days of World War I to the present, which he writes about in “Which Side Are You On? 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs.”
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The Other O’Keeffe Sister
Sue Canterbury, Pauline Gill Sullivan Associate Curator of American Art at the Dallas Museum of Art, joins us to talk about Ida O’Keeffe’s underappreciated work, which has only recently gained attention.
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How We’re Still Funding The Civil War
Brian Palmer of the Investigative Fund joins guest host John McCaa to talk about the millions of dollars tax payers spend each year to conserve memorials to the Confederacy.
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When Slavery Uproots Your Family Tree
Kenyatta D. Berry, host of “Genealogy Roadshow” on PBS, joins us to talk about using online archives to build a story of your family – and about how collecting this data is still challenging for descendants of slaves.
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How We’ve Used Anne Frank
Dara Horn joins us to talk about the most well-known victim of the Holocaust and what she might have become.
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The Many Ways Presidents Leave The White House
David Priess, who served in both the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush White Houses, joins us to take a historical look at presidential removal.
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Sons Of The Founding Fathers
Historian H.W. Brands joins us to talk about the men who put the Founding Fathers’ ideas to work.
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