Alma Guillermoprieto joins us to talk about the future of Colombia after decades of civil war.
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Exposing The Photo Archives Of Black History
Darcy Eveleigh and Rachel Swarns talk about images of 20th century black life recently discovered in the Times’ archives.
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Hoaxes And Fake News: Why We Love To Believe
Author Kevin Young joins us to talk about the rise of our post-truth society and the origins of fake news.
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One Of The Little Rock Nine Remembers
Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the ‘Little Rock Nine,’ joins us to talk about the day in 1957 when Little Rock’s schools became integrated– and the long aftermath.
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The All-Star Scientists Who Defeated The Nazis
Director Rob Rapley joins us to talk about the outsized influence a group of then relatively unknown scientists had on the outcome of World War II.
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A Modern China Through One Family’s Eyes
Scott Tong joins us to talk about China’s modernization through the eyes of family members who experienced it.
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How Britain Ate Its Way Around The Globe
Historian Lizzie Collingham joins us to talk about how the British Empire’s quest for food shaped the modern world.
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What We Could Have Done After 9/11
Maj. Danny Sjursen talks about what could have been done differently following 9/11.
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What If God Was One of Us?
Reza Aslan talks about his latest work of religious scholarship, which digs into the historical desire to humanize the divine.
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When Americans Turned On The Vietnam War
Journalist Mark Bowden further explores one of the pivotal battles of the Tet Offensive – the 24-day fight for the city of Hue.
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True Crime In The London Smog
Kate Winkler Dawson recounts a disturbing week in British history when both smog and a serial killer terrorized London.
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Cassius Clay To Muhammad Ali: Becoming The Champ
Jonathan Eig tells the story of a complicated man who so often found himself at the center of America’s most pressing conversations.
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