James Crawford joins us to talk about how the Tower of Babel, the Library of Alexandria and other important buildings were used and abused.
Read moreChasing Portraits
Elizabeth Rynecki joins us to talk about the difficult task of rebuilding her great-grandfather’s collection of paintings that was lost after he was ushered off to the ghetto during World War II.
Read moreThe Value Of Slaves
Daina Ramey Berry joins us to talk about how the value of enslaved people changed over the course of their lives – and about how slaves responded to being appraised.
Read moreThe Russian Revolution
Russian historians Daniel Orlovsky and Boris Kolonitsky join us to talk about how the Russian Revolution of 1917 brought about the Soviet Union and eventually the Russia of today.
Read moreThe Other Slavery
Andrés Reséndez joins us to talk about the tens of thousands of Native Americans who also served as slaves dating back to the times of Columbus.
Read moreThe History Of The U.S.-Mexico Border
Eric Meeks, senior fellow at SMU’s Clemens Center for Southwest Studies, joins us to talk about our relationship with Mexico.
Read moreHow Darwinism Changed America
Randall Fuller joins us to talk about how Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” argument for a common ancestry for all creatures was used as a potent argument against slavery.
Read moreThe Mayan World Revealed
David Stuart joins us to talk about the people who once dominated parts of Mexico and Central America.
Read moreThe Spy Who Couldn’t Spell
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee joins us tell the story of how Special Agent Steven Carr identified a U.S. government agent who was close to selling a cache of military secrets to Libya.
Read moreLife As A Tudor
Historian Ruth Goodman joins us to talk about the ups and downs of English life during the reign of Henry VIII, which she writes about in “How to Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life.”
Read moreThe History of American Hiking
Silas Chamberlin joins us to talk about how the 19th Century urban walking clubs developed into a leisure activity practiced in every state in the union.
Read moreHow Play Made The World
We discuss how history has been shaped by the pursuit of amusement with Steven Johnson, creator of the PBS series “How We Got to Now.”
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