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The Hunt For The Lost Franklin Expedition

March 27, 2017 History

Paul Watson joins us to talk about how marine science mixed with Inuit folklore led to the discovery of the Franklin Expedition wreckage.

The Life Of Louis Kahn

March 22, 2017 History

Wendy Lesser joins us to talk about Louis Kahn’s life and work, which she writes about in “You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.”

History’s Greatest Buildings

March 16, 2017 History

James Crawford joins us to talk about how the Tower of Babel, the Library of Alexandria and other important buildings were used and abused.

Chasing Portraits

March 9, 2017 Culture, History

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.

The Value Of Slaves

February 27, 2017 Best of Think, History, Race/Identity

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.

The Russian Revolution

February 22, 2017 History

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.

The Other Slavery

February 17, 2017 History, Race/Identity

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.

The History Of The U.S.-Mexico Border

February 15, 2017 History, Politics

Eric Meeks, senior fellow at SMU’s Clemens Center for Southwest Studies, joins us to talk about our relationship with Mexico.

How Darwinism Changed America

February 13, 2017 History, Science and Technology

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.

The Mayan World Revealed

February 9, 2017 History

David Stuart joins us to talk about the people who once dominated parts of Mexico and Central America.

The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell

January 10, 2017 History

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.

Life As A Tudor

December 26, 2016 Culture, History

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.”