Kim Snyder joins us to talk about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting and how it changed the lives of the parents, siblings and teachers of the people who were killed.
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War Crimes
Allan Ryan joins us to talk about how war crime investigations work – and about how some of the most notorious war criminals of the last century were eventually brought to justice.
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The Hunt For The Lost Franklin Expedition
Paul Watson joins us to talk about how marine science mixed with Inuit folklore led to the discovery of the Franklin Expedition wreckage.
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The Life Of Louis Kahn
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.”
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History’s Greatest Buildings
James Crawford joins us to talk about how the Tower of Babel, the Library of Alexandria and other important buildings were used and abused.
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Chasing 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.
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The 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.
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The 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.
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The 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.
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The 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.
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How 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.
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The Mayan World Revealed
David Stuart joins us to talk about the people who once dominated parts of Mexico and Central America.
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