Jun 5, 2026
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What was Cold War liberalism? What is its lasting significance? Does it live on as a zombie ideology?
In this episode, historians Daniel Bessner and Michael Brenes trace the origins of this powerful ideology to the 1930s and 40s. It soon reached the...
Jun 3, 2026
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Why do some opponents of the abandoned JCPOA, also known as the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, continue to lie about it? Many of...
May 29, 2026
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Every May, Israelis celebrate the anniversary of their independence. For Palestinians, their memories are of dispossession and displacement.
Beginning in late 1947, months before the official creation of the Jewish state, Jewish forces expelled...
Jul 27, 2023
Historian Alexis Coe wants you to read George Washington's Farewell Address. She's been reading it repeatedly, and describes it as a "shockingly modern document." Coe, whose short biography of our first president, "You Never Forget Your First," was a best-seller, says Washington's warnings about factionalism...
Feb 2, 2023
After weeks of criticism for refusing to send its tanks to Ukraine, Germany relented. Chancellor Olaf Schultz had hesitated in approving shipments of the Leopard 2 battle tank, although Germans citizens have steadfastly supported Ukraine in its war against Russia, and despite the fact that Schultz’s government...