The Witness and the Spy | Hiss, Chambers, and the Rosenbergs

The Witness and the Spy | Hiss, Chambers, and the Rosenbergs

It is August 3, 1948, and a former Communist Party member named Whittaker Chambers walks into a House committee room in Washington, D.C., and says something that no one in the room ever expected to hear.

Alger Hiss is a spy. Hiss was not some offhand bureaucrat. He had helped organize the United Nations and attended Yalta. He had been, for much of the 1940s, one of the most respected foreign policy figures in the American government: Harvard-educated, polished, and credentialed, exactly the kind of man that postwar Washington was built by. The question of who was telling the truth would consume the country for years and leave damage that ran in both directions.

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Pop Quiz | Conspiracies and Grievances

Pop Quiz | Conspiracies and Grievances

Why are conspiracy theories everywhere online these days? Why is everyone mad at someone else for every problem in their lives? And what does history teach us about this kind of environment?Join us ev...

28 Touko 8min

Storm of War | A Memorial Day Special

Storm of War | A Memorial Day Special

"We shall not fail now. Let us move forward steadfastly together into the storm and through the storm."- Winston Churchill, February 1942This Memorial Day, we're republishing our favorite episode wher...

25 Touko 43min

Pop Quiz | What Historians Remember

Pop Quiz | What Historians Remember

Jon didn't remember to publish a pop quiz yesterday--but it was the last day of school and his brain was a bit full. So please accept our apologies and listen to this episode about what historians cho...

22 Touko 5min

Dan's Back! | A Discussion on the Korean War

Dan's Back! | A Discussion on the Korean War

Our beloved interloper Dan returns to join us for a conversation about the Korean War and how it influenced later conflicts and the role of the military in political affairs. He also shares his though...

17 Touko 38min

Sketches in History | Surrounded

Sketches in History | Surrounded

Welcome back to Sketches in History! This segment, just for kids, shows that history isn't just a story, it's an adventure. Join Lottie Archer as she dives into her extraordinary notebook, where sketc...

14 Touko 14min

Victory Lost | The Korean War

Victory Lost | The Korean War

The cold froze rifles in their hands, turned oil to sludge, and stiffened fingers until pulling a trigger became an exercise in willpower. Men slept in shallow foxholes they'd hacked out of frozen gro...

11 Touko 17min

Pop Quiz | What Historians Have Missed

Pop Quiz | What Historians Have Missed

Let's have a conversation about what historians may have missed about the Founders of the United States, what may have been glossed over, and the reasons for both. Join us every Thursday for Pop Quizz...

7 Touko 5min

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