Bright Minds: from the John Adams Institute

A gem rescued from the archives! We are re-releasing the Toni Morrison episode after cleaning up the audio. Toni Morrison writes about history, slavery, racism, resilience and survival with an unflin...

16 Huhti 20251h 1min

Ivo Daalder is a Dutch born American citizen, who became the U.S. representative to NATO from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama and was a foreign policy advisor for his 2008 presidential camp...

12 Maalis 20251h 2min

Super Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020. Professor of law, a constitutional scholar, commentator and author Kim Wehle joined the John Adams to lay out exactly what was at stake in the election between Donald T...

12 Helmi 20251h 2min

It’s April 14th, 1865. The actor John Wilkes Booth pulls a gun and assassinates President Lincoln who is sitting in a balcony of the Ford Theatre in Washington DC. Booth becomes one of the most infamo...

15 Tammi 202555min

History is entering a new phase, where old forms and ideas clash with present realities. The John Adams Institute was excited to welcome Francis Fukuyama back to Amsterdam to discuss his findings in h...

11 Joulu 202453min

Bret Easton Ellis took 13 years to write The Shards. It’s a horror novel. Or maybe it’s an autobiography. In fact, it’s both. The Shards is a fictionalized retelling of Mr. Ellis’s 18th year. It tel...

13 Marras 20241h 3min

In the third and final episode of the election specials of our podcast Bright Minds, America expert and podcaster Laila Frank talks to law professor, constitutional scholar, commentator and author Kim...

16 Loka 202430min

The current episodes of our podcast Bright Minds are all about the U.S. presidential elections. America journalist Laila Frank, specialized in politics and change in the U.S., will bring you conversat...

2 Loka 202428min