More Security, Less Cost | The "New Look"
Presidents have always had to balance economic costs with national security. In the 1950s, Dwight Eisenhower took what he called a "new look" at defense policy, which made fundamental changes to how t...
15 Jun 17min
Pop Quiz | A Republic in Danger
How close has America actually come to falling apart? Not in the way politicians throw the word "crisis" around today, but in real, documented, military-was-deployed, states-were-leaving moments. In t...
12 Jun 7min
The Witness & the Spy | A Discussion on Hiss, Chambers, and the Rosenburgs
Join us as we discuss the trial of Alger Hiss, why Whittaker Chambers became disillusioned with communism, the Rosenbergs, and the effects of the Red Scare on American society.Join us every Monday for...
8 Jun 20min
Sketches in History | The Witness and the Secret
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...
4 Jun 12min
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 he...
1 Jun 16min
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 Mai 8min
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 Mai 43min
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 Mai 5min
