Tiya Miles: The remarkable history of Ashley’s Sack

Tiya Miles: The remarkable history of Ashley’s Sack

In South Carolina in the 1850s, an enslaved woman named Rose gives a simple cotton bag to her daughter Ashley. Ashley is about to be separated from her mother, sold as chattel to the highest bidder. The bag contains all her worldly possessions, and precious reminders about her family. From Harvard historian and National Book Award-winning author Tiya Miles comes All That She Carried. Blending first-class historical research and literary creativity, Miles' book traces Ashley’s Sack through th...

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Alice Walker: Marked by Tradition

Alice Walker: Marked by Tradition

Alice Walker is an internationally celebrated author, poet and activist whose books included novels, collections of short stories, children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Her best known no...

15 Okt 202547min

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Fight for Planet Earth

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Fight for Planet Earth

Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of 22 novels of speculative and science fiction. The Ministry for the Future is set in the near future in which the world is suffering the disastrous consequences of...

17 Sep 20251h 3min

Yaël Eisenstat: Democracy’s Cyber Defendant

Yaël Eisenstat: Democracy’s Cyber Defendant

In 2018, the tech and democracy activist Yaël Eisenstat joined Facebook as the head of Global Elections Integrity for political ads. Six months later, she left. She was disappointed and disillusioned ...

14 Mai 202543min

Toni Morrison: A Mercy (re-release)

Toni Morrison: A Mercy (re-release)

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 Apr 20251h 1min

Ivo Daalder: The Future of NATO

Ivo Daalder: The Future of NATO

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 Mar 20251h 2min

Kim Wehle: What to Make of the U.S. Constitution?

Kim Wehle: What to Make of the U.S. Constitution?

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 Feb 20251h 2min

Karen Joy Fowler: The Family Saga of John Wilkes Booth

Karen Joy Fowler: The Family Saga of John Wilkes Booth

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 Jan 202555min

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