How Eleanor Roosevelt And JFK Turned Conflict Into Partnership
Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy don’t sound like a natural pairing and that’s exactly why we wanted to sit with this story. We talk with presidential historian Barbara Perry of UVA’s Miller Cent...
3 Jun 35min
Jackie Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier
A First Lady can’t sign bills, command troops, or issue executive orders, yet Jacqueline Kennedy still reshaped American civic life. We sit down with Barbara Perry, presidential historian at the Unive...
2 Jun 31min
Dolly Madison’s Hidden Power
Dolly Madison is famous for saving a portrait, but that’s the smallest part of her story. We sit down with Dr. Lindsay Cormack, political scientist and Director of the Diplomacy Lab at Stevens Institu...
1 Jun 18min
Hamilton Vs Burr
A sitting vice president shoots a Founding Father, the Constitution gets rewritten because of a botched election, and a rivalry that starts as professional respect ends in blood. That’s the real histo...
29 Mai 16min
Place Shapes Civics
Your city is not just where you live. It is a political education you walk through every day. We sit down with Dr. John Harner, professor of geography and environmental studies, to connect cultural g...
28 Mai 20min
Geocivics, Redistricting, and Gerrymandering
A map can look clean and still be unfair, and a “weird” map can exist for reasons most people never learn. That’s why we sit down with Dr. Rebecca Theobald, an associate research professor at the Univ...
27 Mai 36min
After 9/11: Words, Power, And War
A president’s first job after a national trauma is to lead the story people tell themselves about what just happened and what must happen next. After 9/11, George W. Bush had to name the enemy, promis...
26 Mai 16min
Memorial Day with Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Day gets marketed like a party, but the real story is heavier and more human. We’re joined by Allison Finkelstein, Senior Historian at Arlington National Cemetery, to trace Memorial Day back ...
22 Mai 37min
