Income Tax and Inequality in US History - Encore!
Income tax is a troubling issue in American politics and history. We explain its long history, and delve into the even more complicated history of how personal income tax has related to the question o...
11 Apr 202333min
Culture: the Story of Us from Cave Art to K-Pop
The Essentials That Make Culture What it Is, and Has Been.Dr. Martin Puchner joins us to talk about his new book, Culture: the Story of Us from Cave Art to K-Pop. It’s a very important discussion abou...
4 Apr 202336min
Regina Twala – Woman Crush Wednesday
Dr. Joel Cabrita tells us about Regina Twala, one of the most important intellectuals and activists of 20th-century South Africa and Eswatini. A leading writer, critic, and liberation leader in both c...
29 Mar 202331min
Black Women's Radical Activism in the Midwest during the Great Depression
Was the north the promised land for southern African-Americans during the Depression, or was it more complicated than that? Dr. Melissa Ford tells us how African American working-class women, many of ...
28 Mar 202332min
The John Birch Society and Its Influence on American Politics
The John Birch Society is one of the most extreme right-wing groups in American history. It has strongly influenced libertarian and Republican politics since its founding in 1958. Dr. Matthew Dallek t...
21 Mar 202340min
Henrietta Lacks – Woman Crush Wednesday!
This is the most important person we’ve ever featured on a Woman Crush Wednesday. Henrietta Lacks was a cancer patient in the early 1950s. Her cancer cells were studied, analyzed, and found to be “imm...
17 Mar 20237min
Irish Things that are Actually British -- Throwback Thursday!
The Professor seems to want to make enemies in this episode. He shows that many things central to Irish culture and identity are actually British in origin -- St. Patrick, “the craic,” and “Danny Boy”...
16 Mar 202315min
The Irish Slaves Myth
White supremacy has been rising at an alarming rate in the last few years. The “Irish Slaves” myth has been given new life by these extremists. The famous “Irish: the Forgotten White Slaves” email has...
14 Mar 202335min
