Hitler, Jesse Owens, FDR, and the 1936 Olympics
Hitler storming out of the stadium after Jesse Owens won the 100-meter dash in the 1936 Berlin Olympics is one of the most enduring images we have of the tumultuous history of Nazi Germany. Hitler fam...
7 Feb 202212min
Before #MeToo: The History of the 9to5 Job Survival Hotline
Dr. Emily Twarog enlightens us about the "9to5 Job Survival Hotline," an early effort to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. We bust the myth that women were passive in their reactions to workp...
3 Feb 202229min
Red Cloud - Man Crush Monday!
Heather Cox Richardson tells us about Red Cloud, a Native American leader who deserves more fame and glory. Dr. Richardson gives us a sophisticated understanding of why Red Cloud was important and wha...
31 Jan 202213min
How the South Won the Civil War
Dr. Heather Cox Richardson explains the historical issues that have underpinned oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of America. She traces the story of the American paradox – t...
27 Jan 202230min
Family Names Changed at Ellis Island?
Did your great granny tell you that your family name was Americanized at Ellis Island? Well, either she was mainlining the after-dinner sherry, or she had bought into an old historical myth. Join Prof...
24 Jan 20225min
Nixon's 1960 Southern Strategy
Historian Timothy Galsworthy explains the details and complications of the famous Republican "Southern Strategy" in the election of 1960. He tells us how this strategy was developed much earlier than ...
20 Jan 202238min
Winston Churchill, Alexander Fleming, and Penicillin
One of the absolute best stories flying around the web is the one where a young Scottish farmer boy saved a young English aristocrat from drowning. The aristocrat's grateful father paid for the farmer...
17 Jan 20228min
The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism
Dr. Einav Rabinovitch-Fox tells us how the rise of mass media culture made fashion a vehicle for women to assert claims over their bodies, femininity, and social roles. As women employed new clothing...
13 Jan 202228min
