An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
Slave trading continued in the south during the Civil War. Between Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands of African-American men, women, and children. These transactions in...
27 Aug 202431min
Women in Nazi Germany, Part 2
Professor Nash tells us about wives and lovers of leading Nazis, women who participated in Nazi crimes, and women who worked against the Nazi regime. We look at everyone from Eva Braun, Hitler’s partn...
20 Aug 202441min
Women in Nazi Germany, Part 1
The treatment and status of women under Hitler and the Nazis is fascinating, in all the wrong ways. If the Nazi reputation wasn’t bad enough, the detail presented in this episode shows that there’s no...
13 Aug 202432min
Pat Nixon
The real Pat Nixon bore little resemblance to the woman so often described as elusive, mysterious and “plastic” in the press. Heath Hardage Lee takes us through Pat Nixon’s life and career. And myths ...
6 Aug 202444min
The USS Indianapolis and the Famous Shark Attack - 2024 Encore
July 30th is the 79th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II in 1945, and the famous shark attack on its helpless crew floating in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Quint’s st...
30 Jul 202410min
Presidential Primaries and Conventions: Just What is the Deal with Them?
American Presidential primaries and conventions seem excessively complicated, and maybe even outdated. Could they all just be an email, as office workers say nowadays? Fortunately, Professor Philip Na...
25 Jul 202424min
Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era
Professor James Hill Welborn joins us to discuss the question – how did white Southerners in the nineteenth century reconcile a Christian faith that instructed them to turn the other cheek with a perv...
23 Jul 202441min
"May You Live in Interesting Times" - Ancient Chinese Curse? 2024 Encore
The summer of 2024 has been, um, very interesting. An assassination attempt on Donald Trump, frightening Supreme Court rulings, but also hopeful election results in the UK. We are indeed living in int...
16 Jul 20244min
