Hitler's Rise to Power: History and Myth
We examine the many myths surrounding Adolf Hitler’s rise from Chancellor to the outbreak of World War II. These include: how Nazi Germany functioned; the myth of his purely tyrannical dictatorship; a...
2 Apr 20241h 6min
The Press and Women Politicians from Victoria Woodhull to Kamala Harris
Professor Terri Finneman explains how the press has portrayed women politicians running for high office in the United States. From Victoria Woodhull in the 1870s to Kamala Harris in 2020, she enlighte...
26 Mar 202445min
The "Princess Qajar" Meme: Junk History and Conceptions of Beauty
Dr. Victoria Martinez joins to debunk and explain Junk history is embodied a viral meme that portrays a nineteenth-century Persian princess with facial hair, alongside the claim that 13 men killed the...
19 Mar 202422min
Irish America: Race and Politics
Professor Mary Burke destroys the myths and caricatures of Irish Americans as a monolithic cultural, racial, and political group. Figures from the Scots-Irish Andrew Jackson to the Caribbean-Irish Rih...
12 Mar 202440min
Who Said "Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History"?
Lots of people are credited with coining the great phrase, “well-behaved women rarely make history.” These include Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Boleyn, and many more. Given ...
6 Mar 20244min
Green Book Sites: Local History and Architecture
We've already learned about the importance of "The Negro Motorist Green Book" from our previous show. Here, historians Catherine Zipf and Susan Hellman discuss their project on the architecture of the...
5 Mar 202446min
Traveling While Black: The Green Book Guides to African-American Motoring - Encore!
20th-century automobile travel was supposed to represent freedom, but what else did it represent? Professor Cotten Seiler from Dickinson College joins us to discuss the difficulties and hazards of tra...
26 Feb 202439min
Henry Kissinger Part 2: Perpetual Power?
Professor Philip Nash joins us for Part 2 of our examination of the life and loves of Henry Kissinger, perhaps the most influential American foreign policy figure of the later Cold War. This episode d...
20 Feb 20241h 1min
