The Atomic Bombs: Flashback Friday 2023
The recent Oppenheimer film has prompted interest in the events surrounding the building and dropping of the atomic bombs. This Flashback Friday episode addresses whether there was an actual decision ...
28 Juli 202359min
Religious Conversions in Modern America
In the mid-twentieth century, certain private religious choices became lightning rods for public outrage and debate. In talking about “public confessions,” Dr. Rebecca Davis reveals some of the contro...
25 Juli 202341min
Lawyers in Japanese-American Concentration Camps during World War II
The US government placed white lawyers at Japanese-American concentration camps during World War II. These lawyers were given contradictory instructions: provide legal counsel to the prisoners, and ke...
18 Juli 202338min
Absalom Markland and Freedom's Mail
During the Civil War, his movements from battlefield to battlefield were followed in the North and in the South nearly as closely as those of generals. He was Absalom Markland, special agent of the Un...
17 Juli 202330min
All the Beauty in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Patrick Bringley Interview
Patrick Bringley’s new book, All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, is one of the most popular books of the year. In this episode, he tells us about his experiences as a g...
11 Juli 202331min
Julius Streicher: Piece of Sh*t Saturday
Julius Streicher was the founder and publisher of the virulently antisemitic newspaper “Der Stürmer” – a central element of the Nazi propaganda machine. He was such a Piece of Sh*t that many Nazis tho...
8 Juli 202322min
Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War
In a time when the US flag, the Fourth of July, and historical sites have never been more contested, Professor Matthew Clavin reminds us that symbols are living artifacts whose power is derived from t...
4 Juli 202341min
The Many Myths About the Declaration of Independence: 4th of July Special!
Every July, American Buzzkillers get inundated with chain emails, Facebook posts, and Tweets that spread more myths about the Declaration of Independence. No matter how many times they’ve been disprov...
3 Juli 202337min
