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Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 8

January 4, 2023 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with historian Robin Morris, author of "From Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women: Gender, Georgia, and the Growth of the New Right" about how women activists transformed the GOP ...

Past Present

Natalia Petrzela’s “Fit Nation”

Past Present Podcast, Episode 356

January 3, 2023 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss – and celebrate! – Natalia’s new book Fit Nation: The Gains and Pains of America’s Exercise Obsession....

Past Present

Past Present Podcast, Episode 355

December 20, 2022 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the history of ROTC....

Multi-Verse

Multi-Verse Episode 7: William Archila on the Flicker of Thought

“Northern Triangle Dissected” and the psychological journeys of Central American minors seeking asylum

December 14, 2022 • by Evangeline Riddiford Graham

In Episode 7 of Multi-Verse, poet William Archila reads and discusses his poem “Northern Triangle Dissected” with host Evangeline Graham, in a conversation about the migration of unaccompanied minors in the wake of the Central American Crisis, and the use of metaphor to convey psychology....

Past Present

Brittney Griner and the History of Prisoner Exchanges

Past Present Podcast, Episode 354

December 13, 2022 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki discuss the history of prisoner exchanges. ...

Brittney Griner and the History of Prisoner Exchanges

Podcast

Verdi, Dante, and Dahlia Lithwick

December 12, 2022 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with Slate's Supreme Court reporter about her new book, "Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America"...

Past Present

Antisemitism’s Resurgence

Past Present Podcast, Episode 353

December 6, 2022 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia discuss the resurgence of antisemitism in the United States. ...

Past Present

Weight Loss Drugs

Past Present Podcast, Episode 352

November 22, 2022 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the new weight loss drug, Ozempic. ...

Podcast

The First Family of Abolition

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 2

November 15, 2022 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with historian Kerri Greenidge about her new book, "The Grimkés: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family"...

Past Present

The 2022 Midterm Elections

Past Present Podcast, Episode 351

November 15, 2022 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the results of the 2022 midterm elections....

Podcast

Inflation, the Labor Market, and Inequality: Two Interviews

Unproductive Labor Podcast, Episode 16

November 10, 2022 • by Pete Sinnott and Luke Mergner

This week a double episode, first a discussion about inflation and the labor market with Brian Callaci, chief economist at the Open Market Institute. Then an interview with political scientist David Lay Williams about inequality today and its place in the history of western political thought....