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Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 23

May 17, 2023 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with historian Sam Franklin about his new book, "The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History."...

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This book describes a part of the African American civil rights movement that many people don’t know—perhaps because it was run, and the battles were fought, by Black women who saw their activism as an extension of their commitment as mothers....

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Extremism in Defense of Liberty Is No Vice

April 19, 2023 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with historian Matthew Dallek about his new book, "Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right"...

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Abortion on Demand

March 27, 2023 • by Claire Potter

Today, in many states, all abortions of viable embryos and fetuses are banned regardless of why are where they occur....

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Rumor Has It

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 15

February 27, 2023 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with historian Christopher Elias about his book, "Gossip Men."...

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All the News That’s Fit to Print

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 12

February 13, 2023 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with historian Kathryn McGarr about American journalism, foreign policy, and her new book....

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You Can Never Be Too Rich—Or Too Thin

February 8, 2023 • by Claire Potter and Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

If you really want to go back to the origins of American fitness culture, it doesn’t start in a gym as we know it: it starts in circuses and world’s fairs, where these strong men and women are on stage, flexing their muscles, wearing different costumes. ...

<strong>You Can Never Be Too Rich—Or Too Thin</strong>

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You Are Dead to Me

Why Now? With Claire Potter, Episode 11

February 1, 2023 • by Claire Potter

A conversation with New York Times editor Clay Risen about obituaries as popular history...

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First, Pick the Right Wife

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 ...