The History of Historic Preservation
Episode 396
In Episode 396 of Past Present, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the history of historic preservation. ...
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TED Talks and the History of Public Speaking
Episode 395
In Episode 395, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the rise—and fall?—of the TED Talk....
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Wildfires, Rhodes, and the Legacies of Fascism
It was a sad irony that the island’s destructive wildfires this summer began in an area intensively reforested under Italian fascist rule
Among the cultural patrimony threatened by the wildfires on Rhodes was that left by the Italian fascists....
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A History of the Mugshot
Past Present Podcast, Episode 390
In this episode of Past Present, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the history of the mugshot. ...
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West Virginia University and the Attack on American Universities
Past Present Podcast, Episode 389
In this episode of Past Present, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the significance of major cutbacks at West Virginia University....
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No Age of Innocence
In Episode 35, Claire Potter chats with historian Drew Faust about fighting back, making change, and her new memoir, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
In Episode 35, Claire Potter chats with historian Drew Faust about fighting back, making change, and her new memoir, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury...
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The Trump Indictment
Past Present Podcast, Episode 379
In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the indictment of former President Donald Trump.
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“The Symbolic Equivalent of a Pogrom” in Poland
The attack on historian Jan Grabowski broke the psychological barrier limiting public anti-Semitic actions
Since there are no longer any groupings of recognizable Jews in Poland, the assault on Jan Grabowski is the symbolic equivalent of a pogrom. The otherwise inexplicable destruction of property forms part of the pogrom repertoire. ...
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Can a Walking Tour Rescue a Lost History?
As the pandemic hit and anti-Asian violence surged, Anna Huang and Chloe Chan started Mott Street Girls, a walking tour company, to make Chinese American history more accessible to the public
In the future, Mott Street Girls hope to have visited every Chinatown in the country. But hearing people’s feedback is what keeps them going. They believe that history can be a form of social activism....
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Car Buying and the History of Car Dealers
Past Present Podcast, Episode 377
Car salesmen play an underappreciated role in GOP power politics...
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Asia’s Auschwitz
An excerpt from Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust
In an excerpt from Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust, Andrew I. Port examines German responses to genocide in Cambodia....
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The History of Camping
Past Present Podcast, Episode 374
In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki discuss the history of camping in the United States....
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