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Society & Culture
History
2001
Michael O'Hanlon, "Military History for the Mod...
An interview with Michael O'Hanlon
35 min
2002
Samuel Helfont, "Iraq Against the World: Saddam...
An interview with Samuel Helfont
77 min
2003
Danielle Allen, "Justice by Means of Democracy"...
An interview with Danielle Allen
52 min
2004
Mary Beltrán, "Latino TV: A History" (NYU Press...
An interview with Mary Beltrán
45 min
2005
Eileen V. Wallis, "California and the Politics ...
An interview with Eileen V. Wallis
57 min
2006
Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire, "A Wolf ...
An interview with Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire
42 min
2007
David E. Kelly, "First Fights in Fallujah: Mari...
An interview with David E. Kelly
29 min
2008
Sara Salman, "The Shaming State: How the U.S. T...
An interview with Sara Salman
54 min
2009
Philip A. Wallach, "Why Congress" (Oxford UP, 2...
An interview with Philip A. Wallach
46 min
2010
James Zarsadiaz, "Resisting Change in Suburbia:...
An interview with James Zarsadiaz
58 min
2011
Nicholas Dagen Bloom, "The Great American Trans...
An interview with Nicholas Dagen Bloom
33 min
2012
Stephen Vladeck, "The Shadow Docket: How the Su...
An interview with Stephen Vladeck
60 min
2013
Josh Shepperd, "Shadow of the New Deal: The Vic...
An interview with Josh Shepperd
62 min
2014
Bradley C. S. Watson, "Progressivism: The Stran...
An interview with Bradley C. S. Watson
79 min
2015
Thomas W. Lippman, "Get the Damn Story: Homer B...
An interview with Thomas W. Lippman
72 min
2016
Craig Nelson, "V Is For Victory: Franklin Roose...
An interview with Craig Nelson
56 min
2017
Postscript: Politics, Identity, and the US Supr...
A Discussion with Christine C. Bird, Paul Collins, Zachary McGee, and Lori Ringhand
56 min
2018
Jean Pfaelzer, "California, a Slave State" (Yal...
An interview with Jean Pfaelzer
51 min
2019
Erik Kojola, "Mining the Heartland: Nature, Pla...
An interview with Erik Kojola
28 min
2020
Michael Gray, "Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob...
An interview with Michael Gray
50 min
2021
Make it New: A History of Silicon Valley Design
An interview with Barry M. Katz
20 min
2022
Giulia Pecorella, "The United States of America...
An interview with Giulia Pecorella
56 min
2023
Richard Duncan, "The Money Revolution: How to F...
An interview with Richard Duncan
52 min
2024
Samuel G. Freedman, "Into the Bright Sunshine: ...
An interview with Samuel G. Freedman
53 min
2025
Rani-Henrik Andersson and Janne Lahti, "Finnish...
An interview with Rani-Henrik Andersson and Janne Lahti
59 min