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Society & Culture
History
151
Ben Bernanke: “Like being a paleontologist”
The Chair: In the Room at the Federal Reserve 6
40 min
152
Alan Greenspan: “The man who knew”
The Chair: In the Room at the Federal Reserve Episode 5
44 min
153
Chris Stowers, "Shoot, Ask...and Run" (Earnshaw...
An interview with Chris Stowers
48 min
154
Alexandra Popoff, "Vasily Grossman and the Sovi...
Popoff brings the life and work of this often-overlooked writer into brilliant focus...
62 min
155
Reider Payne, "War and Diplomacy in the Napoleo...
An interview with Reider Payne
65 min
156
Geoffrey Roberts, "Stalin's Library: A Dictator...
An interview with Geoffrey Roberts
73 min
157
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, ed., "We Have Ceased to See...
An interview with Ignat Solzhenitsyn
40 min
158
Kayla E.'s "Precious Rubbish" (Fantagraphics Bo...
An interview with Kayla E.
54 min
159
Erica Stern, "Frontier: A Memoir and a Ghost St...
An interview with Erica Stern
50 min
160
Martha A. Sandweiss, "The Girl in the Middle: A...
An interview with Martha Sandweiss
50 min
161
Ulf Zander, "Raoul Wallenberg: Life and Legacy"...
An interview with Ulf Zander
63 min
162
Mark Doyle, "John Cale's Paris 1919" (Bloomsbur...
An interview with Mark Doyle
53 min
163
Karen A. Frenkel, "Family Treasures: Lost & Fou...
An interview with Karen A. Frenkel
53 min
164
Stephen J. Campbell, "Leonardo da Vinci: An Unt...
An interview with Stephen Campbell
40 min
165
Loretta Vandi, "Eufrasia Burlamacchi" (Getty Pu...
An interview with Loretta Vandi
41 min
166
Seán Creagh, "Republican Solipsist: The Life an...
35 min
167
Michael Backus, "The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memo...
An interview with Michael Backus
50 min
168
Martha S. Jones, "The Trouble of Color: An Amer...
An interview with Martha Jones
48 min
169
Miriam Haughton, "The Theatre of Louise Lowe" (...
An interview with Miriam Haughton
51 min
170
Jason Cannon, "A Time for Reflection: The Paral...
An interview with Jason Cannon
59 min
171
Letizia Osti, "History and Memory in the Abbasi...
An interview with Letizia Osti
46 min
172
Mikhail Goldis, "Memoirs of a Jewish District A...
An interview with Mikhail Goldis
42 min
173
Lincoln A. Mitchell, "Three Years Our Mayor: Ge...
An interview with Lincoln A. Mitchell
27 min
174
Donna Besel, "The Unravelling: Incest and the D...
24 min
175
Simon Morrison, "Tchaikovsky's Empire: A New Li...
An interview with Simon Morrison
33 min