Now & Then

How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Wednesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. Together, they make sense of the week in news by discussing the people, ideas, and events that got us here today. Now and Then is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

History
Society & Culture
News Commentary
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Why Americans Hate (and Love) Banks
55 min
27
Now & Then Backstage 3/15: Women Journalists an...
14 min
28
Women Journalists and Their Fight to Be Heard
50 min
29
Trash and Pollution: Who Pays?
51 min
30
Women Change Makers: Three Legal Battles
50 min
31
What UFOs Say About Us
52 min
32
Congressional Committees…and Power
49 min
33
Asian American Identities: A National Story (wi...
46 min
34
Advisors and Chiefs of Staff: The Powers of the...
48 min
35
The 'Constitutional Sheriff' Myth
58 min
36
Horses, Cats, and Chickens: Animal Power and Us
42 min
37
Things Are Looking Up? A New Year’s Show
Things Are Looking Up? A New Year’s Show
52 min
38
Encore: From Monopoly to Mystery Date
49 min
39
Georgia (Voting Rights) On My Mind (with Carol ...
52 min
40
Why "Terminating" the Constitution Matters
51 min
41
FTX, Con Men, and the Power of Grift
50 min
42
Encore: Speakers of the House: Velvet Gloves an...
56 min
43
Now & Then Live! The Unsung Voices Episode
46 min
44
The Power of the Youth Vote
47 min
45
Power, Polling, & Public Opinion
43 min
46
Fascism: Meanings and Methods
47 min
47
Fat Cats and Hidden Hands in Politics
45 min
48
Educating a Nation: Higher Ed in Peril (with Wi...
48 min
49
The Meaning of Madison’s Flute: Who Owns Music?
49 min
50
Puerto Rico Has Stories to Tell
46 min