Now & Then

How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Tuesday, 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
1
Why Americans Hate (and Love) Banks
55 min
2
Now & Then Backstage 3/15: Women Journalists an...
14 min
3
Women Journalists and Their Fight to Be Heard
50 min
4
Trash and Pollution: Who Pays?
51 min
5
Women Change Makers: Three Legal Battles
50 min
6
What UFOs Say About Us
52 min
7
Congressional Committees…and Power
49 min
8
Asian American Identities: A National Story (wi...
46 min
9
Advisors and Chiefs of Staff: The Powers of the...
48 min
10
The 'Constitutional Sheriff' Myth
58 min
11
Horses, Cats, and Chickens: Animal Power and Us
42 min
12
Things Are Looking Up? A New Year’s Show
Things Are Looking Up? A New Year’s Show
52 min
13
Encore: From Monopoly to Mystery Date
49 min
14
Georgia (Voting Rights) On My Mind (with Carol ...
52 min
15
Why "Terminating" the Constitution Matters
51 min
16
FTX, Con Men, and the Power of Grift
50 min
17
Encore: Speakers of the House: Velvet Gloves an...
56 min
18
Now & Then Live! The Unsung Voices Episode
46 min
19
The Power of the Youth Vote
47 min
20
Power, Polling, & Public Opinion
43 min
21
Fascism: Meanings and Methods
47 min
22
Fat Cats and Hidden Hands in Politics
45 min
23
Educating a Nation: Higher Ed in Peril (with Wi...
48 min
24
The Meaning of Madison’s Flute: Who Owns Music?
49 min
25
Puerto Rico Has Stories to Tell
46 min