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Diet for a Large Planet

… of unparalleled proportions. Our reliance on unsustainable dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems … of our planet. Solutions from lab-grown food to vegan diets to strictly local food consumption are often … the last 200 years to explore how we developed our current diet heavy in meat, wheat, and sugar. He’ll explore how the …
Michelle Obama speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention

Superdelegates: An Obstacle on the Road to Democratic Elections

… has the potential to showcase democracy at its best. But if superdelegates choose the candidate without regard to the … popular support, but in close contests like the current one, superdelegates can be the deciding factor. Each … and make their own choices free from the influence of the common people. Instead, nearly all states allowed the …
Firefighters working on the San Diego wildfires in 2007.

San Diego’s Natural Disaster Wasn’t Entirely Natural

… The catastrophe in San Diego is not entirely a natural one. As with Katrina, it’s … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a … San Diego’s Natural Disaster Wasn’t Entirely Natural …
Large group of suffragists on steps

One Hundred Years of Women and the Vote

… professor, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Sarah Paxton, JD; PhD candidate, Department of … Leticia Wiggins  Hello everyone and welcome to our webinar on 100 years of women and the … an Associate Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and the author of "Colored …
Top view of person serving themself a rice dish from a table of food

Food for Thought: Diet in History

… we shove into our mouths has shaped our cultures, our bodies, and our planet. ( Image Source )   … we shove into our mouths has shaped our cultures, our bodies, and our planet. So stay tuned.   Dr. Helen Veit   I am … White   I love food as a historical subject, because it's one of those great topics that's both everywhere and …
WE.177A was an air-launched boosted fission weapon deployed by the UK

The Two Sides of the Nuclear Coin

… all nations signed the NPT. Over the next 30 years, only one additional nation (Israel) developed nuclear weapons. To … The Republican-dominated U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a landmark measure negotiated … inevitably try to join the nuclear club. As Joseph Cirincione, director of the Non-Proliferation Project of the …
A memorial to the Heaven’s Hundred in Kyiv. Serhii Kemsky’s photo is in black and white under the words Nebesna sotnia.

Heroes Never Die

… had a vision of Ukraine’s future. Born in Crimea , he studied political science in the western city of Lviv and came … unite to take direct action against government officials. “None of this will be easy,” he wrote in a December 2013 … 24, 2022, it was a dramatically different country than the one that moved Serhii Nihoyan to leave Dnipropetrovsk for …
JFK and Jackie Kennedy on a sailboat

Watching JFK Live and Die Years Later

… King. Stop the race riots. Stop Vietnam, maybe … Get rid of one wretched waif [Lee Harvey Oswald], buddy, and you could … events of November 22, 1963, in Dallas. Conservative radio commentator Bill O’Reilly’s best-selling nonfiction book … images of the Zapruder footage to the high art of Oliver Stone’s 1991 conspiracy film JFK . With their movie star …
Rural school children looking at a globe in 1943.

The Debate That Won’t Die

… in the schools resurfaced among fundamentalist Christians. One remembers that John Dewey, a prominent voice of the … hibernation. The return of the problem today has been accompanied by its earlier logic. There is a striking … of what constitutes human nature. History suggests that opponents of these changes will try to settle the issue by …
Kagan, Obama, and Roberts before her investiture ceremony, October 1, 2010.

How Empathy Makes Superior Judges – and Justice

… Obama when he suggested that empathy was an important ingredient in a justice. In fact, the president was simply … to the Supreme Court.   T.R. recognized that those who become judges invariably have had close association with … their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.” By viewing the world from the perspective of black …
a man kneeling down near tributes to fallen heroes

Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan

Emily Channell-Justice explores the goals and lived experiences of Ukraine’s watershed Euromaidan protests of 2013-14.
… is available at https://origins.osu.edu/read/heroes-never-die-ukraine. Video production by Svetlana Ter-Grigoryan, … Heroes Never Die: The Legacies of Euromaidan …
Women’s rights activists in New Zealand

One Hundred Years of National Women's Suffrage in New Zealand

… MILESTONES One Hundred Years of National • Women's Suffrage 1n New … as wage earners. It was quickly realized that women could compete both competently and completely in the workplace and … in her direction while she struggled to carry out her studies-no need to say which part of the male anatomy was …
Earth covered in trees and water

"Pale Blue Dot": History of Our Environment

… an image that was taken at Sagan's suggestion by Voyager One on February 14 of 1990. And as the spacecraft was kind … we'd want to think about and some of them may be in the audience today are young people, especially associated with … this will be my last comment on this, is to go check out a website, and we'll send out a link in a second, I'll see if …
Francisco Franco speaking to his naval forces in 1938

The Death of Franco

On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships.
The Nuremburg Map of 1524 is the earliest known European visualization of Tenochtitlan

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

… “I don’t think they’re done conquering us yet. It just keeps happening.” —Hugo … violence. By the end, a few thousand Spaniards under the command of Hernando Cortés fighting alongside many times … people in the early sixteenth century. For a Spanish soldier fighting with Hernando Cortés named Bernal Díaz del …
A map of the US night sky, showing points of population density

Fault Lines: The Urban-Rural Divide in America

… and rural areas seem more distant than ever. Pitted against one another on a range of economic, political and social issues, many attributed the outcome of the 2016 election to the frustrations of just 15% of … and rural that most Americans live in a suburb, defined in one way or another. Most voters live in suburbs in one way …
A Church in Novgorod Russia

Russia and the World

… But what exactly does Russia want? And how does this compare to its ambitions in the past? In this episode of … Nice to be here.   Brenna Miller  And also with us by phone, we have Dr. Steve Norris, Professor of History and the … of Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Ohio.   Stephen Norris      …
President Joe Biden with other foreign leaders, sitting around a table with others looking on

How does Ideology Drive U.S. Foreign Relations?

… and Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies at The Ohio State University.  An Andrew Carnegie … Distinguished Lecturer, Nichols is a frequent public commentator on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Nichols is … and I'll be your host and moderator today. Welcome to everyone and thank you so much for joining us. The United States …
Lenin waving flag in front of crowd of workers and soldiers

From Romanovs to Reds: Russia's Revolutions at 100

… of power by Bolshevik forces in October of 1917, arguably one of the most transformative moments in the 20th century. … in Ohio, a specialist in Russian and post Soviet studies. Dr. Stephen Norris   Hello. Brenna Miller  In the … Vinas-Nelson. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website
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The Politics of International Sport

… to defeat Hitler’s squad after being told, “If you win, you die.” Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising gloved hands in … in putting the nation on display on the global stage. And coming up, Brazil : about to host to the 2014 World Cup and … Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events in Historical …