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… world watched in amazement as events in Eastern Europe transformed the planet. Socialist states that had looked a … Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … several times and I thought I had been studying in some ways, you know, the enemy. I wanted to know a little bit …

… Yet when President Bush outlined his administration’s plan for stopping nuclear proliferation earlier this month, he … Bush faces the prospect of North Korea or even Iran becoming a nuclear power. China, India, Pakistan, Great … reduce tensions between the two superpowers. Today, a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty (banning all types of …

… Change, conference representatives will endeavor—not for the first time—to find ways to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the … define climate change? I think we define climate change the way scientists define climate change, which is looking for …

… Union, an organization that has united Europeans in ways that were almost unthinkable a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … especially to Lauren here phoning in from Athens all the way and so to start off, we'd like to give our listeners a …

… Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome of Brexit remains uncertain. And issues that affect the … continent changed? What were the political and economic forces that compelled the UK to join the EU in the first place? What … and its main opposition, the Labour Party, have broken away further fracturing the situation in Westminster. Eric …

… to one man, but they should be careful what they wish for. In order to become president of the United States, the Constitution … find out to their chagrin, that horizon is never far away. The Republicans could be setting up the candidacy of … History News Service …

… wants to open up more federal lands and waters to drilling for oil and natural gas. His party is pushing, in the name … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… President Obama went to Egypt ten days ago to create common ground between America and Islam. In the process he … at Cairo University the president noted that “Islam has always been a part of America’s story.” He cited Morocco’s … a Christian state and, arguably, not a legitimate target of the jihad against Christians that Islamic states used …

… 3 presidential election in oil-rich Venezuela, the time has come for an overhaul of the Bush administration’s catastrophic … state of Zulia, of fostering a separatist movement, together with “Mr. Danger” (Chavez’s name for President Bush). … History News Service …

… back and what we have learned over the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in American politics.  … they seem to be, you know, through this modern era, they get bigger each time. So you saw it like kind of in the, I … even changing. You know, when I mean not even on the same way I had to be asked to run for office, you know, 15 years …

… over-exploitation of resources increasingly dominate the news, there may be an even larger threat on the horizon. By … event of our own making? And if so, what will this mean for humanity and what can we do about it? Listen in as hosts … have reshaped ecosystems in the past, their consequences for animal and plant diversity, and what this may mean for …

… eugenicists, feminists, and family planners all aimed to reform reproduction to transform both individual bodies and the body politic. Across the … national sovereignty, normative heterosexuality and drives for economic development. This podcast is brought to you by …

… or the Republican who aspires to succeed him. If so, the outcome will reinforce conclusions previously drawn from the history of … will be checked only if the electorate and the Congress together say, “Enough!” Assertions of unrestrained executive … History News Service …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … only nominally in control. And the Taliban — that American forces went in to banish in 2001— remains a force to be … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and …

… , and Katherine Marino . Find out why it stalled and how for nearly a century the ERA has garnered both passionate … Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a panel of experts to discuss current events in … Rights Amendment because they believed that it would take away special protections that women enjoyed. For example, the …

… Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … 20 years ago when scientists got involved and figured out a way to extract genetic material from the teeth of skeletons …

… Like so many Detroiters, our families had wound their way to the city in circuitous, sometimes serendipitous ways. … that made it possible for older brothers and sisters to get the educations our parents never had. The Batts girls, … crying. We'll still talk, we tell each other. We'll come to visit. Nothing will change. And we believe what we're …

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …

… Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a panel of experts to discuss current events in … Jeffries   Well, I think what Trump had to say and the way he was framing it, especially after that political …

… history. Join hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick Potyondy for Part II as they talk with Trevor Brown and Rudy … parts of Ukraine, although not exclusively, who rallied together to form a kind of an opposition block to those on the … there's not yet a clean ideological spectrum in the way that we're accustomed to, either in the United States or …

… rights and Black Power eras.   Leticia Wiggins   Great. So getting right into the questions. Black and White Americans … array of views?   Dr. Kevin Boyle   One of the, for me anyways, one of the real key principles in going into a … hard work of ordinary, everyday people, and so if people visiting the museum or people in who take our classes, take …