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… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … between East and West immediately after the war. On one level, the Cold War can be interpreted as a struggle … type of propaganda. In the East and West alike, the goal of official cultural programs was to, quote, "pour ideas and …

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , smart conversations about today's … collapsed. A host of countries threw off the reins of one political system and grasped a new one. Poland, …

… 21 st century. In the wake of a mass shooting such as the one in Parkland, FL, commentators, pundits, and politicians all gather around to … the 19 th century. As county institutions grew crowded, officials transferred as many patients as they could over to …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … Hillary Clinton, has been nominated for the presidency by one of the major parties and come November she may well be … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website …

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … 28 sovereign states and over 500 million Europeans under one political and economic group. Joining us today to …

… The Battle of Bosworth Field was one of the last major battles of the Wars of the Roses, a … and the House of Lancaster over claims to the English throne.  Written and narrated by Hannah Keller. Video … The Wars of the Roses . Yale University Press, 2010. Jones, Dan.  The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the …

… Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships (1939-1975). Written … Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships. …

… make him important to the Union war effort and, afterwards, one of the most influential Black political leaders of the … made him important to the Union war effort and, afterwards, one of the most influential Black political leaders of the …

… Western Allies in Europe in World War II and remains today one of the best known campaigns of the war. Written by Greg … The Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944 remains today one of the best known campaigns of the WWII. …

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important … you so much for having me here.   Brenna Miller  Via phone we have Dr. Aaron Retish, historian and expert in late …

… Proponents of a new Constitutional amendment want to change the presidency in reference to one man, but they should be careful what they wish for. In order to become president of the United States, the Constitution …

… Join hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick Potyondy for part one of a two-segment History Talk on race in America. In … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins .   Patrick Potyondy   And I'm …

… by any other intelligence agency,” especially as telecommunication technology advances. Perhaps surprisingly, … the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court offered them. One NSA program, unofficially called 215, collected metadata from U.S. …

… ripped out of their bed by a demonic sheriff one night in June 1958. The Lovings were charged and … Loving v. Virginia , the most pertinent film is Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1968), which features a stirring defense … in which lovers look at each other, rather than in opposite directions. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and …

… We tell ourselves that there is just one ultimate reality out there, a single fixed world of … in a “pluriverse” of many worlds, not in a universe of just one. And this new vision of the past will help transform the … and the future. Different Truths to Live By Every human community tells its own stories about the ultimate order of …

… in March 1990 and a low of -7 percent in February 1954 Officially, the inflation rate was recorded at 14.80 percent … inflation rate in South America next to Venezuela. “Everyone is already suffering from higher costs for food, rents, … where tourists and porteños (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) come to exchange currency. As one walks the streets, the …

… dates back well into the Cold War. How did terrorism become a focal point of U.S. foreign policy? How did earlier … deeper history tell us about what terrorism is, how our common assumptions about it might be wrong, and how we … explain the U.S.' approach to combating terrorism. On the phone, we have Dr. Philip Travis, an assistant professor of …

… Eric Michael Rhodes  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together … corruption, all three of the things that you already mentioned, right, the corruption, the economy and violent crime, … their military regimes, Brazil only established its own official truth commission in 2014 under Dilma Rousseff, who …