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The Global History of HIV

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome, everyone, to "The Global History of HIV," brought to … send an email, a follow-up email, which will have some extra kind of readings and other things that you can explore …
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The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… how his actions fit into the Church's traditions and its commitment to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone by … certainly stirred the pot.   Patrick Potyondy   Here's just some of the things he's been up to since ascending to the …
A group of men and women. The women hold signs that say "My Body, My Choice"

Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice

… they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of leading … linked to any quality and stratification, right? Where some women's reproduction is deemed valuable, and others is …
Great Wall of China

History’s Great Walls, Good Neighbors or Bad Policy?

Walls have a decidedly mixed record in achieving their goals to keep some people in and others out.
… midst of a migration crisis in Europe and strident talk by some American politicians about Mexican immigrants coming to the United States, people around the world are … a decidedly mixed record in achieving their goals to keep some people in and other out. While good fences may make …
Andrés Manuel López Obrador in front of Mexican flag

"Juntos Haremos Historia": AMLO and Mexico's Fourth Transformation

… Lauren Henry  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together … centers on Zapata I think, as a huge figure, obviously, as somebody who's the father of Morelos in the state of … it a bit from what happened in 1968 is just the sheer extra legal danger that surrounds topics of government …
Artifact from Benin

Who Owns the Past? Museums and Cultural Heritage Repatriation

… In November 2018, a report commissioned by French President Emannuel Macron called for … of Native American remains by American museums to the complicated provenance of Greek and Roman antiquities held … Lauren Henry:   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together …
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Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the Holocaust

… a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides After the … my thinking was that today, I would first sort of introduce some general historical background, talk a little bit about …
Monument with figures dressed as pop culture figures like Superman, Santa, and Ronald McDonald

1989: The Year That Changed It All

… 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 … and that kind of, it's just one small example of that, the extraordinary interconnectedness of it all and then the the …
Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… Eric Michael Rhodes: Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … can look five months, we can look 150 years. So we'll start somewhere in between about 67 years. And look at actually … 1,000 more haven't come in and in addition to that it's extrapolating those numbers, and especially in Yemen, where …
A map of the US night sky, showing points of population density

Fault Lines: The Urban-Rural Divide in America

… political and social issues, many attributed the outcome of the 2016 election to the frustrations of just 15% of … Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … opportunities, retail opportunities, and would become in some ways more autonomous, but that relationship between the …
Booker T. Washington

Picturing Black History

… Daniela Edmeier   Hello everyone and welcome to picturing Black History Webinar today brought to you … world, where we work with the original analog photograph, some 135 million of them to be well, fairly precise. And … to make an impact. If you pair that together with Ohio's extraordinary work in the educational curriculum space, we …
Jair Bolsonaro speaking at microphone

Brazil, Bolsonaro, and the Politics of Nostalgia

… Eric Michael Rhodes  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together … quote, “solved problems.”   Eric Michael Rhodes  Here are some of the questions that we’ll be trying to answer today. …   Dr. Jennifer Eaglin And I would actually add, I mean, I completely agree with that comment. But Lula's popularity …
Albert Bierstadt, Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877, oil on canvas

Silent Spring Revolution, a Conversation with Douglas Brinkley

… postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long … Acts (1966, 1969, and 1973). In intimate detail, Brinkley extrapolates on such epic events as the Donora …
Sign that reads, "You are either affected or infected with HIV/AIDS."

HIV/AIDS: Past, Present and Future

… back more than a hundred years, and has been shaped by some of the most important trends of the 20th century: from … Eric Michael Rhodes   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … or if HIV infected blood is directly injected into somebody, that is a very efficient way to transmit HIV. Now …
Glacial ice on Lake Baikal

Climate Change and Human Life

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , produced by Origins: Current Events … What are the standard patterns in which there might be some moderate change, moderate isolation, and then change … where that sort of increase in temperature makes that area extraordinarily dry and then many of the native …
pile of syringes

The Global War on Drugs

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … for poison gas. Eli Lilly and other corporations offered extraordinary sums for harvesting. What farmers had long … "Cannabis: Global Histories and Histories of Drug Trafficking in 20th Century Mexico". Thank you for joining us …
anti-communists and nationalists place a Hungarian national flag atop a demolished statue of Josef Stalin

The 1956 Hungarian Revolution

The date, October 23, 1956, marked the beginning of the ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to Western Europe and the United States.
… ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to Western Europe and the United States. It remains a somber anniversary of heroism in defeat that continues to … ill-fated revolution that ended with the re-imposition of Communist rule and the flight of some 200,000 Hungarians to …
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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 … Jessica Blissit  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … periods that Russia had significance. It's been Russia, something of a relatively weak, great power, but one where …
Sheikha Mozah

Beyond the Veil: Women in the Mideast and North Africa

…   Mark Sokolsky  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … and North Africa, the question of women's rights frequently comes to the fore. And generally the overall impression is … and women's emancipation as their primary goal. I mean, some of them, some of the Islamic women that I talked to in …
Collage: On the left, a group of men emptying liquor bottles during Prohibition. On the right, a field of marijuana plants

Hooked: Drugs, Prohibition, and American Cities

… millions of individuals, and stigmatized inner city communities--all without appearing to have produced a … Patrick Potyondy    Welcome to History Talk , where we explore the deep background … and all sorts of acts prohibiting the sale and trafficking of drugs. And then, of course, in the 1980s, you get …
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One Hundred Years of Women and the Vote

… Leticia Wiggins  Hello everyone and welcome to our webinar on 100 years of women and the vote. I'm … happening there, where we're thinking about rights and some of the same attendees at Seneca Falls are also at that … attempting to vote despite various laws, practices and extra-legal practices that bar them from exercising the …