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… finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to 1588: The Spanish Armada Still Loses, brought to you … but what really clinched it was the 1000 gold and silver coins, the 12 gold rings, the six gold chains and the 35 …

… child as a man stands outside with a cow (from the Wellcome Trust). The term vaccination comes from variolae vaccinae , or “smallpox of the cow,” … The close relationship between smallpox and cowpox was common lore in the eighteenth century. We have accounts of …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … because there is no school which you might go in order to become one. There are no certificates of validation that … right.   Jessica Adler    I'm Jessica Adler , currently a visiting researcher at Tufts University and I'll be starting …

… the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across the subcontinent, Company officials pronounced that large and expanding … People eating, people washing, people sleeping. People visiting, arguing, and screaming. People thrusting their …

… in Silicon Valley (where even people with six-figure incomes may qualify for housing subsidies) have attracted … once a Roman fortress and by the Middle Ages an important commercial center. As the city grew, so did its population … of Homeowners: Ciudad Kennedy President John F. Kennedy visits El Techo housing project, Bogotá, Colombia, 1961 On …

… Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … State Senate passed an ERA resolution and is poised to become the first state to ratify the amendment since Indiana … happen legislatively and congressionally if we do have to revisit this 35 state versus 38 state timeframe. I agree, of …

… the phalanx of government programs that made our world comfortable: the labor laws that gave our fathers the … Race We knew about race, of course. Though we lived in a completely white neighborhood, there was no way to avoid … crying. We'll still talk, we tell each other. We'll come to visit. Nothing will change. And we believe what we're …

… 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 … the major battles in the Western Front, 70 out of 85 French divisions fought there. So this was really sort of this …

… Angela Brintlinger: Hello, and welcome to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine brought to you by … I know you just returned from there recently. What types of communication are possible among Ukrainians and between … once the Ukrainian Patriarchate was founded, you have a division in the population. The Moscow Patriarchate was part …

… other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … feeling." The former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Samaranch, declared on American TV: … first or second in the world, or even to take part in such competition, is a tremendous honor, and sports fans do enjoy …

… Powder  The food tradition of the American Southwest has come about through various populations’ contributions over … now-patented Eagle Chili Powder two years later in 1896.  Companies such as Gebhardt’s and Walker’s Austex Chile … and Birria Landia, it is a draw for locals but also invites visitors to experience Mexican food, reflecting the careful …

… in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, … consider the internationalist impulse that drove the U.S. commitment to fight misery and poverty in other places.  …

… without understanding what preceded it. “There is a complicated history between the United States and Cuba,” … the desire to leave “behind the legacy of colonization and communism,” concluding with the recognition that “change is … Shortly after becoming Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro visits the Lincoln Memorial during a trip to the United …

… thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … the rapidly growing majority of urban dwellers (often newcomers to the state, immigrants from southern and eastern … culture, which is partly the result of a fairly equal division of the statewide electorate between Democrats and …

… Brazil and Chile, are not populists. Consequently, the most common definition of populism in political science today … to "the people." In other words, populism is a way of competing in elections and governing once in office that … that the U.S. feels it can work with. The most important visit by President Bush was to Brazil. Brazilian President …

… population walked out of the Istanbul meeting as well, complaining that the SNC had no intention of setting up a … or excesses, and ensure equitable representation of all components of society." The Covenant envisaged the … the organization's reputation among the general public. Divisions inside the leadership over whether or not to …

… On July 1, 2011, the United Nations welcomed its newest member. South Sudan's January referendum on … the world of U.N. peacekeeping's inconsistencies, shortcomings, and mounting challenges. Despite the presence of … the various nationalist leaders and the charges of ethnic division. [Read Origins for more on the conflict in the …

… to stop bad trade deals and global special interests, we welcome you with open arms, perhaps sensing an opportunity with … So stay tuned to History Talk.   Jefferson Cowie , welcome to History Talk. political candidates of all stripes … very, you know, very much based on a traditional domestic division of labor, where women would go out into the …

… the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … and headed to the Lamar Valley, it was like entering a completely different park. The traffic drops off and the … (and the only one outside of Alaska) that truly demands visitors be self-reliant. It also demands something more …

… and Neo-Nazis” who, backed by their NATO allies, were committing “genocide” against Russians.  In justifying the … NATO-backed “Nazi” aggression, which Putin implicitly compared to the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews. In Putin’s … of the Estonian veterans of the 20 th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS a few months later, tarring Estonians as …

… face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … An image widely used to raise funds for the Armenian Relief Committee. The widowed Amenian woman and her children walked … Christians from Anatolia and Muslims from Greece. This compulsory exchange of people in the pursuit of ethnic and …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … the Meskwaki (Fox) Nation of Iowa. Theirs has nonetheless become the most dramatic demonstration against the project, … like the American Fourth of July, a time to dress up, visit friends and relatives, socialize, and feast. …

… Anderson famously defined nationalism as an “imagined community” binding together a widespread group of people … year, the territory that is today the Republic of Moldova—comprising the majority of the region known then as … was both the first foreign leader to congratulate Sandu and visit her in Chișinău.  The two presidents have held at …

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … Brenna Miller Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union has so many more armor divisions in Europe, and so US nuclear weapons in Western …