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Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War

… 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 …
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4th and Goal? The Past of the American University and the Future of the NCAA

… Patrick Potyondy   This is your host Patrick Potyondy and welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … play for the love of the sport without any expectation of compensation, financial or otherwise.   Patrick Potyondy   … and to God knows what else. The vast majority of places, division three places and so on and running in the red, it …
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America's Infrastructure Challenge

… and what it can tell us about  changing conceptions of the common good. In addition, host Patrick Potyondy interviews … Mark Sokolsky  Welcome to History Talk , where we bring together a panel of … that has the ability to bridge those kinds of competitive divisions?   Dr. Bernadette Hanlon  Yeah, I mean, some of …
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Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and Israel after World War II

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … us today. The material that I'll be presenting to you comes from a book that I recently published about Jewish … those statements was an account by an Israeli journalist visited one of the German camps in which migrants from …
Ukrainian refugees sheltering beneath a bridge in Kyiv, March 5, 2022.

“The Tragedy Has Never Left Us.” On the War in Ukraine

… not obscure the fact that this conflict, with all its complexity and tragedy, belongs firmly to the present. This … to have long ago disappeared? Bruno Cabanes : The images coming to us from Ukraine can almost feel like they’re … his strategy was based on the anticipation of internal divisions and the absence of an energetic reaction on the …

The Roots of Venezuela's Failing State

… in 2016. Diphtheria, once thought eradicated, has made a comeback . By some estimates, 2.5 million people have left … from a hybrid regime—a type of political system that combines democratic traits with autocratic ones— into pure … neighbors, which were long dependent on exporting a single commodity but have since diversified, Venezuela is a rentier …

Refugees or Immigrants? The Migration Crisis in Europe in Historical Perspective

… threaten the cultural makeup of Europe due to the alleged incompatibility of the Islamic faith of the majority of new … very well define the 21 st century. As globalization has become the rule, and as the West has generally benefitted … political and social networks (of empire and diasporic communities), and occupy employment niches that are …
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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 … time in the 1980s. So again, these cold war rivalries and divisions are part of what is motivating this world and the …
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Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

… Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello, and welcome to Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern … all, many thanks to all of you who are making the time to come here today on what is at least in Columbus, Ohio, a … Guttmacher, the president of the IPPF’s World Population Division was that, “our methods are largely birth control …
The new Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, which opened in February 2023, was built to detain thousands suspected gang members.

Marching Back to the Past: Militarism in El Salvador

… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … gangs in El Salvador.  On Twitter, these images are accompanied by #guerracontrapandilla (#waragainstgangs) and … Rights Ombudsman. Family members have not been able to visit their loved ones, despite pleading with the …

A History of Stolen Citizenship

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from … laws like the one Floridians voted to eliminate. More common are states that extend disfranchisement through … Answers to these questions can be found deep in America’s complicated histories of slavery, segregation, and mass …
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Deeper Than the “Deep State”: Follow the Money

… a year into Trump’s second term, his own supporters have become suspicious that even his Justice Department has joined … another similar phrase in 1961, the “military-industrial complex,” showing less concern about secrecy than about … cuts have turned the whole political arena into Scenes of Divisions Over Polarized Inefficiencies (with an acronym to …

We Won’t Shut up and Dribble: A Short History of Black Athletic Protest

… hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can't even go for a damn jog man! Like … Floyd's murder also spurred athletes from social media commentary into action. Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics … about racism and imperialism during the Chicago Bulls' visit to the White House. The Denver Nuggets' Mahmoud …

Feast and Famine: The Global Food Crisis

… countries experienced food riots. "Hunger seasons" have become the norm in many parts of the global south, and women … is manifest. It has many tangled causes, one being simple competition for basic cereals. The growth of nonwestern … but inefficient way to consume protein and calories. This competition has recently been magnified by the expansion of …
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Top Ten Origins: Historical Musicals

… Musicals are the quintessential American dramatic art form, combining spoken dialogue with music, song, and dance. For … Man in the Moon," from Evangeline, or The Belle of Acadia. Composer Edward E. Rice and librettist J. Cheever Goodwin … of musicals began, driven largely by the collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. …
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Reclaiming My Family's Story: Cultural Trauma & Indigenous Ways of Knowing

… Dr. Lucy Murphy  Welcome to Reclaiming My Family's Story: Cultural Trauma and … today to share with you all. Alright, so thank you all for coming out today. As Lucy had said, I'm going to be talking … programs all throughout the year so definitely make sure to visit our website mcc.osu.edu. And we have a whole calendar …
NASA marks Earth Day’s 50th anniversary.

“Give Earth a Chance”: Earth Day and the Politics of Modern Environmentalism

… emerged as a spokesperson for a diverse global movement to combat the climate crisis following a spate of … Germany. Although it might seem that there is little comparison between today’s climate crisis and the … and 1970s, the parallels are striking. Those who would come to call themselves environmentalists in the aftermath …
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“A New and Deadly Menace” (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 2)

… drugs, we find that stories of drug wars are actually quite commonplace. Ultimately, these drug wars, waged across … actually needs the countries that produce the drugs to also commit themselves to not exploiting those drugs to that … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

WikiLeaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations

… Arabic, European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the … in Iraq equals killing. The nature of those people is completely different. They are tough and bloody, and they … Little was known of the man beyond the fact that he had visited a website associated with radical Islam—but his name …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd

… in eighteenth-century Britain. Electrification and telecommunications , led by nineteenth-century American … or early twentieth century (right). The global rise of microcomputing brought about the Third Industrial Revolution … workers whose lives are changed by new technologies. One commercial advertisement for Lumen, “ The Platform for …