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… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk, produced by Origins , a project of the … We hope you enjoy what you find. Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to the inaugural relaunch of the Origins podcast. I'm … Surveillance , which is found on the origins.osu.edu website say hello, Dave. David Hadley  Hello. Leticia …

… nineteen, published the gothic novel Frankenstein. It has become a classic of English literature. Title page of the … her feverish story: ten days after her birth her mother died from puerperal fever, at seventeen she eloped with … snow-covered peaks where Frankenstein and his creature coincidentally bump into one another and clash. The story …

… in spring 2009. What was then the world’s largest auto company had been hemorrhaging money for years, losing an … astonishing $69.6 billion in 2007-2008. By early 2009, the company faced bankruptcy, with no private investors willing … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University.   …

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … not shy away from engaging with it on a critical level. The complicated and controversial history of the 20 th century … and live. One of the better examples is the “Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas” or the Memorial to the …

… as the case might be. If we really want to engage the community with historical thinking, a better model might be … facilitator who makes the past relatable to a broad audience. While most academics may not have access to a … television channels to hundreds, as well as thousands of websites and blogs, means that it may be a mistake to refer …

… have met periodically in Vienna in an attempt to accomplish what was long considered a near-impossible task. … weight of historically tense U.S.-Iranian relations was overcome and the nearly impossible realized in the form of the … in Iran—who was effectively inspiring Iranian soldiers fighting in the war. Those soldiers, the article …

… William Colby has become a more or less forgotten figure in the turbulent … WWII, Colby was reassigned to the Office of Strategic Services and dropped into France prior to the Normandy … Vietnam. The South Vietnamese regime headed by Ngo Dinh Diem was problematic from the American perspective. Because …

… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were … and absorbing much of the force of the blast. This lucky coincidence, coupled with the fact that the embassy was …

… role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with “democratic movements in Latin America [in the … for corruption and the rise of oligarchs . Armenian soldiers in Karabakh in 1994 using Russian AK-74 assault …

… the development of new technologies to reduce the cost and complexity of operating in space.   These proposals, … are rockets infallible: Insurance rates for the launch of a communications satellite can be 10 to 15 percent of its value. In comparison, the cost of auto insurance for a teenager seems …

… demands to inspect the cargo they carried, and Israeli navy commandos boarded the vessels before the boats pulled into … The conflict's causes are (it almost goes without saying) complex, combining conflicting land claims of rival … and this interpretation finds support in close studies of the diplomacy of the late British Mandate period. To …

… (syphilis), artists explored social phenomena including commercialization, globalization, gender, race, and class. … Gallagher describes how scarring from venereal disease was compared to battlefield wounds as marks of honor, and were … Gallagher describes how scarring from venereal disease was compared to battlefield wounds as marks of honor. At the …

… separated peoples with the "Central Eurasian Cultural Complex." The crucial element of the Complex is the ruler and his comitatus, a group of warriors … into the declining Roman empire. Beckwith describes medieval feudalism, characterized by the special status of the …

… the surrender of tens of thousands of U.S. and Filipino soldiers to the Japanese in the Philippines stunned the … the mercurial personality of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces. Overconfident … later they were on quarter rations. (Troops in intensive combat require 3,500 calories per day. U.S. and Filipino …

… 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 … Trinity or, you know, belief in Jesus As the Son of God who died for people's sins or any of these kind of what I would …

… is over. There will be celebrations, and peace will be welcomed by the ordinary people of Ulster. But as the great … poet William Butler Yeats once observed, sometimes “peace comes dropping slow.” History stands like a ghost at the … at Auburn University and a writer for the History News Service. …

… What can and should members of the international community do to honor 1989’s Beijing martyrs? Not … version of events, which erroneously states that brave soldiers and traitorous troublemakers were the only ones who … to get these details right. Failure to do so does a disservice to the memory of those martyrs who were not …

… expands our list of enemies and defines any potential competitor as a mortal threat. The national insecurity state … is enough. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. … History News Service …

… When Idi Amin, commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in Uganda on 25 … state. His putatively socialist economic policies had become widely discredited. As a result, Amin’s declaration … seizure of power by a supposedly apolitical professional soldier. However, neither patriotism nor altruism motivated …

… that of Nero’s by Vitellius. Damnatio memoriae was most common after regime change. Note however, that the names of … Iconoclasm was outlawed. The restoration of icons is commemorated today as the “Feast of Orthodoxy.” 3. A Papal … troops overtook the rebellious city of Bologna, il papa commissioned Michelangelo to carve his likeness. The bronze …

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … relations, and director of the Institute for Korean Studies.   Dr. Mitch Lerner   Thanks for having me.   Brenna … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website at …

… barley ( left ) and hops ( right ) are the acceptable ingredients in beer according to the  Reinheitsgebot.   Half a … the price of beer per Maß (a Bavarian liter) and to limit competition for cereal grains used to bake bread. A … newly unified Germany. A member of the Bavarian parliament coined the term “ Reinheitsgebot ” in 1918 during a …

… would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … America.   In the early twentieth century, white Americans coined the term “race music” to describe the blues and jazz … left to hold it up. By the early 1960s, Buddy Holly had died in a plane crash, Elvis was making movies, Chuck Berry …