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Colin Kaepernick and teammates kneeling

The Long View of Sports Protests

… Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … a big reaction from the crowd, which then turned it into something forcing the NFL as a whole, to respond to the fact … of police violence against African Americans suddenly becomes secondary, that the problem with this isn't even a …
Nanci Pelosi standing at a podium with many people behind and beside her

The Contentious ACA

… Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk Produced by Origins , a project of the … over the last century in health care one way or another, in some ways, it's one of the most subsidized areas of American … during the Cold War, calling something socialist had an extra oomph to it. Yeah, and Medicare struggled to be passed …
Haze obscuring image of rooftops in China

The Greening of China?

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …

America's "Big Brother": A Century of U.S. Domestic Surveillance

… by any other intelligence agency,” especially as telecommunication technology advances. Perhaps surprisingly, … around the world (as Germany’s Angela Merkel will attest), some of the questions the documents raise have been with us … on King. Hoover discovered that King engaged in occasional extramarital affairs. Sullivan, still running the broad …
DC Police Car in the snow

A Long View of Policing in America

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone … relationships between local law enforcement and the communities they protect.   Patrick Potyondy   Things are … history of policing with us pointing to a long past where some communities have been policed more harshly than others. …
Suffragettes protest for the right to vote

Prologued Podcast celebrating the 19th Amendment Centennial

… Welcome to Prologued ! Prologued is a serial podcast from … which we live. Current events, however dire or exciting or complicated they may be, have been made by history. They … case for the majority of women. Most women still worked, sometimes they still worked in the home. And it was …
A rhino standing on the beach

The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World

… Brenna Miller     Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … in environmental history, and recent author of "A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North … geological scale, when the diversity of life on Earth, for some reason plummeted. And we just see that in the fossil …
view looking up into treetops

Climate Change: Insights from History

… Hello, everyone and welcome from the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you so … in the Department of History.   Dr. Jennifer Eaglin  Welcome to our discussion, "Climate Change: Insights from … centuries, but before the modern instrumental record. And sometimes we do that just with the documents, sometimes we …
Black women marching with signs supporting integration

Race in the Classroom: Teaching Civil Rights

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … right into the questions. Black and White Americans do race completely differently. This is proven by polls that are … what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, and just listening to some of the conversations that went on and took place in the …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… Margaret Newell: Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for the “First 100 Days … Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. and the forthcoming America Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the … Wilmington, DE and canvassed for Joe Biden in 1972. He has some history. Here’s the plan for today: In a moment, we …

Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America

… You can't read the newspapers or surf the web without coming face to face with the pivotal human problem of energy … "Fracking" has rejuvenated the natural gas industry, but some are attacking the process as unhealthy to humans and … given to entrepreneurs and private interests the right to extract natural resources, process them into useable things …
And Water for All - stylized image of hands with water behind them

... And Water for All

An educational documentary about water affordability
… done it with these water and sewer systems that have become ubiquitous in our lifetimes.   Nicholas Breyfogle  The … without facing significant financial challenges. Yet, for some, paying their bills on time can be a considerable … is you don't have as many people, so it costs a little bit extra. So, we just kind of like to remind them, you know, …
man with giant crab

A Tale of Two Fisheries: Fishing and Over-Fishing in American Waters

… Americans and other people around the world have watched as some of their favorite types of fish disappear from their … of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … later, 1,076 Soviet and Communist-bloc fishing vessels extracted 2,716,000 metric tons of fish from the banks, ten …
Dreamcatchers shown against the sky

Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College Students

… Dr. Lucy Murphy  Hello, welcome to "Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College … and re-storying her indigenous ways of knowing, being and becoming. She is Southern Ute and holds dear the Native … what my learning continues to be. So I want to begin with some acknowledgments, I certainly want to thank the College …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iraq has suffered some 1500 attacks.   Patrick Potyondy   And occasional … their image is managed by the organization in order to extract maximum propaganda value. So with that, then the …
L to R - Indigenous, African American, and Jewish Peoples

Ideas of Race and Racism in History

… for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to Ideas of Race and Racism in History brought to you … from more what we would call maybe more traditional extractive colonialism where the idea that a colonizing …
In Mauritania, Aissata Abdoul Diop shows how the maize ears have dried in the drought stricken garden, 2012. 

Hunger Is Not Eradicated: The Food Crisis in Africa

… in the percentage of malnourished people in the world, from some 65 percent in 1950 to 25 percent in 1970 to 15 percent … history.”  The phrase “ global polycrisis ” captures the complexity of events driving up world hunger over the past … current hunger crisis and population growth is indirect and complicated, but the situation in Africa looks more direct. …
The Lorraine Motel

Putting Race on Display: The National Civil Rights Museum

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … host. In late spring of 2014, the finishing touches were completed on the redesign of the National Civil Rights … content development, but then worked on script writing, des-some design elements, media consulting, and pretty much a …

Avoiding the Scourge of War: The Challenges of United Nations Peacekeeping

… 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 … fragile. Also in Africa, the catastrophe unfolding in Somalia symbolizes some of peacekeeping's most abject …
Judas kissing Jesus

The Gospel of Judas: The Rediscovery of the Earliest Gnostic Gospel

… Nicholas Breyfogle Hello, and welcome to The Gospel of Judas: The Rediscovery of the Earliest … and its rulers, the existence of another holy race, and the coming end of the current world order. 16 years later, we … but next he is with his disciples in the upper room of some house, presumably sharing the Last Supper.  Outside …
Vladimir Putin seated and surrounded by military officers

World War II Memory in Putin's Russia

… Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to World War II Memory in Putin's Russia, brought to … joining us. Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. …
Tiger

Caged: Humans and Animals at the Zoo

… Zoos are some of the world’s most visited attractions. Yet they often …  and  Jessica Blissit  speak with historians  Daniel Vandersommers  and Tracy McDonald. For more on zoos, see  Origins' … Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a …