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… They just don't make 'em like they used to. How often have … wished that things could just be like they used to be. A common sentiment, it is actually responsible for distorting … a lot simpler, and maybe just plain better than how things are now. Yet in point of fact, the idealistic history we …

… the Beautiful, or Tender is the Night without a highball topped-off with some stiff alcohol to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the person, the chances are good that he rarely went without. During the years these …

… bring us first-hand stories of how the Great War is being commemorated across the globe. Brenna Miller joined us from … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone …   We'll hear from Kirsten Hildonen and Brenna Miller as they weigh on Sarajevo and Belgrade and Keshia Lai as she …

… 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 … long history in the United States and around the world, and they remain as urgent as ever to our national conversation. …

… measles, typhus, and influenza decimated Indigenous communities in the Americas is a commonly held one. Like so … however, this simple narrative obscures a great deal. There are good reasons why so many of us think that epidemics … Mann ( 1491 ) brought those ideas to the public, and they appear in textbooks and journalism frequently. Today, …

… Violence against women has a long history in human communities. Yet, we live in a time when people across the planet are beginning to give greater attention to this problem and, … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in … that's one in three, that's over one in three, have said they have been physically abused in their lifetime.   …

… fight racial prejudice through a celebration of multiracial community. The event takes its name from the 1967 Supreme … wife, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth,” they were offered one year imprisonment or a suspended … Justice Earl Warren’s opinion for the unanimous court declared marriage to be “one of the ‘basic civil rights of …

… 21st century, and is written at a level which is not easily comprehensible to 7th graders. I decided to create this … of the article, especially as it pertains to the content area of 7th grade social studies. In this grade, students … which asks them questions about those differences as they move through the gallery. Students then discuss the …

… Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … narratives—the stories we tell ourselves about the past—are constructed through acts of interpretation. The same set … that is surely the case for Israelis and Palestinians as they look at their histories. The fierce debates over which …

… Jessica Blissit   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … other host, Brenna Miller. Many people around the world are familiar with the now iconic image of the Korean … of invasions and wars in the 1500s and the 1600s conflict they have with Japan, with the Manchus, that really, along …

… actually the case? When and why did suicide bombing begin? Are there similarities among Russian anarchists of the … Williamson , Jonathan Romaneski , and Jeffrey Lewis as they tackle these and other tough questions on the terrors … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, …

… power production — will likely represent one of the most complicated dilemmas of the twenty-first century. Speaker: … Dr. Bart Elmore   Welcome, welcome, everyone. This is so great to see everyone … that for most people, particularly in the United States, they don't think a lot about water around them, water comes …

… and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1 , the patriotic hero became a breakout star for … “good war.” Four-color McCarthyism could not pull enough coins from adolescent pockets to prevent the superhero … out of an ice flow where he had lain since World War II. They positioned the character as a time-tossed …

… by the idea that the present seems pretty terrible in comparison with the past, even if that past is mythic or not … being pleased with themselves for the political framework they created on their way to Mount Olympus, a remarkable … democracy – as he put it to Charles Pinckney, “Mankind are forever destined to be the dupes of bold & cunning …

… Wu Shiyue, was a prominent supporter of the rebellion that toppled the Sui and established the Tang dynasty. He rose to become Minister of Works, giving Wu Zetian an early taste of … of his day—studied her. Struck by her features, Yuan declared that the child would one day rule the realm . As a …

… dead-tree or electronic formats—it might seem like refugees are everywhere. Syrian and Eritrean refugees cross the … work begun some 30 years earlier by the office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) of the League of Nations . … at the hands of an oppressive government. Perhaps they want a higher-paying job or better educational …

… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … served as an integral means by which white people became aware of Native American people. It is curious, however, that … assimilation policy and prompted her exploration into this topic. Few studies before hers have investigated the …

… and the pilgrims joined in, bowing their heads in prayer. Barely five meters away on the opposite shore, two Jordanian … the shelter of a reed-covered platform – no visitors had come to visit their side of the river yet that day. As the … steps, some holding young children by the hand. One by one, they descended into the water, knelt in front of the priest …

… Project ]. Canada’s Houses of Parliament (its House of Commons and the Senate chambers) sit on the unceded … under the Canadian nation state. On one hand, public awareness of the problematic nature of the relations between … the changes to Canada's borders from 1867 to 2000. Given they formed the majority population in all of the western …

… Abraham Lincoln. However, some of the other rankings in the top ten — Bill Clinton (3), for example, outpolled George … immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … Christopher Bates …

… historian Sarah Siff about the roots of "class warfare" in the United States. ( Image Source ) … Politics." Thanks for being on the show Sarah, and welcome.  Sarah Siff   My pleasure. Thanks.  Patrick Potyondy   … class warfare, and capitalists had a lot of money, and they had a whole bunch of people working for them. And …