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… it is time to take off the gloves. ‘Time to get mean,’ as one Chicago columnist puts it. ‘Democratic War!’ screams the … as you have seemed. It goes beyond politics to policy. One of Jimmy Carter’s biggest mistakes as president came … in Nicaragua and destabilized its politics. George Bush is one tough honcho and showed us how tough he is when he …

… Union. Nearly three years, later, however, the final outcome of Brexit remains uncertain. And issues that affect the … changed? What were the political and economic forces that compelled the UK to join the EU in the first place? What … Dream? , Treating the Symptoms: Northern Ireland’s Incomplete Peace , and The EU: Past, Present, and Future . ( …

… over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What messages do these differing monuments send? … Jeffries  Great to be with you.   Brenna Miller  On the phone we have Dr. Sarah Gardner, a distinguished professor of …

… 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 ) …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … the EIC site and the surrounding villages have merged into one of the four “megalopolises” of India : Chennai city. … of numerous denominations can be found across the city. One of the earliest Churches was an unusual one – the …

… 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 … anti-racism between 1945 and 1965. Let me hand the microphone over to you, Alice.   Dr. Alice Conklin  Thank you, …

… Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American … James Watson-Krips  Hello, everyone. Welcome to this discussion with Melvin Barnes, PhD candidates …

… bring us first-hand stories of how the Great War is being commemorated across the globe. Brenna Miller joined us from … , the famous spark that set off the war. Kirsten Hildonen phoned in from Belgrade (Serbia), an epicenter of the Great …   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events and Historical …

… Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events in Historical … And this is Patrick Potyondy, your other co-host. In part one, you'll find an in-depth discussion with three experts …

… first time since Mexico's modern revolution in the 1920s, one party will replace the Institutional Revolutionary Party … of age when put to the transition test. As a result, no one knew whether the infant American system could survive … taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events in Historical … to that group were a loosely connected group of, on the one hand, reformers, those who wanted more liberalism, …

… "fourth transformation." In doing so, he has positioned himself squarely in the pantheon of Mexican reformers. … Lauren Henry  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together … people consider that history of the PRI even though it's gone through several name changes all the way back to 1929. …

… in American politics, and what has caused and what can be done about the growing cultural and political divide … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … where we may be going from here.   Jessica Blissit  Via phone from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, we have Dr. …

… Over the last year, we have come to know a good deal about Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. … Underpants Bomber." Luckily, he was an amateur. The only one he hurt was himself. The more we learned about him, the … explained. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, that one-note charlie of globalism, complained soon after that …

… electoral votes and, as a direct result, a majority of 271 (one more than needed) in the Electoral College tally. That result was highly controversial because his opponent, Albert Gore, Jr., won the national popular vote by … call “the law of unintended consequences.” That phrase has come to be understood as a warning that intervention in a …

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would … the mass media in China: propaganda posters  like the one pictured here have popped up everywhere on the streets … and poems dedicated to the China Dream.  Figure above, one of many China Dream publicity posters. The text reads: …

… One of the most remarkable things a human being can say is … 13.77 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was compressed into the size of a peach and had a temperature of … universe expanded and cooled, these forces split apart one by one, each one triggering a violent phase transition …

… Eric Michael Rhodes: Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … way you framed that. I guess as a political scientist as one who thinks about dynamics of political violence, I would … Yemeni government came to arrest Hussein al-Houthi who was one of the leaders of this movement and whose name in fact …

… already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … that the traditional American social dynamics for improving one’s station in life applied to “any and every class.” … enormous heights, even without any connection to hard work. One celebrity quoted by James Fallows brashly stated that …

… had preached the Christian gospel to more people than anyone else in history. But as a number of people pointed out, … Africa, and Asia. In 1973, Graham preached the gospel to one of the largest live crowds ever, 1.1 million people, in … influenced preaching in the decades since. Three important components of Graham’s outreach in particular were …