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Going Viral: COVID Conspiracies in Historical Perspective

How do conspiracy theories of the past compare with current ones?
… As national governments and the global scientific community struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus, … for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily … How do conspiracy theories of the past compare with current ones? …
U.S. General James Van Fleet and Greek War Minister Kanellopoulos walking between lines of soldiers on the island of Makronissos during the Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War, 1946–1949

The years 1940–1949 were ones of continuous horror for the Greek people.
… The years 1940–1949 were ones of continuous horror for the Greek people. …
King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan, Drugs, and the Cold War (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 4)

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … to control drugs and those who use them. Matt Pembleton One of the most tangible things is that the United States … half million refugees, hundreds of thousands of people have died from war and conflict and instability, Afghanistan has …

Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

… because at the time I was living in Toronto, which was then one of several cities internationally caught in the grip of … prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … get sick each year with some form of flu, some of them will die—but only every so often does a pandemic occur. While it …
Painting of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Memories of the Great War

… 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 …

Charles Darwin’s American Adventure: A Melodrama in Three Acts

… and television specials, books and lectures. 781 events of one sort or another in 45 countries according to the International Darwin Day Foundation website. Born on February 12, 1809, Darwin published his … year, was "a separate thought of the creator." Agassiz died in 1873 and spent the last years of his life crusading …
DC Police Car in the snow

A Long View of Policing in America

…   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins at Ohio State. I'm your host Patrick … workers, this was about maintaining a workforce that was obedient and you know, disciplining them and keeping them in … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website
Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… casualties, though many think up to six times more have died. Blockades mean millions face starvation. And the … way you framed that. I guess as a political scientist as one who thinks about dynamics of political violence, I would … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …

Re-mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later

… thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … the economy. And it was a revolution not just in the mostly one-party, racially segregated South of that day. Many of … differ somewhat between federal and state legislative bodies, but the basic rules (reapportion after every census …
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Election 2020: Insights from History

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Welcome to "Election 2020: Insights from History" coming to you … politics, and just what has caused and what can be done about the cultural and political divides across the … And I think there's some some concern with, with our audience about how do we move forward from this? You know, the …
National Memorial for Peace and Justice exhibit, Montgomery AL

Confederates and Lynching in American Public Memory

… 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 …
Crowds of people in Kyiv, Ukraine

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part I

… Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events in Historical … of the nation that Catherine had begun. Many, many died and many were killed. Then in 1954, Khrushchev … and Leticia Wiggins. Find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu . And you can find us on Twitter, …
Illustration of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (1887)

The Hamilton-Burr Duel

… in American history. Burr fatally wounded Hamilton, who died the next day. Hamilton’s premature death transformed him from one of the last stalwarts of the fading Federalist Party to … of Lin Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton , he has also become a pop culture icon. Meanwhile, as the character of …
Crowds of people waving Ukrainian flags

The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II

… Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current Events in Historical … nice selfie pictures. So if you go to the John Glenn school website, you can see some of the pictures of the protest, … violence in January, which increased into the absolute tragedies that you saw on February 18th and 20th, where up to 70 …
A view of Cinicinnati in 1841. The waterways that brought cholera to the city feature prominently in this depiction.

Pandemic Redux: Revisiting Cincinnati’s 1849 Cholera in the Age of COVID-19

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man … to the Ohio Valley. Some 6,000 Cincinnatians would die, 5% of the city’s roughly 115,000 population. And death, … producing voluminous discharge of rice-like white diarrhea. One physician described the tell-tale signs of cholera’s …
Nancy Reagan speaking at a "Just Say No" Rally.

The “Modern” War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 1)

… Episode 1: The "Modern" War on Drugs   Denise Schiavone The weapon that was used to educate young people and to … we could, you know, leave the house and not really have to come back until it was time for dinner. We could ride our … she decides to give in and have some fun and does drugs and dies. Brionna Mendoza (laughing) Oh my god. What kind of …
The Terra Cotta Warriors: Xi’an’s most famous attraction

A Postcard from Xi’an: Balancing Past and Future

… the PRC must first establish where China has already been . One encounters such reckoning throughout Xi’an in its public … and exhibition, the Terra Cotta Warriors. However, Xi’an is one of China’s most important historic cities far beyond … it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the …
French demonstrators with purple signs that read "ras le viol"

Violence Against Women

… Violence against women has a long history in human communities. Yet, we live in a time when people across the … of The Fall in the United Kingdom , a series focused on one female detective's attempt to find a male serial killer … an assistant professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies here at The Ohio State University.   Peggy Solic    My …
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oval Office in 2009.

Don’t Get Tough, Barack

… 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 …

The Long Legacy of World War I

… democracies, and political experiments such as Bolshevik communism. Much of Europe lay in tatters and virtually an … the left shows Europe at the start of World War I while the one on the right shows it afterward. The 20 th century began … world. The Lost Generation: Keeping Watch over Absent Bodies by Bruno Cabanes The First World War was a crucial …