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… Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … other host Jessica Vinas-Nelson. During the 2016 season, former San Francisco Forty Niners quarterback Colin … Robert Bennett   You have to look at it from different viewpoints, right, because personally, speaking, I've always …

… NATO “officially” ended its combat operations in Afghanistan in late December 2014, but … only nominally in control. And the Taliban — that American forces went in to banish in 2001— remains a force to be … Crews ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and …

… It seems as if apologies are becoming a regular part of business and politics. Pope John Paul II apologizes for the Crusades, the Inquisition and the long tradition of … happen was acting in accord with prevailing opinion and the latest economic theories. The Aetna insurance salesmen of …

… to start with: What do Americans fund every year at levels comparable to annual budget of the Pentagon? Answer: the … and I am quite sure that it will be the starting point for other scholars who want to investigate some of the many … ought to do most of what government now does. But as Zunz points out, even in Herbert Hoover's day "the nonprofit …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that there was no drug interdiction effort in Guerrero - there was. But it wasn't the primary … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit the episode descriptions for citations to background …

… Ohio State University Dr. Sarah Brady Siff , Drug Enforcement & Policy Center, Moritz College of Law; Ohio State … Professor of History and Director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, Ohio State University … critical principle of vice markets in general, as Kortright points out. These markets obey the so called Pareto …

… In her chapter, Lipstadt places part of the blame for the rise of Holocaust denial on relativist postmodern … of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … of it all. However, when the triumphant Donald Trump visited Barack Obama in the White House after the election, …

… Appreciation for vintage fashion seems to have hit the military too. On … in meeting recruiting goals. Old and New Uniforms in Comparison: Modern-day reenactors (left and center) wearing … a plain olive drab uniform, officers had a choice of color combination. Since most opted for “pink” (officially Olive …

… the term “New Cold War” has mushroomed among analysts and commentators seeking to define contemporary geopolitics. … rapprochement with the US. Nixon, after all, famously visited the country in 1972; the Shanghai Communique was … be state of the art for the 1970s, but as her supervisor points out, it is a stunning testament to the remarkable …

… orders. But while clerical abuse has only recently become a news item, it has a much longer history. This month, your … .    What makes the Catholic Church such a rife environment for sexual abuse? How do these scandals reflect the history … today.   Dr. Alexander Stille   But there are a couple of points I wanted to add on, one to your first point, which I …

… men's basketball coach Bob Knight, nicknamed "The General," for defying university officials and for violating a "zero … rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … "his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." He visited New York City, where 7.5 million people gathered to …

… of HIV/AIDS  as a phenomenon that began in the 1980s, when news first broke of a mysterious and highly deadly disease. … to the globalization and economic neoliberalism that transformed the global economy in the late twentieth century. On … of HIV/AIDS in both the United States and around the world. For more Origins coverage of HIV/AIDS and other related …

… plans to reduce the staff of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to 15 people and move … in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … address, “for whatever period is required—not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, …

… in 1945, the United States took control of Earth’s destiny for the first time. After the Truman administration dropped … postwar economic boom took hold, with America becoming the world’s leading hyper industrial and military … Revolution , Douglas Brinkley pays tribute to those who combated the mauling of the natural world in the Long …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins at Ohio State. I'm your … social issues, like mental health that Professor Howard points to. And he reminds me a case of a Native American man …

… Revolution. And yet, Engelstein’s book does much more. This formidable volume not only explores 1917 and its aftermath, … that the War had on Russian society, making three major points. First, the War highlighted and intensified the … In February 1917 , the legacy of collective militancy combined with general economic crisis to produce a general …

… walking amidst downed branches and scattered leaves, the newspaper headlines screamed that Lehman Brothers had … Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … money" of the gold standard, created the conditions for a worldwide boom in investment and production.  The …

… Forty years ago on January 27, 1973, the U.S. War in Viet … It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with American bombing … learned that a group of American activists, all of whom had visited North or South Viet Nam during the war, were …

… volley in this conflict has already been fired. During an informal discussion in his Senate office, Durbin pointedly … he would most likely recuse himself. It must have been an uncomfortable moment for both Durbin and Roberts, Catholic to … weight to this concern is the fact that Roberts will become the fourth Catholic on this Court — the largest number …

… Guantanamo Bay has become one the most infamous places on earth.  In the United … Irving Max Schwab seeks to uncover and give voice to the complete history of the installation that is largely absent … Roosevelt was fascinated by naval power and pressed for Americans to update the naval fleet and other naval …

… restrictions on travel and trade, helps Castro and therefore is abominable. Meanwhile, other Americans and Cubans … the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … year Pope John Paul II changed the picture. In an historic visit to Cuba, he criticized the embargo, thus encouraging …

… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure … not just because Nixon was the first American president to visit the People’s Republic of China and Deng was the first … the top. Both had his rise to prominence interrupted at key points. Nixon’s most famous setbacks were his to Kennedy in …

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … versus the United States, and what legacies might we be forgetting? In this episode of History Talk, we speak to … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important …