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The Global War on Drugs

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … some states in the Midwest named cannabis a noxious weed so officials could uproot it and poison it. West Virginia is … that cannabis is a weed. In reality, it's the opposite. Its one species name, Cannabis sativa, literally means "fiber …
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America's Post-Election Political Landscape

… 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. …
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 … its economic and political sovereignty. Despite Mexican officials’ professed disinterest in escalating drug control …
A shopkeeper sits outside his store in the Cardo waiting for tourists and residents to stop in.

A Postcard from Jerusalem

… a Fatimid Caliphate ruler in 1009 CE, the church serves as one of many major pilgrimage points. The interior of the … A narrow stairway leads to Dier Es-Sultan, a contentious site atop the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It now houses an … Residents of Silwan gather for a celebration at their community center. This is the same question the Palestinian …
An artistic rendering of the observable universe by Pablo Carlos Budassi. It depicts the Solar System at the center, surrounded by other celestial bodies and galaxies, and cosmic microwave radiation and plasma left over from the Big Bang at the outer edge.

Top Ten Origins: The Universe’s Greatest Hits

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 … same set of properties (mass, spin, the usual) but opposite charge: antimatter. These days we can easily make …

A History of Stolen Citizenship

… the amendment restored voting rights to ex-felons who had completed their prison sentence and been released from … agree with voters in Florida that those who have "done their time" should no longer be punished with … occurred in other southern states . Reconstruction officials were able to protect black voting rights for a few …
a billboard with flags of many countries and the word Peace on it.

A Conscientious Objector Looks Back

… the practice. War, Eric Edwards sought and obtained official ep1~e.,. were both symbolic andboth mundane. … were symbolic munYou would the announcement over the intercom: .. Youhear would hear the announcement sentiment was … It involved a pool cue in half and brandished it at anyone lack of courage nor dii.respect for the kept. follow-up …
BJP rally in India

The Politics of India

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone. I'm Patrick Potyondy.   Leticia Wiggins   And I'm …   Dr. Mytheli Sreenivas   Well, I think that, so India is officially according to its constitution, a secular …
Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… 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 … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …

The American Dream after COVID-19

… 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.” … and enslaved African Americans lived with the cruelest opposite of the American Dream. Their abilities brought sneers …

Protestant Preaching after the Age of Graham

… had preached the Christian gospel to more people than anyone else in history. But as a number of people pointed out, … influenced preaching in the decades since. Three important components of Graham’s outreach in particular were … markets her conference presentations, books, and internet sites as resources for women. And, in one of those ironic …
Thomas Sankara

Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … and the dawning of neoliberal capitalism. He will uncover one of the revolution’s most enduring and significant … and I'll be your host and moderator today. Welcome, everyone, and thank you for joining us. On August 4th 1983, …
Image of Shirley Chishorm, Hillary Clinton, Condaleeza Rice, and Kamala Harris

The New Normal (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 8)

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … of in the, I think was like in the late 90s. Like you saw one of these. And then 20 years later, now, you see another … important work along with a number of other Latina elected officials throughout the country, either holding some type …
An AIDS testing site in Moscow, 1987.

The Blame Game: The USSR’s Response to HIV/AIDS

… Soviet Union’s approach to HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s—how officials initially blamed foreign nations for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … the USA, the notion spread that only homosexual men were prone to infection through sexual contact. Specific to the …
President Biden, standing in front of a blue flag with an eagle emblem

First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Insights from History

… Department of History hold a conversation about the first one hundred days of the Biden administration. Host: Margaret … Margaret Newell: Welcome! Thank you for joining us today for the “First 100 Days … at the 100-day mark? What things still need to be done? What can we learn from history to help us make sense of …

Cops and Robbers? The Roots of Anti-Doping Policies in Olympic Sport

… Agency (WADA) Dick Pound presented “The Independent Commission Report #1” to the press corps. The 323-page … investigations, the report followed arrests in France only one week earlier. By most accounts, the Independent … the 1904 and 1908 Olympic marathons respectively. While officials knew that both of them ingested strychnine along …
1864 depiction of the Fort Pillow Massacre in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Ten Moments of White Supremacist Violence in U.S. History

… of discrimination. The modern Klan re-emerged in 1915 at Stone Mountain, GA and grew into a national organization in … Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee, Confederates under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest fulfilled this … insurrectionists against the city’s legitimately elected officials, attacked black homes and businesses, and …

The Year of Africa

… independence. But liberation in Africa was more than this one moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … and an inability to enforce decisions without an official armed force, the OAU remains an important component …

'The Energy of a Bright Tomorrow': The Rise of Nuclear Power in Japan

… by their fleeing owners. Although the town was mostly abandoned, the nation and the world saw the blast on television. … by the specter of our nuclear past. And given Japan's complicated past with nuclear issues, it is especially … accepted. The Choice for Nuclear Power Why would Japanese officials accept new nuclear technology in the middle of a …