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America's Infrastructure Challenge

… and what it can tell us about  changing conceptions of the common good. In addition, host Patrick Potyondy interviews … get built with the idea of economic development in the future in mind, so the New Deal often was about trying to … big federal involvement in infrastructure would be subsidies for the railroads in the nineteenth century.   Dr. …
A Nuclear Power Plant in the Untied Kingdom against a blue sky.

How Green Is the Atom?

The Past–and Future–of Nuclear Energy in the United States
… industry representatives, but many environmentalists have come to see nuclear power as key to end world dependence on … advantage in world markets. ADVANCE will provide huge subsidies in the effort to rejuvenate the U.S. industry. That … has always required significant direct and indirect subsidies, loans, and even  limits on its accident liabilities to …
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So...what now? (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 4)

… Susan Hartmann A lot of the polls were set up in barber shops and even bars before women could vote and, after women … National woman's party held a convention to determine the future of their organization. During this conference, Alice … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… of living, demonstrators soon widened their criticisms to encompass the full impact of Bashir’s three decades in power: … Sudan’s past is key to any attempt to predict its future. Join us in this month’s History Talk podcast, as … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. And you can find our podcasts and more on …

Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis

… told that "critical human needs" might not be met in the future. To make matters worse, thirsty animals have been … 91 million to 54 million—and almost 5 million cattle died. In 1903, horrifying dust storms raged. Similar major … just in case the first rain wasn't enough. The Sand Grasshopper's eggs can lay dormant in the soil for years waiting …
Pope Francis holding Bible

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… how his actions fit into the Church's traditions and its commitment to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of … good example is the most recent appointment to the Archbishop of Chicago, a guy named Blaze Cupich, who was formerly … something our listeners can keep an eye out for in the future. So thank you to our three guests, Tina Sessa, David …
The Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Winning and Losing at the Battle of Waterloo

… Belgium's plans to make a special-edition euro coin commemorating the Battle of Waterloo. Belgium still … led to an unprecedented number of witness accounts from soldiers and civilians who had lived through the wars, but also … that allows individual nations to unilaterally produce coins of irregular denominations. 70,000 2½ euro coins were …
Three 10th Mountain Division Ski troopers above Camp Hale in the Pando Valley, Colorado in February, 1944.

Skis, Samba, and Smoking Snakes: An Unlikely World War II Partnership

What happened when glacier-goggled American ski troops and samba-loving Brazilian soldiers fought side-by-side halfway across the world?
… in a stalemate with Axis troops north of Rome. With a commanding view of the narrow approach to the Po River … forgotten: The fact that during its Italian odyssey, its soldiers fought as joint-combatants with an unlikely set of … the line far too long and lacked adequate rest.  Conducting futile frontal assaults undermined by a general lack of …
Marchers for the Equal Rights Amount, holding banner that reads "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex"

The Equal Rights Amendment: Then and Now

… invited three historians to discuss the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment, and how it fits into … professor of History and director of the American Studies program, specializing on gender, women, and science.   … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website, …
NASA marks Earth Day’s 50th anniversary.

“Give Earth a Chance”: Earth Day and the Politics of Modern Environmentalism

… "I am doing this because you adults are shitting on my future." Channeling more than a decade of warnings by … Dream was a “cruel hoax.” She went on to shock her audience when she pledged never to have children. “I have … of prosperity and expansion, made manifest in suburbs and shopping malls, automobiles and interstate highways , and an …
Marker: "90 Miles to Cuba. Southernmost Point, Continental USA. Key West, FL"

Rethinking Cuba Libre

… director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies. I've written a little bit on Cuba. My most important … of takeaway question, what does the past tell about the future in this case? That is, can we use past relations, … Leticia Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu , on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and …
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Nuclear Tensions, Nuclear Weapons, and a Long History of Nuclear War

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, and chair of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at … it becomes a political question. And the negotiation of future agreements will become more important than …

The Long Legacy of World War I

… democracies, and political experiments such as Bolshevik communism. Much of Europe lay in tatters and virtually an … world. The Lost Generation: Keeping Watch over Absent Bodies by Bruno Cabanes The First World War was a crucial … helping to solidify U.S. economic primacy in the future.  A 1917 poster asking for “Peace through victory” …
President Joe Biden with other foreign leaders, sitting around a table with others looking on

How does Ideology Drive U.S. Foreign Relations?

… and Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies at The Ohio State University.  An Andrew Carnegie … Distinguished Lecturer, Nichols is a frequent public commentator on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Nichols is … better understand the present and perhaps to build a better future. I've been keen to present on this topic for a while …
Graffiti on wall: "Broken Promises"

Jefferson Cowie on Deindustrialization, Trade, and the 2016 Presidential Election

… the past Golden Age rather than some sort of technocratic future. It's suspicious of the elites, it is a virtue of the … Sierra Juarez, which are the three of the four sites I studied, they would open with a very simple wrote production, … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more at …
Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

NATO Expansion in Eastern Europe: For What and For Whom?

… funded by the United States, to contain/encircle Soviet and Communist power in Eastern Europe, prevent powerful … while hailing the “death of Communism” as proof that the future belongs to media-savvy versions of Herbert Spencer … no need to maintain military expenditures as corporate subsidies, and no need to wield a global big stick against Third …
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Reclaiming My Family's Story: Cultural Trauma & Indigenous Ways of Knowing

… Ohio State Newark Earthworks Center, American Indian Studies, and the Department of History. … Indigenous Arts and Humanities grant and American Indian Studies at The Ohio State University. My name is Lucy Murphy. … but the collective identities of their community and their future children and grandchildren. It is through this …
Ukrainian soldier with blue and yellow ribbon overlay

Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present

… of the Center for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies. This lecture is a part of the Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies' "Understanding the War in Ukraine: Weekly Wednesday … Ukraine and Georgia would join NATO at some point in the future. I don't have time to go into this in detail. But I …
Cover of With Our Backs to the Wall Victory and Defeat in 1918 by David Stevenson.

The End of the War as They Knew It

Review of With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918, by David Stevenson (Cambridge, M.A.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)
… of 1918, then nuanced chapters examining the major combatants in technology, logistics, and intelligence, … gains Germany could position itself advantageously for a future war that the military chiefs expected. 3 Weaknesses … the lack of German replacements; and recognition of the futility of further sacrifice. 4 Economically, Stevenson …

Another Silent Spring

… 1962 book Silent Spring with “a fable for tomorrow”—a future when “some evil spell” had settled on our communities, when “mysterious maladies swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep …
A map of the US night sky, showing points of population density

Fault Lines: The Urban-Rural Divide in America

… political and social issues, many attributed the outcome of the 2016 election to the frustrations of just 15% of … have changed over time, and what this all means for the future of America.   Jessica Blissit   From Miami … end of the bypass. And now that's everywhere everybody's shopping. But of course, Walmart, built that empire on …
Tanks and soldiers in parade in Pyongyang

North Korea: The Myth of a Hermit Kingdom

… relations, and director of the Institute for Korean Studies.   Dr. Mitch Lerner   Thanks for having me.   Brenna … on their way to school and he also had some images of pawn shops in Pyongyang, which is really new and stuff like that. … see any sign that things are changing in the immediate future. And without, again, going into too much detail about …
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.

These Machines Know Too Damn Much

… narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … fragmented sloppily across digital tape, could never die; that the notion of an inescapable past was somehow … forced to settle for “sectoral” or patchwork policy remedies that regulated different industries such as banking or …
Stenciled graffiti of a priest pursuing two children

Secrecy and Celibacy: The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse

… as well as nuns and adult women, by Catholic priests, bishops, and members of religious orders. But while clerical abuse has only recently become a news item, it has a much longer history. This month, … to this problem, and how might the scandal shape its future? In this episode, we’ll seek to answer these …