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… perhaps most importantly, will we ever be able to quit?  They uncover how the centuries-long history of global drug … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … exploring a different topic, and I'll introduce them before they speak. Then they'll take your questions, and we'll open …

… about nuclear weapons and who has them? How did the U.S. become so central in efforts to control them? And how can past … Miller and Jessica Viñas-Nelson speak with experts Christopher Gelpi , Dakota Rudesill , and Matt Ambrose to discuss … history of nuclear armament and control. For more on this topic, see: Johnathan Hunt - "Learning to Love the Nuclear …

… States veterans, regardless of branch of service or if they served during war or peace. The National Veterans … and women who answered the call for our country. We must carefully preserve not only the names, dates, and battles but … experience. Chosen with the help of a veterans advisory committee from a pool of 250 potential candidates, the 25 …

… includes costs such as the hospitalization and long-term care of tens of thousands of wounded veterans, interest … of taxing citizens. Lotteries, an essential source of income for 42 states today, helped pay for the Revolutionary … conservatives. Neither left nor right wanted to fund what they considered as dangerously misguided government …

… different interactions with penguins, and these shaped how they understood what the birds were. Sailors and scientists … Nicholas Breyfogle:   Hello, and welcome to Early Encounters with Penguins brought to you by the … different interactions with penguins, and these shaped how they understood what the birds were. Sailors and scientists …

… Arabic, European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the … The nature of those people is completely different. They are tough and bloody, and they need a very tough leader. …

… of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, while Spain’s efforts are belittled. But what really happened during that fateful … understanding of how the rival fleets came into being; how they looked, sounded, and smelled; and what happened when … finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain …

… contemporary connections to ancient Greece and Rome? What are the consequences of this for our understandings of the … , Donna Zuckerberg , and Curtis Dozier . For more on this topic, see: Denise Eileen McCoskey - "Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts: How Neo-Nazis and Ancient …

… human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … to create a large number of drugs in a very short time that are effective in halting the advance of the disease. … During that time, people harboring the virus do not know they have it, but they can spread the virus to others …

… but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … to institutions of higher learning, where athletes are required to pose as college students. Every other major … bottle. Universities ignored the NCAA and its rules, and they have regularly done so since. College football boomed …

… During the last four weeks, the Election Assistance Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of … a delay would represent a concession to the terrorists. They were right in questioning the idea, but they should … elections to the federal government. For now, though, with barely more than three months before Election Day, there is …

… deal to those living throughout East and Southeast Asia . They soon found themselves at the center of a violent … the instigators, the defenders, the event, and the setting are still, to some extent, shrouded in obscurity. What we … post-1868 empire, including Korea and Taiwan . The Chinese Communist Party would be reborn and re-legitimized through …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered … electric vehicles once were superior to gasoline cars. If they beat the gasoline competition before, perhaps one day … in Fifteen Cars (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013). IEA, Top 5 barriers to EV adoption reported by EV100 member …

… the words “The End” on a popular, long-running American comedy named “The Roaring Twenties: The New Era of Eternal … the American middle class, whose “eyes had failed them, or they had failed their eyes” in the 1920s, had “their fingers … our eyes in the Roaring Nineties — refusing to see where we are going — much as our forebears did seven decades ago?  …

… on the horizon. By the end of this century, scientists are warning that nearly 25-50% of all species on earth could be lost, in what they are calling a "sixth extinction." Are humans on the cusp of … Brenna Miller     Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a …

… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … Lately, conservatives have invoked the term "class warfare" to talk about President Obama's plans to raise tax rates for wealthy Americans. They frequently use it as an adjective, as in "class-warfare …

… French scholar Jean Bauberot. Bauberot sees three essential components to a secular society: 1) the separation of … politics in the 19th century, the French commitment to what they call laïcité remained. By the Third Republic … as secular states. Turkey’s first constitution declared Islam as the state religion; that declaration was …

… of reproductive rights and reproductive justice. What are “reproductive rights,” and how have they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of leading …

… It is possible that in choosing to volunteer in the Black community, Francis was aware of its marginalization. Being from the Caribbean, … any of the men’s homes, he would have noticed how close they lived to the plants. He might have heard the deafening … Karen Flynn …

… inbox have been anything like mine the past few years, you are familiar with discussions drawing parallels between … *which* Roman decline and fall is the best parallel. Some commentators prefer the fall of the Roman Republic as the … wider contexts, eventually leading back to Rome, his main topic. The book is a bit of a rhetorical bait-and-switch, at …

… version which is available via the YouTube link at the top of this page. Participants: Bob Ahern | Director of … Daniela Edmeier   Hello everyone and welcome to picturing Black History Webinar today brought to you … of black history. And I will introduce each speaker before they present their section. Then we will take your questions …

… human sacrifices. If anyone is up for the challenge, you are welcome to climb up the steps. However, you should consider the … of the Aztecs, or Mexicas (the terms are interchangeable). They founded what we now call Mexico City. Aztec … Gisel Valladares …