American Purpose's Bookstack
The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 10 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “america”.
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Episode 27: Sean McMeekin's New Take on World War II
May 21st, 2021 | 33 mins 29 secs
america, books, europe, history, politics, russia, stalin
Historian Sean McMeekin joins host Richard Aldous to discuss all this, as well as his new book, Stalin’s War.
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Episode 23: Lawrence J. Haas on the Kennedys' Approach to the World
April 16th, 2021 | 34 mins 8 secs
america, books, history, politics
Lawrence J. Haas joins host Richard Aldous to talk about his new book, The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America’s Empire.
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Episode 20: Roya Hakakian's Immigrant Guide to America
March 26th, 2021 | 38 mins 16 secs
america, books, congress, politics, us
Roya Hakakian joins host Richard Aldous to talk about her new book A Beginner’s Guide to America.
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Episode 13: Kevin Kosar on Congressional Dysfunction
January 29th, 2021 | 34 mins 30 secs
america, books, congress, politics, us
Congress is in a bad way. Why is this the case, when all the instruments for its revival are literally within its grasp? What can we do to encourage change? And will the Biden era move the needle?
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Episode 12: Larry Diamond on Saving Democracy
January 22nd, 2021 | 33 mins 50 secs
america, books, democracy, politics, us
With the transfer of power to President Joe Biden complete, American Purpose Editorial Board member Larry Diamond joins host Richard Aldous to take the temperature of American democracy. While there was plenty to lose sleep over, is there cause for optimism about American democracy? What kind of reforms are still necessary? And how is the next generation of young Americans thinking about the challenges?
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Episode 10: Ikenberry on Democracy
January 8th, 2021 | 34 mins 10 secs
america, books, diplomacy, foreign policy, politics, us
Is liberal democracy the foundation of a lasting world order, or should we be constructing a world order to help fragile democracies thrive? And after a rough few years for liberal democracy around the globe, what are the chances that such an order can be built?
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Episode 9: Teasel Muir-Harmony on the Power of the Moon Landing
December 18th, 2020 | 30 mins 58 secs
america, books, diplomacy, foreign policy, history, politics, us
Project Apollo captured the world’s imagination, and as a feat of “soft power” public diplomacy, it has few peers in the history of mankind, and has not been matched since.
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Episode 8: Thomas E. Ricks on First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
December 11th, 2020 | 28 mins 9 secs
america, books, history, politics, us
Is the America we have today, the America that elected Donald Trump and is still struggling to move on from his term in office, the country our Founding Fathers envisioned? And just what is it that this illustrious group really thought they were building?
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Episode 7: Susan Glasser and Peter Baker on James A. Baker
December 4th, 2020 | 35 mins 31 secs
america, biography, books, history, politics, uk, us
Susan Glasser and Peter Baker join our host Richard Aldous to discuss their new book, The Man Who Ran Washington, a biography of George H. W. Bush's legendary White House chief of staff and Secretary of State, and a rumination about a Washington that perhaps no longer exists.