American Purpose's Bookstack
The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 10 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “books”.
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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 26: Olivette Otele on the history of African Europeans
May 16th, 2021 | 30 mins 7 secs
africa, books, europe, history, politics
Olivette Otele, Professor of History of Slavery and Memory of enslavement at the University of Bristol, joins host Richard Aldous to talk about her new book, African Europeans: An Untold History.
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Episode 25: Vernon Bogdanor on Britain's wavering connections to Europe
May 7th, 2021 | 38 mins 49 secs
books, britian, eu, europe, history, politics
Our guest Vernon Bogdanor, professor of government at Kings College, joins host Richard Aldous to talk about his new book, Britain and Europe in a Troubled World.
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Episode 24: Stephen Walker on the First Journey Into Space
April 30th, 2021 | 39 mins 22 secs
books, history, politics, russia, space, ussr
As the space race heats up once again, author Stephen Walker joins our host Richard Aldous to discuss his remarkable new book Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey Into Space.
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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 22: Cristina Groeger on Education and Economic Disparity
April 9th, 2021 | 37 mins 3 secs
books, boston, education, history, politics
This week, Cristina Groeger joins Richard Aldous to talk about her new book, The Education Trap: Schools and the Remaking of Inequality in Boston, and discusses how education came to be seen as a panacea even as it paved the way for deepening inequality.
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Episode 21: Paula Marantz Cohen on Shakespeare and Empathy
April 2nd, 2021 | 30 mins 5 secs
books, history, politics
In a time of division, difference, and cancel culture, what can we learn from Shakespeare (who himself has been caught in the crossfire of today’s culture wars)?
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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 18: Richard Thompson Ford on Fashion, Law, and Social Change
March 5th, 2021 | 27 mins 42 secs
books, fashion, history, law, politics
Richard Thompson Ford joins host Richard Aldous to discuss all this, along with his new book, Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History.
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Episode 17: R. James Breiding on Small-Nation Success
February 26th, 2021 | 36 mins 17 secs
books, europe, history, politics
R. James Breiding joins host Richard Aldous to discuss his new book Too Small To Fail: Why Some Small Nations Outperform Larger Ones and How They Are Reshaping the World.