American Purpose's Bookstack
The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 10 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “history”.
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Episode 29: Michael Dobbs on Nixon's Fatal Flaws
June 11th, 2021 | 30 mins 21 secs
america, books, history, politics
Richard Nixon, an almost Shakespearean character, loomed over 20th century American history in ways that prefigure Trump. Author Michael Dobbs joins host Richard Aldous to discuss this deeply flawed individual, and his new book King Richard: Nixon and Watergate, an American Tragedy.
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Episode 28: Susan Eisenhower on How Ike Led
June 4th, 2021 | 29 mins 49 secs
america, books, history, politics
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was an exemplary strategic thinker. Author and policy strategist Susan Eisenhower, who happens to be one of Ike’s four grandchildren, joins host Richard Aldous to talk about her new book How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions.
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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 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.