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The books and ideas podcast from American Purpose.
We found 10 episodes of American Purpose's Bookstack with the tag “politics”.
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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.
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Episode 16: Emma Rothschild’s Generational Portrait of France
February 19th, 2021 | 29 mins 4 secs
biography, books, history, politics
"History from below” is usually an effort at social history seen through statistics and figures. Our guest this week, Emma Rothschild, takes a different approach in her new book, An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries, by recounting a vast narrative at times resembling a period novel.
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Episode 15: Robert D. Kaplan on Humanitarian Bob Gersony
February 12th, 2021 | 33 mins 10 secs
biography, books, espionage, history, politics
Bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan joins Richard Aldous to discuss human rights, activism, realism, and his new book, The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government’s Greatest Humanitarian.
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Episode 14: Dominique Kirchner Reill on Interwar Fascism in Fiume
February 5th, 2021 | 31 mins 34 secs
books, europe, history, politics
This week, Dominique Kirchner Reill joins host Richard Aldous to discuss fascism, resilience, the indeterminacy of history, and her new book, The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire.
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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 11: Satia on Progress and Colonialism
January 15th, 2021 | 34 mins 29 secs
books, history, philosophy, politics
How does writing history influence the future? How did Enlightenment thinkers help prepare the ground for Empire? And how can we rescue the Enlightenment project to build a better future?
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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.