Best of Season 2
Announcement, Season 2Jeff EmtmanDemocracy, executive branch, war on terror, afghanistan, overpopulation, policy, environmentalism, native american boarding schools, native americans, history, american history
Did anyone win the Cold War?
Anya Dua, Season 2, FeaturedJeff EmtmanCold war, geopolitics, war, military, afghanistan, politics, proxy war, embargo, trade, ussr, usa, soviet union.
Did segregation in America ever really end?
When will Asian Americans stop being seen as "perpetual foreigners"?
Victor Ye, Season 2Jeff EmtmanAsian, asian american, immigration, discrimination, asian american history, stereotypes, race, class, xenophobia
What does American cuisine tell us about the United States?
Grace Davis, Season 2Jeff EmtmanAmerican food, American cuisine, global cuisine, standardization, variety, regionality, food history, paul freedman, bread, food
Why do Brazilian cars run on sugar?
Jessica Chiriboga, Season 2Jeff EmtmanEthanol, fossil fuels, biofuel, energy, brazil, sugarcane, agriculture, labor, jennifer eaglin, environment, environmental, climate change, slavery, alternative energy, south america
What does resilience look like for Iranian women?
Arya Barkesseh, Season 2Jeff EmtmanIran, cultural revolution, constitutional revolution, revolution, modernity, women's movement, women's education, iranian diaspora, gender, lgbt, queer, marriage, sexuality, islam, religiion, veil, hijab
How did tolerance become an American value?
Karly Shepherd, Season 2Jeff EmtmanTolerance, toleration, intolerance, enlightenment, america, religious freedom, freedom of speech, voltaire, philosophy
Is every presidency doomed to fail?
Season 2, Lap Nguyen, FeaturedJeff EmtmanPresidency, United States, founding fathers, constitutions, separation of powers, executive branch, fdr, franklin D roosevelt, new deal, wpa, works progress administration, abraham lincoln, george washington
How did Black Americans forge a cultural identity?
Sydne Clarke, Season 2Jeff EmtmanBlack, american, nyc, new york city, protest, racism, slavery, civil rights, race, seneca village, african, africa, identity, john russwurm
Were history’s greatest leaders generalists or specialists?
Will Bourell, Season 2Jeff EmtmanLeadership, abraham lincoln, xerxes, fdr, franklin d roosevelt, war, strategy, tactics, chess, hedgehog, fox, archilochus, history
Is there an American Empire?
Elliot Smith, Season 2, FeaturedJeff EmtmanEmpire, united states, territories, guam, puerto rico, american samoa, northern mariana islands, colonization, imperialism, philippines
Does population control work?
Oliver Wang, Season 2Jeff EmtmanChina, population control, one child policy, india, iud, abortion, sterilization, birth control, poverty, parenting, children, child, motherhood, health, medicine, family planning, weath, income, history, world population
Why were Native American kids required to attend boarding schools?
Gavin Scott, Season 2, FeaturedJeff EmtmanNative american, first nations, canada, kamloops, oklahoma, native history, kansas, assimilation, boarding schools, residential schools, history, indigenous history, tuberculosis, illness, oral history, education, school
Can protests save lives? How ACT UP helped tame the AIDS crisis.
Jordan Pettiford, Season 2Jeff EmtmanAids, history, queer liberation, gay liberation, pandemic, covid, jesse helms, act up, epidemic, disease, activism, protest, youth podcast
Can the War on Terror ever truly end?
Season 2, Ruba MemonJeff EmtmanAfghanistan, Iraq, War on Terror, war, united states, usa, george w bush, 9/11, terrorism, international relations, warfare, malik jalal, music, patriotism, islam, discrimination
