Our favorite moments from UnTextbooked’s inaugural season.
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Despite racial and class tensions, American Jews were an integral part of the Civil Rights Movement. UnTextbooked producer Daniel Ardity interviews Cheryl Greenberg, author of Troubling the Waters about what the “golden age” of Black-Jewish relations can teach us about effective allyship.
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There is no singular reason why Muslim women choose to wear hijab, and yet it’s often perceived by Westerners as just a symbol of oppression. UnTextbooked producer Jana Amin interviews Leila Ahmed about her book A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America.
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Choosing what to eat was a luxury once reserved for the most privileged, but industrial food production has made it possible for ordinary people to eat like kings. UnTextbooked producer Grace Davis interviews food historian Rachel Laudan about her book Cuisine and Empire.
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The British Empire is often remembered as a benevolent, modernizing force for good. UnTextbooked producer Hassan Javed challenges that narrative with an interview with historian John Newsinger about his book The Blood Never Dried: A People’s History of the British Empire.
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Fear of communism led the United States to plan the overthrows of many leaders in Latin America. UnTextbooked producer Jessica Chiriboga interviews Alan McPherson on the story of Augusto Pinochet in Chile and about his book, Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: the United States and Latin America since 1945.
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Media misremembers the Atlantic pirates as mere agents of chaos. But historians now believe that pirates lived by a strict moral code that put them in opposition to imperialism and slavery. UnTextbooked producer Ming-Wei Cyprien Fasquelle interviews Marcus Rediker on his book Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in The Golden Age.
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How will the United States cope as it loses influence on the world stage? Can we rely on the “softer” powers of culture to remain relevant? UnTextbooked producer Will Bourell interviews Paul Kennedy on his 1987 bestseller: The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.
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Black enslaved women and poor Irish immigrants were the human test subjects of early gynecological research, but we don’t even know who most of them were. UnTextbooked producer Ruba Memon interviews Deirdre Cooper Owens about her book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology.
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After WWII, societal shifts paved the way for “food giants” to dominate the American diet. UnTextbooked producer Gabe Hostin interviews Michael Moss, author of the book Salt, Sugar, Fat.
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The true story of Duncan v Louisiana, a Supreme Court case that ensured the right to a jury trial for all criminal cases. Elliot Smith interviews Matthew Van Meter about his book Deep Delta Justice.
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What is the secret ingredient that lets world leaders, business leaders, terrorist leaders inspire their followers? Turns out there isn’t one. Victor Ye interviews General Stanley McChrystal about his profiles of leaders of all stripes.
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Does America live up to its founding principles of political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people? UnTextbooked producer Anya Dua interviews author Jill Lepore.
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Why does it often seem like history’s written for someone else? UnTextbooked producer Sophia Andrews interviews the author Mikki Kendall about her graphic novel Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists.
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Germany’s reckoning with their Nazi past could give America a roadmap for dealing with our long history of racism. UnTextbooked Producer Lap Nguyen interviews Susan Neiman, author of Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil.
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