Bookshelf
Obama: the Black President
Professor Claude Clegg’s new book, The Black President, is the first interpretative, comprehensive history of Barack Obama’s presidency in its entirety. He explains some of the major themes in the book in his first appearance on our show. This is contemporary history at its finest! Episode 480.
Read MoreMartin Niemöller “First They Came…” Encore: Wisdom Wednesday!
The other night I went to see “Born on Third Base,” the new stand-up comedy show by Gary Gulman, who is one of my favorites. Rather than just tell jokes, Gulman organizes his new shows around a theme. The theme for “Born on Third Base” was empathy, and Gulman did a masterful job of weaving…
Read MoreThe Equal Rights Amendment
Dr. Rebecca DeWolf explains the complicated, yet compelling, history of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and lays out possibilities for its eventual inclusion in the US Constitution. She also tells us why the ERA’s history has included a long-standing debate over “gendered citizenship.” This is the most comprehensive examination of the ERA in podcast history!…
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