Posts Tagged ‘Historical Myth’
Martin Luther King, “Riot is the Language of the Unheard”
We’re seeing the Martin Luther King, Jr. quote “…riot is the language of the unheard” a lot on social media recently. Unlike most famous “quotes” that we see on the internet, this is genuine. Listen to the context and the full speech in this special episode. Lots of you have asked me to put together…
Read MoreDid Jesus Write the US Constitution?
The idea that Jesus handed the United States Constitution to the American Founding Fathers seems to have become more powerful in recent decades. Why? What was the role of religion in the founding of the country? What was the nature of the “Christianity” felt by the Founders Fathers and the colonial populations? Professor Craig Hammond…
Read MoreThe Orphan Collector – Fiction Friday!
We’re trying something new! Historical Fiction! Join us as we interview Ellen Marie Wiseman, the author of The Orphan Collector. It’s a powerful tale of upheaval, resilience, and hope set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak—the deadly pandemic that went on to infect one-third of the world’s population. Listen by clicking above!—Buzzkill Bookshelf…
Read MoreBreaking Protocol: America’s First Female Ambassadors Part 2
Professor Philip Nash tells us the broader context of America’s First Female Ambassadors, the “Big Six,” and how they carved out their rightful place in history. He takes the story up to the present day to explain the trajectory of gender parity in US foreign relations.— Buzzkill Bookshelf Philip Nash, Breaking Protocol: America’s First Female…
Read MoreBreaking Protocol: America’s First Female Ambassadors Part 1
Professor Philip Nash tells us the history of America’s First Female Ambassadors, the “Big Six,” and how they carved out their rightful place in history. He explains how these trailblazers helped pave the way for more gender parity in US foreign relations!— Buzzkill Bookshelf Philip Nash, Breaking Protocol: America’s First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964.“It used to…
Read MoreFireside Chat on the 1943 Tehran and Cairo Conferences: FDR Friday!
Our final FDR Friday takes us to Christmas Eve, 1943, roughly half-way through the United States’ involvement in World War II. President Roosevelt had just returned from the Middle East, where he held important conferences with fellow Allied leaders about the war, and began to discuss what might be done after the war ended. The…
Read MoreThe Wild West
“The Wild West” is one of the strongest conceptions in American history. But “where” was the west? How “wild” was it? “Who” settled it? Did settlers build the west with their hands? And how many of the stories about settlers and Native Americans are myths or misconceptions? Professor Edward O’Donnell helps us explain it all,…
Read MoreFireside Chat on National Defense: FDR Friday!
Hello, Buzzkillers. There’s no need to explain the reasons for these FDR Fridays anymore. The contrast between FDR’s Fireside Chats in the 30s and 40s, and whatever it is that we’re calling what’s coming out of the White House these days, is blindly obvious. There’s no need for me to keep saying things like “shocking,”…
Read MoreBlack Confederates: the Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
Civil War historian, Kevin Levin, explains the history and development of the myth of black soldiers in the Confederate army. He analyses camp servants and slaves during the war, how their service was remembered after the war, and how it became fictionalized and mythologized in the 1970s. Yes, the 1970s, not the 1870s. A fascinating…
Read MoreFireside Chat on Drought and Dustbowl: FDR Friday!
I never wanted this podcast to be about contemporary politics, much less contemporary American politics. And the history courses I have taught always stopped at the end of the 20th century. I’ve done this because there’s so much that people and students need to know about the last few centuries, that I didn’t feel that…
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