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  • Discussing the book "The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century" with the author, historian and journalist Christopher Simpson

    Mar. 9, 1993
  • Discussing the book "The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House" Seymour M. Hersh

    Jul. 22, 1983

    Content Warning: This conversation includes racially and/or culturally derogatory language and/or negative depictions of Black and Indigenous people of color, women, and LGBTQI+ individuals. Rather than remove this content, we present it in the context of twentieth-century social history to acknowledge and learn from its impact and to inspire awareness and discussion.

  • Discussing the book "The Immigrant World of Ybor City: Italians and their Latin Neighbors in Tampa, 1885-1985" with the Gary Mormino.

    Jun. 24, 1987
  • Discussing the book "The Haymarket Tragedy," with the author, historian Paul Avrich

    Dec. 27, 1984
  • Discussing the book "The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times" with Anthony Heilbut

    Nov. 7, 1985
  • Discussing the book "The Fatal Shore: A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868" with author, cultural historian, art critic and documentary filmmaker Robert Hughes

    Jan. 30, 1987
  • Discussing the book "The Dark Side of Camelot" with the author and historian Seymour M. Hersh

    Nov. 26, 1997
  • Discussing the book "The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945" with author, historian David Wyman

    May. 7, 1985
  • Discussing the book "Shattered Applause: The Lives of Eva Le Gallienne" with the author, educator and theater historian Robert A. Schanke

    Feb. 3, 1993
  • Discussing the book "Reagan's America: Innocents At Home" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    Jan. 26, 1987
  • Discussing the book "Professors, Politics, and Pop" with the author, historian Jon Wiener

    Nov. 18, 1991
  • Discussing the book "Living Inside Our Hope : A Steadfast Radical's Thoughts on Rebuilding the Movement" with the author, historian Staughton Lynd

    Oct. 24, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America" with author, journalist, and historian Garry Wills

    Jun. 26, 1992

    *Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Discussing the book "Killing the Spirit: Higher Education in America" with the author, historian Page Smith

    Mar. 23, 1990
  • Discussing the book "Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague" with Richard Rhodes

    Mar. 26, 1997
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