Rethinking the Evolving Historiography of Richard M. Nixon
June 14, 2017
Irwin F. Gellman— The state of current scholarship on Richard Nixon requires me to state, at the outset, that I am neither for nor against him. My purpose in writing… READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
Ep. 30 – The Politics of the Airwaves
June 9, 2017
Why was the FCC created and what was its original purpose? Thomas Hazlett, former chief economist of the FCC, discusses the politics of the FCC and issues like censorship and… READ MORE
What Gravitational-Wave Astronomy May Reveal
June 8, 2017
Marcia Bartusiak— Early last year, the field of astrophysics announced one of its biggest discoveries. A cosmic phenomenon that Albert Einstein had predicted a century earlier was at last detected… READ MORE
Did Taxes Cause the American Revolution?
June 7, 2017
Justin du Rivage— Alexander Hamilton was barely out of his teens when he mounted his swashbuckling defense of the Continental Congress in 1774. If colonists failed to stand up to… READ MORE
Investigating a President
June 2, 2017
Josh Chafetz— It’s hard to keep track of all of the ongoing investigations into the Trump campaign and administration. At the very least, we know of inquiries by special counsel… READ MORE
Ep. 29 – Social Media and Protests
June 1, 2017
What role does social media play in networked protests? Zeynep Tufekci discusses this, online privacy, and how to combat fake news online. YaleUniversity · Ep. 29 – Social Media and… READ MORE
Returning to the Final Frontier?
May 31, 2017
Valerie Neal— In the 1960s, Americans were clear about the reasons to embark on travel across the vast new ocean of space. More than once, President John F. Kennedy presented… READ MORE
Grave New World: A Q&A with Stephen D. King
May 30, 2017
To mark the publication of Stephen D. King’s Grave New World: The End of Globalization, The Return of History, we chatted with Stephen about the implications of globalization, and what the… READ MORE
Ep. 28 – The Life and Politics of William F. Buckley
May 25, 2017
Alvin Felzenberg shares stories about William F. Buckley, from his early family life to the formation of the modern conservative movement. YaleUniversity · The Life and Politics of William F…. READ MORE
Notions of Common Law in Medieval Islam
Mohammad Fadel— The great western scholar of Islamic law, the late Joseph Schacht, famously characterized Islamic law as a “jurist’s law,” by which he meant to draw scholarly attention to… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic