How Did We Read in the Past?
June 9, 2017
Abigail Williams— On April 15th, 1802, Dorothy and William Wordsworth took one of the most significant walks in literary history. They set out in blustery weather, across the fells near Ullswater… READ MORE
Category: History
Ep. 30 – The Politics of the Airwaves
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
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
Fighting Guerrillas in Civil War Missouri
June 5, 2017
Christopher Grasso— They called him “The Hero of the Southwest.” John R. Kelso, an officer in the Missouri State Militia cavalry, gained regional fame during the Civil War for battling… 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
Immortal Oracle: the Berlin Painter Speaks: An Interview with J. Michael Padgett by David Ebony
May 24, 2017
David Ebony — In dark times of social turmoil, political upset, and the seemingly perpetual war and violence that define our present era, it helps to consider the art of… READ MORE
The English Reformation: Was Henry VIII the Founder of Roman Catholicism?
Peter Marshall— The Reformation in England—heralded by Henry VIII’s repudiation of the authority of the pope in 1533-4—is usually conceived of as a process of societal conversion, through which one… READ MORE
Confronting American Genocide on the California Coast
May 23, 2017
Benjamin Madley— As the sun rose on July 7, 1846, four U.S. warships rode at anchor in Monterey Bay. Ashore, the Mexican tricolor cracked over the adobe walls and red-tiled… READ MORE
Sarah Osborn: Early American Evangelical, Part II
May 18, 2017
Catherine Brekus— The following letters are taken from the writings of Sarah Osborn, an evangelical woman who lived in Newport, Rhode Island, during the eighteenth century. Osborn was a published… READ MORE
Red Sky at Morning at Twenty: A Reflection