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American Revolution Podcast explores the events of the American Revolution, from beginning to end. It publishes weekly. Be sure to check out the related blog for access to pictures, maps, and links to more useful information on each week's episode. https://blog.amrevpodcast.com
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Revolution 250 is a consortium of organizations in New England planning commemorations of the American Revolution's 250th anniversary. https://revolution250.org/Through this podcast you will meet many of the people involved in these commemorations, and learn about the people who brought about the Revolution--which began here. To support Revolution 250, visit https://www.masshist.org/rev250Theme Music: "Road to Boston" fifes: Doug Quigley, Peter Emerick; Drums: Dave Emerick
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DAR Today Podcast

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What is happening in the DAR Today? In this podcast, we'll talk about what the members of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution are doing in your communities, hosted by National Chair, Brooke Bullmaster Stewart and the DAR Today Podcast Committee. The DAR is a non-profit, non-political, volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children. Members are all ...
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Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live. Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, inventors, investors and executives to new heights -- or to ruin. Hosted by David Brown, former anchor of Marketplace. From Wondery, the network behind Dirty John and A ...
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Patriot Power Podcast • The American Revolution, Founding Fathers and More

Host Ron Kern • Veteran • Idaho President Sons of the American Revolution

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Discussing the people, places, events and battles that turned 13 separate colonies into the greatest nation on earth, the United States. Both chronological and bonus episodes! Your host is Ron Kern, a USN veteran. Ron's 5th Great-Grandfather, Peter Kern, fought in the Revolution out of Pennsylvania. • Website - https://www.PatriotPowerPodcast.com • Email - patriotpowerpodcast@gmail.com • YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@PatriotPowerPodcast • Gab - https://gab.com/PatriotPowerPodcast ______ ...
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The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.
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Revolutionary War Rarities is fast, fun, and rarely known history on the American Revolution. All PodCasts are 8-10 minutes long and are released every two weeks. Revolutionary War Rarities is the PodCast from the ”Sons of the American Revolution”. Please subscribe and let’s make history fun again. Thank you for joining us. #americanrevolution #revolutionarywarrarities #americanhistory #foundingfathers #revolutionarywar #sonsoftheamericanrevolution #rarehistory #americanrevolution
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Walter Edgar's Journal

South Carolina Public Radio

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From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.
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Unreserved is the radio space for Indigenous voices – our cousins, our aunties, our elders, our heroes. Rosanna Deerchild guides us on the path to better understand our shared story. Together, we learn and unlearn, laugh and become gentler in all our relations.
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In this unique civics podcast, discover how the principles of George Washington's Farewell Address (patriotism, civility, faith, education, national unity, and fiscal responsibility) apply to politics and culture today! Sherman Tylawsky is an aspiring statesman who grew up learning U.S. history and politics inside and outside of the classroom. With a focus on the American Presidency, Congress, and policymaking, hear fascinating stories and discussions that any America-loving listener can enj ...
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A Podcast Dedicated to combating One Dimensional Thought using knowledge from Political Economy, Critical Theory, Philosophy, History, Culture, and Society. Your boss makes a dollar, you make a dime, so that's why you listen to 1Dime Radio on company time.
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History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live. More info at www.historiansplaining.com Please see my Patreon page, https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632, if you want to keep the lectures coming, and to hear the patron-only materials.
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This self guided tour covers eight of the most significant public buildings in Colonial Williamsburg. These buildings, such as the Raleigh Tavern and the Governor's Palace, were selected for the roles they played in God's plan to bring the United States into being and to spread the Gospel to the New World. We welcome your comments at christianroots@aol.com Credits: Written by David Hemphill Narrated by Tom Morr with Cary Hemphill Produced by Michael Lemley of World Productions.
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Familiar with the name Crispus Attucks? The first black casualty in the Revolutionary War? That was because William C. Nell took the time to do the meticulous research to record the stories of patriotic black Americans who helped secure their country's freedom and independence. This podcast takes you through a forgotten chapter in black history. You'll hear the stories of fascinating men and women who showed generosity, courage, and bravery worthy of our remembrance. Support this podcast: ht ...
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Social Justice: The New American Revolution is a podcast that gives everyone a voice on different social issues. Listen to your hosts tackle topics that are heavy on all of us. We are giving anyone who wants it a place to be heard and to share different points of views with our listeners. Make sure you tune in tomorrow for the latest episode and if you want to be heard, email us at theSocialJusticepodcast@gmail.com. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/social-justice ...
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On April 23, 1990, in Washington, DC, the Mises Institute sponsored the first Austrian school look at the post-socialist age. It went a long way toward developing a blueprint—consistent with the Austrian tradition—for dismantling the command economy. Featuring Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Yuri N. Maltsev, Gottfried Haberler, Kestutis Baltramatis, Murray N. Rothbard, and Joseph Sobran.
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This podcast was developed as part of an elementary-level Clark County School District Teaching American History Grant. The three-year grant will fund six modules per year with each module focusing on a different era of American history and a different pedagogical theme. This podcast focuses on the American Revolution and Primary Source Documents in Elementary Schools. Participants in the grant are third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers in Clark County (the greater Las Vegas area), Nevada. ...
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The JuntoCast: A Podcast on Early American History

Ken Owen, Michael Hattem, and Roy Rogers

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The JuntoCast is a monthly podcast about early American history. Each episode features a roundtable discussion by academic historians, Ken Owen, Michael Hattem, Roy Rogers, and guest panelists, exploring a single aspect of early American history in depth. The JuntoCast brings the current knowledge of academic historians to a broad audience in an informal, conversational format that is intellectually engaging, educational, and entertaining.
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Storytelling, insight and compelling perspective on American culture and politics. Glenn Beck's quick wit, candid opinions and engaging personality have made this one of the most popular radio programs in America. Watch The Glenn Beck Radio Program, Monday through Friday, 9am - 12pm ET on BlazeTV. www.BlazeTV.com/Glenn
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Radio Revolution

Benjamin Irizarry

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This is a podcast dedicated to pointing out the faults of both political parties in the United States and to advocate for more parties and voices. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/benjamin-irizarry/support
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The podcast for history lovers or enthusiasts. Long-ranging historical topics covered over multip-part episodes. In each episode, we will dive into a variety of historical topics and leave our listeners with a better understanding of those topics. Whether you are new to history or have been studying it for years there will be something for everyone.
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Duke Beers: Hopalong Cassidy

Radio Memories Network LLC

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A weekly collection of video shorts traveling through the important milestones of Your American Heritage. A serious, yet often whimsical review of important historical events from Washington’s inaugural to the civil rights movement that tie us all together as Americans. Originally intended as a teacher’s aid and now released for the enjoyment of all.
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Unapologetic Liberal Talk on the right side of history, decency, dignity and democracy. Comedian, activist, Democratic Socialist, AKA: Real Democrat, Real Patriot looks at current events through an unapologetically liberal lens. Hear her "Tarabuster" at http://ProgressiveVoices.com Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/taradevlin or click the support link above. Let’s vent, strategize and commiserate about those usurpers of the dreams of a functioning democracy, that greed-centered deat ...
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History isn't black and white, yet too often it's presented as such. Explore the ambiguities and nuances of the French Revolution. Support the show today: https://www.patreon.com/greyhistory Ever wondered how the French Revolution started with hope for liberty and equality and descended into the Reign of Terror? Curious as to how the French Revolution still influences your life today? Looking for your next long-form, detailed history podcast recommended by universities and loved by French Re ...
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Daughter Dialogues

DaughterDialogues.com

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Listen to real-life stories from women of color who honor their ancestors' fight to achieve independence for the United States of America and are members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The host, Reisha Raney, a black leader in the DAR and a direct descendant of President Thomas Jefferson's grandfather, is conducting research as a Harvard University non-resident fellow, under the direction of Henry Louis Gates, Jr, host of the PBS Special "Finding Your Roots", exploring th ...
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"A Rifleman never stops learning, a Rifleman never stops teaching. A Rifleman continuously seeks ways to to protect the freedoms and liberties the Founding Fathers left us, to improve himself, his home, his family, his community, his state and his nation, everyday of his life. A Rifleman adapts, a Rifleman overcomes and a Rifleman persists. This is not just some fancy gilded rhetoric we throw around like popcorn and pennies. This is the code we live by here. There is nothing wrong, no matter ...
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Grating the Nutmeg

Connecticut Explored Magazine

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Connecticut is a small state with big stories. GTN episodes include top-flight historians, compelling first-person stories and new voices in Connecticut history. Executive Producers Mary Donohue, Walt Woodward, and Natalie Belanger look at the people and places that have made a difference in CT history. New episodes every two weeks. A joint production of Connecticut Explored magazine and the CT State Historian Emeritus.
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Dental Sound Bites™

American Dental Association

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Dental Sound Bites is an ADA podcast created for dentists, by dentists. Join our hosts, representing different paths in their careers, for real talk on dentistry’s daily wins and sticky situations. Tune in to benefit from the wisdom of your peers and share some laughs along the way. Come for the camaraderie, stay for insightful discussions with leading experts from our industry and beyond.
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Have you ever heard of Gen. Von Steuben? Very important man who played a key role in shaping a bunch of farmers, merchants, etc into an army that performed well at Valley Forge and beyond. But, the new slant on him is that he was a part of the LGBTQ community. Does the historical record bear this out? Pastor David Whitney of Institute on the Consti…
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Get access to Part 2 and exclusive episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime In this episode of the 1Dime Radio podcast, I am joined by James Vaughn, a Marxist historian at the University of Chicago, to discuss the history of the American Revolution and what people on the left tend to get wrong about it. James explains how the "progressi…
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Spies of the American Revolution, The Culper Spy Ring and 25 Little Known Facts We analyze George Washington and his Spy Chief Benjamin Tallmadge's roles in creating spy networks during the American Revolution, which were critical to the Continental Army winning the war and the new country to gain its independence as at the United States of America…
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British General Henry Clinton finds himself under increasing pressure from his own officers to resign command. General Washington approves an attempt to kidnap King George III's son in New York. Continental General Alexander McDougall faces a court martial. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and …
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Another day in the United States of Serfs and Lords. Trump gives us a 7th grade book report on Gettysburg.Republicans are following the Nazi playbook in corrupting the courts and the illegitimate SCOTUS is happy to help. Republicans want Americans to hurt other Americans.and more!We discuss the madness._________________________________https://rokfi…
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Birthplace of American Independence--Ipswich, Massachusetts? In 1687, when King James II tried to take away the power of people in Massachusetts towns to govern themselves, Reverend John Wise of Ipswich lead the town into resistance--leading to his arrest, and the arrest of town leaders. But they stood together--and in an unrelated development, Par…
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The British redcoats of the American revolution… Often mocked, undervalued or portrayed as red-coated imperial storm troopers with a hatred of freedom loving American rebels. In the last episode, we looked at who they really were, their backgrounds, places of birth and how much training they received. Well today we are joined once more by author Ro…
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God and Guns Podcast GNG 362 – American Revolution Intro: Welcome back to Episode 362 of the God and Guns Podcast . I’m your host, Troy. (Doug) And I’m your other host Doug. (Troy) We use this podcast to talk about God, guns, and the responsible Christian gun owners’ interests. On this week’s God […] The post God and Guns 362 – American Revolution …
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Welcome Patriots! We were excited to answer the call of Shane, who requested this Bonus Episode as he wanted to know more about John Paul Jones. I discuss his early life and amazing achievements in the newly formed Continental Navy. His contributions helped bring France into the fight on our side against England, and even after his death, his story…
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Boubacar N’Diaye's book Mauritania's Colonels: Political Leadership, Civil-Military Relations and Democratization (Routledge, 2017), the result of more than a decade of research, focuses on the socio-political dynamics and civil-military relations in a little studied country: Mauritania, located in the troubled North-western part of Africa. Boubaca…
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In April 1942, at least half a million people fled the city of Madras, now known as Chennai. The reason? The British, after weeks of growing unease about the possibility of a Japanese invasion, finally recommended that people leave the city. In the tense, uncertain atmosphere of 1942, many people took that advice to heart–and fled. The Japanese, of…
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Alexander Statman's book A Global Enlightenment: Western Progress and Chinese Science (U Chicago Press, 2023) is a revisionist history of the idea of progress reveals an unknown story about European engagement with Chinese science. The Enlightenment gave rise not only to new ideas of progress but consequential debates about them. Did distant times …
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Allbirds was once valued at $4.1 billion. The sustainable shoe brand had a fast and meteoric rise that mirrored the path of many other direct to consumer brands, but by early 2024 Allbirds' luck had changed. Find out what wrong for the company and the DTC market broadly, and how they're trying to find their footing again. Featured Guests: Ann Gehan…
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Is Rome Odunze the best receiver in the 2024 Draft ? The Sports Guyz - Short We analyze Rome Odunze, currently ranked the #3 wide receiver on the draft board for most teams, but is he being overlooked? For a few scouts he is the most dominant and best prospect at the position this year, boasting a rare combination of both speed, route running and p…
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Is Brock Bowers the Most Underrated Player in the 2024 Draft ? The Sports Guyz - Short We analyze Brock Bowers the best tight end prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft and possibly the steal of the draft to whichever team drafts him. Teams who have won the Super Bowl the past decade have had an elite pass catching tight end and Bowers is a unique impact p…
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Glenn reacts to the vast foreign aid package passed by the Senate and the groundwork for the banning of TikTok being snuck into the bill after the Democrats removed a vital security feature. When will congresspeople realize that they work for the American people? America managed to anger the whole world with its recent foreign aid package. Glenn ma…
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Glenn reacts to the vast foreign aid package passed by the Senate and the groundwork for the banning of TikTok being snuck into the bill after the Democrats removed a vital security feature. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joins to discuss how Trump’s criminal hush-money case is evidence America is becoming a banana republic. Is Biden tryin…
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In this colorful book, historian Sudev Sheth traces how a family of diamond dealers deployed wealth to play off political leaders and survive the collapse of the Mughal Empire. The story highlights the unique role played by Jain and Hindu bankers in the daily affairs of Islamic, Hindu, and early colonial forms of Indian government. Bankrolling Empi…
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In Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in American Cinema (University of California Press, 2024), Dr. Pamela Roberston Wojcik examines America's ambivalent and shifting attitude toward homelessness. She considers film cycles from five distinct historical moments that show characters who are unhomed and placeless, mobile rather than fixed—…
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Offering a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the key issues at the heart of the study of German Fascism, Nazism as Fascism: Violence, Ideology, and the Ground of Consent in Germany 1930-1945 (Routledge, 2013) brings together a selection of Geoff Eley’s most important writings on Nazism and the Third Reich. Featuring a wealth of revised, updat…
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J.N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism (Oxford University Press, 2024) describes the work of one of the most important and under-studied theologians in the history of Christianity. In the late 1820s, John Nelson Darby abandoned his career as a priest in the Church of Ireland to become one of the principal leaders of a small but rapidly growi…
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It's 1940 and as Adolph Hitler’s forces storm across Europe, the American army pays a nearly broke U.S. carmaker to develop a lightweight, durable, all-purpose, all-terrain automobile for use in the coming world war. The vehicle that’s created comes to be known as the Jeep and it plays a pivotal role in winning that war. But the Jeep has a bumpy ho…
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Mock Draft Analysis of the 2024 NFL Draft - Sports Guyz - Episode 13 We dig into the top final Mock drafts as we prepare for the first round 2024 NFL on Thursday, April 25th. Building on our episodes regarding the top Quarterbacks and receivers in the upcoming draft, we analyze what we really think will happen in the first round this year, what the…
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Mock Draft Analysis of the 2024 NFL Draft - Sports Guyz - Episode 13 We dig into the top final Mock drafts as we prepare for the first round 2024 NFL on Thursday, April 25th. Building on our episodes regarding the top Quarterbacks and receivers in the upcoming draft, we analyze what we really think will happen in the first round this year, what the…
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Jon Mackenzie is joined by Thom Harris to explore some of the under-the-radar coaches in La Liga and discuss their eventual career pathways… How does Michel’s fluidity at Girona work? Who are the players Girona brought in to make the difference? Can Garcia Pimienta make it at the elite level after Las Palmas? How has Ernesto Valverde’s time at Barc…
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Toulon turns to treason. Placing its hopes in the First Coalition, the French rebels found an alliance crippled by mistrust and division. With the allies focused on their own self-interests, the war with France was often a secondary consideration compared to other territorial or commercial gains. This episode explore the dysfunctions of the First C…
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President Biden had a “good people on both sides” moment when asked about anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian protests. Remember when the media went nuts when it thought Trump said that (although he didn’t)? 1930s-style anti-Semitism is making a return, so will we have the courage to stand up against evil for what’s right? Financial expert Carol Roth join…
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Listen to the Tues. April 23, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The episode features our PANW report with dispatches on the broadening demonstrations on United States university campuses in solidarity with Palestine; nearly 300 bodies have been …
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Attorney John Graves joins to preview this week’s Glenn TV special, which will explore whether the 2024 election will be secure. Kjerstyn Pledger, a mom from Utah, joins to expose how “furry” culture has taken over her son’s middle school. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) joins to warn that if NATO lets Ukraine join, it would practically mean war against a n…
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A story from the 19th century told that British soldiers marched off the surrender ground at Yorktown to the tune of "The World Turned Upside Down." Whether true or not is beside the point. The world may indeed have seemed upside down. To help us come to grips with the myriad of ways in which life in the British Atlantic world changed, we talk with…
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11 Custom Home Building Tips with ZDLG&P We review major considerations of custom home building, 11 key tips in planning your custom home project and the pros and cons to think about as you ramp up your effort. Our investment group had a lot of success in our last project and we are now looking to our next project to kick off in 2024. We give you t…
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Between the 1850s and World War I, about one million North Caucasian Muslims sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire. This resettlement of Muslim refugees from Russia changed the Ottoman state. Circassians, Chechens, Dagestanis, and others established hundreds of refugee villages throughout the Ottoman Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levant. Most villages s…
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is everywhere in the New York metropolitan area. Founded in 1921, its portfolio includes airports, marine terminals, bus stations, bridges, tunnels, and real estate. But its history is not widely known and its inner workings are little understood by people who traverse its domain when they fly into John…
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The anti-tax movement is "the most important overlooked social and political movement of the last half century", according to our guest Michael J. Graetz. In his book The Power to Destroy: How the Antitax Movement Hijacked America (Princeton UP, 2024), Graetz chronicles the movement from a fringe theory promoted by zealous outsiders using false eco…
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The thrilling true story of Agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis, and the first spy to crack Hitler's deadliest secret code: the framework of the Final Solution. In public life, Dr. Winthrop Bell was a Harvard philosophy professor and wealthy businessman. As an MI6 spy--known as secret agent A12--in Berlin in 1919, he evaded gunfire and shook…
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The enigma of William Shakespeare's religious beliefs has long tantalized scholars and enthusiasts alike. Vernon Press's latest publication, Christian Shakespeare?: A Collection of Essays on Shakespeare in His Christian Context (Vernon Press, 2022), dives deep into this mystery. The collection of essays, edited by renowned scholars Michael Scott an…
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Free time, one of life’s most precious things, often feels unfulfilling. But why? And how did leisure activities transition from strolling in the park for hours to “doomscrolling” on social media for thirty minutes? Today, despite the promise of modern industrialization, many people experience both a scarcity of free time and a disappointment in it…
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Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life (Reaktion Books, 2023) tracks the British love affair with pets over the last two centuries, showing how the kinds of pets we keep, as well as how we relate to and care for them, has changed radically. The book describes the growth of pet foods and medicines, the rise of pet shops, and t…
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Chaos erupted at Columbia University heading into Passover weekend as professors urged Jewish students to stay home amidst anti-Jewish protests. Glenn reviews a shocking opinion piece from the New York Times that argues that government surveillance keeps us safe. Who are the over 30 Republican senators who voted to renew and extend controversial FI…
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Glenn reviews a shocking opinion piece from the New York Times that argues that government surveillance keeps us safe. Who are the over 30 Republican senators who voted to renew and extend controversial FISA for two more years? Journalist Megyn Kelly joins to discuss the atrocious changes the Biden administration made to Title IX, which will harm b…
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Today on the show, Fareed is joined by the head of Ukraine’s Office of the President Andriy Yermak to discuss the US aid bill that passed the House this weekend and its impact, as Ukraine braces for a new Russian offensive. Then, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi talks to Fareed about the tit-for-tat strik…
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The Sobibor Death Camp was the second extermination camp built by the Nazis as part of the secretive Operation Reinhardt--with intent to carry out the mass murder of Polish Jewry. Following the construction of the extermination camp at Belzec in south-eastern Poland from November 1941 to March 1942, the Nazis planned a second extermination camp at …
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Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza's life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza's exile from Judaism, into the midst of the tumultuous political, social, intellectual,…
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On today's episode of the New Books Network, we are privileged to have Professor Arie Dubnov joining us for an in-depth discussion on the multifaceted history and evolution of Zionism. Professor Dubnov is the Max Ticktin Chair of Israel Studies at George Washington University and a preeminent scholar on Zionist thought and nationalist movements. Hi…
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Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis (Reaktion, 2024) by Dr. Julie Peakman investigates the sex lives of women from 1680 to 1830, the period known as the long eighteenth century. It uncovers the various experiences of women, whether mistresses, adulteresses or those involved in the sex trade. From renowned courtesans to downtr…
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Chinatown has a long history in Boston. Though little documented, it represents the city's most sustained neighborhood effort to survive during eras of hostility and urban transformation. It has been wounded and transformed, slowly ceding ground; at the same time, its residents and organizations have gained a more prominent voice over their communi…
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