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Listening to America aims to “light out for the territories,” traveling less visited byways and taking time to see this immense, extraordinary country with fresh eyes while listening to the many voices of America’s past, present, and future. Led by noted historian and humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson, Listening to America travels the country’s less visited byways, from national parks and forests to historic sites to countless under-recognized rural and urban places. Through this exploration ...
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Democracy in Danger

UVA Karsh Institute

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All over the world, liberal democracy is under threat. Autocrats are taking hold. They’re crushing dissent. Controlling the media. Trampling voting rights. Don’t let them. Join hosts Will Hitchcock and Siva Vaidhyanathan as they put the illiberal turn in context. Hear leading thinkers discuss serious threats to government by the people: from the dark web and media disinformation, to climate change, economic inequality and violent extremism. Help save the rule of the people — one episode at a ...
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DAR Today Podcast

DAR Today Podcast Committee

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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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The intention of this podcast is to help you to open your mind, get curious about yourself and take radical responsibility for your life. Through introspection and self-inquiry you can connect to your authentic truth and raise your vibration and consciousness levels. You have the power to consciously co-create your life but you need to 'wake up' first. You're more than just this physical, mental and emotional body. Your essence is as an energetic, divine, spiritual being that is connected to ...
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Art Ignites Change

Mural Arts Philadelphia

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Art Ignites Change is a new podcast by Mural Arts Philadelphia, the nation’s largest public arts program, in which we explore public art projects and programs from current and historical perspectives to build a greater understanding of the transformative power of creativity. “Art ignites change” has been the mantra of Mural Arts Philadelphia for the last 35 years, and with this podcast, we invite you to join us in being part of that change!
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Daily American show that celebrates the great United States of America! Here, I talk about the good, the bad and the ugly with stories ranging from Ben Franklin to Billy the Kid to the New York Yankees and Hollywood. Give me four minutes and I'll tell you all about it!
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Broken English is a mobile podcast hosted by me, Andrew Mahar in and around Chicago, Illinois. This first season is a mixture of interviews from people who have immigrated to the U.S. ranging from Mexico to South Africa to Turkey to Bolivia. With the Trump administration creating such a negative connotation around the word “Immigrant” now more than ever, immigrants need a voice to share their side of the story. Broken English is here to be that voice.
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AJ Marks and Megan Sola-Guinto are two American musicians living in England who host a biweekly podcast with a variety of local and international guests to discuss the cultural and linguistic differences between the U.S. and the U.K. From explaining slang to debunking various misconceptions, Americans and Britons alike can tune in to hear fresh perspectives on what the other countries are like. Email your questions, corrections and stereotypes to AIAhosts@gmail.com and follow AJ and Megan on ...
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P.S. You’re Interesting

USC Bedrosian Center

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P.S. You’re Interesting is a series of conversations on political science research hosted by Jeffery A. Jenkins. Formerly, “Our American Discourse,” we continue the series to pick up the tradition Anthony W. Orlando began. We hope to keep conversations … discourse alive. To keep thinking about the research we do in the academy, why it matters to us, and hopefully to you. Sponsored by the USC Bedrosian Center http://bedrosian.usc.edu/ Recorded at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy http ...
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NCUSCR U.S.-China Insights

National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

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NCUSCR's new podcast series features short interviews and explainers on timely issues in the U.S.-China relationship with leading experts. For more interviews, videos, and links to events, please visit us at: www.ncuscr.org. The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations is the leading American nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that encourages understanding of China and the United States among citizens of both countries.
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The RV Show was created by an energetic group of RV enthusiasts that share in the love of the RV Lifestyle and want to share their experiences, enthusiasm and knowledge with others. Our Pledge- The RV Show promises to take an honest approach to the way we conduct business, to help spread the word of the exciting possibilities that RVing offers and to do business with RV Dealers and others that live up to a strict set of business principles as required by The RV Show. Be Featured On The Show! ...
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In this episode of State Secrets, we’re talking with Cipher Brief Expert, retired General Frank McKenzie. General McKenzie served for forty-two years in the U.S. military as a Marine and retired as the fourteenth commander of U.S. Central Command. He also served as Director of the Joint Staff. Perhaps one of the missions he is best known for was ov…
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Clay Jenkinson’s conversation with regular guest Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky about the penman of the U.S. Constitution, Gouverneur Morris of New York. Morris and Thomas Jefferson knew each other in France but couldn’t really get along. Morris was Alexander Hamilton’s best friend and after the 1804 duel that ended Hamilton’s life, Morris agreed to look a…
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June 2024 - DAR Today Podcast - Week 3 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution! CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast To support t…
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With EU election results in, it looks like the forces of extreme nationalism will pull the continent’s politics rightward. But in Poland, the center has held after voters booted the far-right Law and Justice Party from power last fall. This week, we revisit our take on that election in Poland and its place on the European landscape, with the femini…
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Guest host David Horton of Radford University and Clay Jenkinson discuss the origins and varieties of satire. With its roots in the ancient world and particularly Rome, satire exists in two broad categories: genial, bemused satire, identified with the Roman poet Horace; and biting, severe, take-no-prisoners satire best represented by another Roman …
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June 2024 - Week 2 - DAR Today Podcast National Society Daughters of the American Revolution President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast In This Episode: A Special Update about from the Flag of the United States of America Committee; National Chair Marria Blinn Patriot Profile Series: Pr…
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Nearly 80 years ago, Juan José Arévalo took office as Guatemala’s first democratically elected head of state. Only a decade later, the CIA engineered his successor’s ouster — and the end of the Guatemalan revolution. A vicious civil war ensued over the rest of the century, killing as many as 200,000 civilians. Today, Guatemalans are hopeful that th…
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Guest Host David Horton of Radford University in Virginia asks Clay for a progress report on his adventure retracing John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley” journey. Clay was in Middlebury, Vermont, at the time of the interview, still aglow from his interview with Steinbeck biographer Jay Parini of Middlebury College. Topics include the clunky joys…
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June 2024 - Week 2 - DAR Today Podcast National Society Daughters of the American Revolution President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast Click for more information about the Daughters of the American Revolution! CLICK HERE to visit our YouTube (video) version of this podcast To support t…
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Former Senior CIA Officer Ed Bogan spent a decades-long career at CIA focused on the most urgent issues of our time ranging from counterterrorism to Russia in Ukraine. In this episode of State Secrets, Bogan shares his journey from law school to joining the CIA and his experiences in counterterrorism and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He emphasizes t…
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In this second follow-up to “No Good Reason,” we offer Siva’s full interview with Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas. She was a teenager when she first learned that her parents and their families had been incarcerated during World War II. It was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s dubious policy of confining Japanese Americans on suspicion of disloyalt…
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Guest host Russ Eagle and Clay Jenkinson talk about Listening to America’s “Travels with Charley” journey so far. At the time of this conversation, Clay was beginning his third week on the road, recording from Bar Harbor, Maine, just outside Acadia National Park. They discuss Clay’s visit to Sag Harbor, Steinbeck’s home out on the tip of Long Islan…
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May 2024 - Week 5 - DAR Today Podcast National Society Daughters of the American Revolution President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast In This Episode: The Fascinating History of the DAR Library; a tour with Librarian General Cynthia McNamara LINKS: Memorial Day Episode 2023 (The Origin…
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India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is an unabashed autocrat. He has jailed political opponents, gone after Muslims with violence and hateful rhetoric, and dismantled checks on his power. So what explains Modi’s continued popularity? As some 600 million Indians head to the polls, we explore this question with political analyst Radha Kumar. She d…
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Clay Jenkinson interviews Pulitzer Prize winning historian Richard Rhodes, the author of 23 books including The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Topics include Rhodes' path to one of the most productive and acclaimed writing careers in recent American history; the strengths and weaknesses of Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer; the time Edward Teller ab…
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“Havana Syndrome” - reported by hundreds of U.S. officials, diplomats, CIA Officers, FBI Agents and White House staff - as well as some members of their families – is described as including severe headaches accompanied by loss of balance and often followed by cognitive issues. Some doctors have concluded that the likely source is a directed energy …
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May 2024 - Week 4 - DAR Today Podcast National Society Daughters of the American Revolution President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright Brooke Bullmaster Stewart, National Chair DAR Today Podcast In This Episode: Around the DAR Museum with DAR Museum Director Heidi Campbell-Shoaf! Interview with DAR Museum Docents Cathy Jabara and Marilyn Welsche…
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