The Road to Now Podcast
1) #134 The American Empire w/ Daniel Immerwahr
Is the United States an empire? US citizens have struggled with this question for a long time. Though our historical narrative traces our origins to the war for independence against the British Empire...Show More
2) #347 A Graphic History of the Civil War w/ Andrew Fialka & Anderson Carmen
Guerilla violence in the American Civil War was once considered a fringe topic of study, but the scale of the violence and its impact on society had a tremendous impact on the US during and after the ...Show More
3) #346 A Forgotten History of Chinese Life in the United States w/ Beth Lew-Williams
Chinese immigrants helped establish America’s foothold on the western coast, yet few of us know what life looked like for those Chinese people who came to live in the US. In this episode, Beth Lew-Wil...Show More
4) #345 How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong w/ David J. Lynch
Washington Post Global Economics Correspondent David J. Lynch joins Ben & Bob for a discussion about his new book The World’s Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (and What Would Make i...Show More
5) How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman
It’s Labor Day, so we’re sharing one of our favorite conversations on the history of labor in the US- our 2018 conversation with Louis Hyman on his book Temp: The Real Story of What Happened to Your ...Show More
6) #344 The Last Forty Years of American Politics w/ Joe Lockhart
Joe Lockhart served as White House Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton from 1998-2000, and played central roles in Presidential campaigns from Walter Mondale to John Kerry. In this episode, Joe...Show More
7) Mourning the Presidents w/ Lindsay Chervinsky
A Presidency is defined by the decisions that a person makes while serving as Executive, but a Presidential legacy is about much more than that. In Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American...Show More
8) Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison’s Struggle for a Nation w/ Peter Stark
The war between the US Army and the Native American confederation during the war of 1812 is a buried story in an often-overlooked event, yet its impact on the history of North America is profound. The...Show More
9) #343 Affordable Housing in Urban America w/ Tom Hanchett
The affordable housing shortage in many American cities is making urban life more difficult for all of us. But the problem of housing is not a new one, and history has some valuable lessons for those ...Show More
10) The American Buffalo w/ Dayton Duncan
In the late 18th century, tens of millions of buffalo lived in North America. By the mid-1880s, they were on the brink of extinction. For the white settlers who sought to “conquer” the American west, ...Show More