Axelbank Reports History and Today Podcast
1) #197: Gloria Browne-Marshall - "A Protest History of the United States"
From the publisher: "Exploring 500 years of protest and resistance in US history—and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic world In this timely new...Show More
2) #196: Heather Ann Thompson - "Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage"
From the publisher: "In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that would unv...Show More
3) #195: Andrew Burstein - "Being Thomas Jefferson: "An Intimate History"
From the publisher: "The deepest dive yet into the heart and soul, secret affairs, unexplored alliances, and bitter feuds of a generally worshipped, intermittently reviled American icon. Perhaps no ...Show More
4) #194: Richard Bell - "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World"
It's almost the 250th anniversary of America's founding. Not only did the Revolution define the fate of the continent, Dr. Richard Bell argues it was a harbinger for the rest of the world. On this epi...Show More
5) #193: Vaughn Joy - "Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy"
From the publisher: Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an id...Show More
6) #192: Charles Ferguson - "Presidential Seclusion: The Power of Camp David"
From the publisher: "The Presidential Retreat Camp David is shrouded in mystery, and rightfully so. The hidden retreat atop the Catoctin Mountains is the one place the President, First Family, and in...Show More
7) #191: Matthew Davis - "A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mt. Rushmore"
From the publisher: "A comprehensive narrative history of Mt. Rushmore, written in light of recent political controversies, and a timely retrospective for the monument's 100th anniversary in 2025 “We...Show More
8) #190: David Baron - "The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America"
From the publisher: “There Is Life on the Planet Mars” ―New York Times, December 9, 1906 This New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed we had discovere...Show More
9) #189: Joseph J. Ellis - "The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding"
From the publisher: An astounding look at how America’s founders—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Adams—regarded the issue of slavery as they drafted the Declaration of Independence and the C...Show More
10) #188: Julia Azari - "Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History"
From the publisher: "When Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, becoming the nation’s first Black president, the stage was set for Donald Trump’s eventual rise to power. Backlash Presidents shows ...Show More