American History (Audio) Podcast
1) Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination
Thomas Jefferson had a vision for the United States of America but race and slavery complicated his views of what kind of society was possible on the American continent. One of the foremost scholars o...Show More
2) Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings and the Burden of Slavery with Annette Gordon-Reed - Conversations with History
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed for a discussion of her work as a lawyer/historian focusing on the contradictions in the life of Thomas Jefferson. Topi...Show More
3) Tomorrow’s Leaders: Building on the Legacy of Selma with Myrlie Evers-Williams -- Helen Edison Lecture Series
From the moment Myrlie Evers-Williams faced the murder of her husband, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, she became a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement. For more than five decades, she has...Show More
4) The Role of Latinos in a Changing America with Cruz Reynoso -- Helen Edison Lecture Series
Former California Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis School of Law Professor Emeritus Cruz Reynoso recalls his days working alongside Cesar Chavez in the Community Service Organization and speaks to t...Show More
5) Gerald Horne: Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
Former UCSB professor Gerald Horne, the award-winning author of more than thirty books, discusses his book “The Counter-Revolution of 1776” which argues that for the country's forefathers, "freedom" m...Show More
6) Lessons for Our Youth: Chicana/o Activism in the Vietnam War Era
A distinguished panel of community leaders and activists share anecdotes and answer questions about Chicana/o involvement in the Vietnam-era protest movement, including the 1970 National Chicano Morat...Show More
7) San Diego and the Panama-California Exposition of 1915: The Search for Civic Identity - Kevin Starr
Eminent California historian Kevin Starr traces the emergence of San Diego’s role in the distinctly Southern California aesthetic of “Mediterranean-ism,” as seen in the 1915 Panama-California Expositi...Show More
8) Were the Framers Right About Constitutional Design? The US Constitution in Comparative Perspective
The founding fathers were political theorists of the highest order, and founded the modern era of constitutional design. But how have their propositions fared over the course of the subsequent two cen...Show More