Through the Arch: An Integration Anniversary, Part 3
Charlayne Hunter studies in her dorm at the University of Georgia. (Dozier Mobley/Getty Images) Part three in a three-part series on the 50th anniversary of the University of Georgia’s desegregation....
View ArticlePodcast Cheat Sheet: Bourbon Edition
So we realize the Bourbons are one confusing family, and in our last episode on the French line, we threw out quite a few names, dates and revolutions. But it always helps to put a name to a face!...
View ArticleHistory Roundup: The Crafts’ Escape to Freedom
Ellen Craft in her disguise (minus the poultices): "I had much rather starve in England, a free woman, than be a slave for the best man that ever breathed upon the American continent." (Illustrated...
View ArticleHistory Roundup: The Stono Rebellion
Slave uprisings continued long after the Stono Rebellion. This engraving shows Nat Turner's 1831 revolt in Virginia. (MPI/Getty Images) This week, Deblina and I continued our coverage of Black History...
View ArticleShoe for One: Cave with Oldest Shoe Also Holds Oldest Winery
Making wine the old-fashioned way. (Tim Boyle/Newsmakers/Getty Images) Remember the really, really old shoe Deblina and I discussed on our year-end discoveries podcast? The one that made doctoral...
View ArticleHistory Roundup: Caravaggio
Caravaggio's "Bacchus" during the 2010 show at the Scuderie Del Quirinale (Franco Origlia/Getty Images) While researching our episode on Caravaggio, I couldn’t help but think of Lady Caroline Lamb’s...
View ArticleHistory Roundup: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
Stanley, Livingstone and crocodiles all feature prominently in this recent episode! Since January, I’ve been brooding over a whole stable of Royal Geographic Society explorers — the result of reading...
View ArticleHistory Class with David McCullough
Notre Dame, a central location in David McCullough's latest book (© iStockphoto.com/contour99) Listeners love a good history book recommendation, but it’s not every day we devote a whole podcast to one...
View ArticleA Visit to Clybourne Park: This Old House
The first act 1959 set of “Clybourne Park” goes through a dramatic transformation in act two. (Photo credit: Nathan Johnson/Clybourne Park) Deblina and I recently interviewed Pam MacKinnon, the...
View ArticleA Visit to Clybourne Park: Pure Drama
According to Pam MacKinnon, audiences react differently to the combination of humor and uncomfortable moments in “Clybourne Park.” Photo credit: Nathan Johnson Deblina and I recently interviewed Pam...
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