Historians Eric Foner and Manisha Sinha discuss the fight to protect hard won civil rights in American history.
Duration: 59:58
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October 2019
Audio
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
October 2nd, 2019
Eric Foner, Manisha Sinha (moderator)
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September 2019
Audio
Convincing the Court: An Evening with Neal Katyal
September 24th, 2019
Neal Katyal, Akhil Reed Amar (moderator)
Former Acting Solicitor General of the United States Neal Katyal discusses his record breaking career with fellow legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar.
Duration: 57:54
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May 2019
Audio
The Crusade for America's Natural Treasures from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR
May 22nd, 2019
Douglas Brinkley
Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley discusses how different administrations have fought to protect the country's natural treasures.
Duration: 59:29
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May 2019
Audio
Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Election, and the Transformation of American Politics
May 21st, 2019
David Levering Lewis, David Nasaw (moderator)
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biographer David Levering Lewis speaks with historian David Nasaw about the career of the 1940 moderate Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie.
Duration: 57:26
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May 2019
Audio
The British Are Coming: The War for America, 1775-1777
May 16th, 2019
Rick Atkinson, General (Ret.) David Petraeus (moderator)
Pulitzer Prize winning author Rick Atkinson speaks with General David Petraeus about the first 21 months of the Revolutionary War.
Duration: 01:02:19
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