Axelbank Reports History and Today
Axelbank Reports History and Today
Latest Episodes
#214: Peter Bergen - "All The Presidents' Wars: Twenty-Five Years of America's War on Terror"
From the publisher:"2026 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of 9/11, the most devastating attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Within days, the United States began to declare its war on terror: “Either you are with us, or you are wit...
#213: Thomas Mullaney - "How We Disappear: A Personal History of Information"
From the publisher: "When world-renowned scholar Thomas S. Mullaney “lost” both his parents, he began thinking of how information—all the stuff that makes us, that we make, and that we leave behind—ultimately disappears. Th...
#212: Matthew Algeo - "The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit"
From the publisher:"In the nineteenth century, Manhattan’s streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect solution: build a...
#211: Caroline Hallemann - "The Kennedys & The Windsors: The Story of Two Dynasties, One Born, One Made"
From the publisher: "For nearly a century, two families an ocean apart have captured the world’s collective imagination: the British Windsors and the American Kennedys. Much ink has been spilled on their individual trysts, tragedies...
#210: Julian Zelizer - "The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden: A First Historical Assessment"
From the publisher:The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden presents a first draft of history by providing insights into how this one-term president fits within the broader historical forces shaping the United States in the twenty-firs...