Axelbank Reports History and Today
"Axelbank Reports History and Today: Conversations with America’s top non-fiction authors and why their books matter right now" approaches our past and present in a way that makes anyone want to listen. National-award winning TV news reporter Evan Axelbank interviews writers of history and current events to explore how America works and how it has been shaped by both the powerful and the powerless. In conversational and engaging fashion, listeners learn about the most important events, themes and figures in American history. This podcast shows why we have no choice but to understand where we have been, to know where we are going.
Podcasting since 2020 • 192 episodes
Axelbank Reports History and Today
Latest Episodes
#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“Well, most people want ...
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#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, 1906This New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed ...
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#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 Constitution. A daring and important wo...
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#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 how, throughout American history, a...
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#187: Howard Husock - "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing"
From the publisher: As the US struggles to provide affordable housing, millions of Americans live in deteriorating public housing projects, enduring the mistakes of past housing policy. In The Projects, Howard A. Husock explains how we...
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