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 • 185 episodes
Axelbank Reports History and Today
Latest Episodes
#184: Jonathan Mahler - The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990
From the publisher: New York entered 1986 as a city reborn. Record profits on Wall Street sent waves of money splashing across Manhattan, bringing a battered city roaring back to life.But it also entered 1986 as a city whose foundation ...
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#183: Iain MacGregor - "The Hiroshima Men: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb and the Fateful Decision to Use It"
From the publisher: "An epic, riveting history based on new interviews and research that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945,...
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#182: James Bradley - "Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician"
American politics has been dominated by two major political parties for large swaths of time. They raise money, put forward candidates at every level of government, get them elected, and - for better or worse - keep them there. It's a system th...
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#181: J. Randy Taraborrelli - "JFK: Public, Private, Secret"
From the publisher:"In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of America’s most consequential and enigmatic presidents—J. Randy Taraborrelli delivers a deeply researched and authoritative biography. More than the story o...
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#180 - Fifth Anniversay Celebration with HW Brands - "A User's Guide to History"
Happy fifth!! On this special edition of "Axelbank Reports History and Today," we are thrilled to chat with HW Brands to celebrate this show's fifth anniversary. Over the last five years, we have published 180 episodes and profiled books and au...
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