Professor Michael Vorenberg joins us to address one of the most perplexing questions in US history. Did the Civil War... more

Professor Buzzkill seems to want to make enemies in this episode. He shows that many things central to Irish culture... more

White supremacy has been rising at an alarming rate in the last few years. The “Irish Slaves” myth has been... more

Carla Von Trapp Hunter (descendant of Captain and Maria Von Trapp) joins Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham to talk about The... more

This week sees the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Dresden on February 13-14, 1945. It was one of the... more

Frances Perkins was one of the most important Americans in the 20th century. She helped hundreds of people flee Nazi... more

“Should old acquaintance be forgot”? What? Should we forget old friends? What does Auld Lang Syne actually mean? Why do... more

One of the most popular movies of all time, “It’s a Wonderful Life” (starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed) is... more

How exactly did Winston Churchill go about directing and managing first the Battle of Britain and then Britain’s part in... more

The “The Weeping Frenchman” photograph from the fall of France in 1940 is one of the most emotional images from... more