Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis, in conversation with Khalil Gibran Muhammad, discusses the life and long-lasting work of one of the most prominent civil rights activists of the early 20th century.
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February 2014
Audio
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Fight for Black Equality
February 19th, 2014
1 hour and 10 minutes
David Levering Lewis, Khalil Gibran Muhammad (moderator)
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February 2014
Audio
Before the Fall: From the Roaring Twenties to the Crash of ’29
February 15th, 2014
1 hour and 30 minutes
James Grant, Amity Shlaes, Byron R. Wien
Focusing on the years preceding the U.S. stock market crash of 1929, experts explore how a near-decade of wild opulence and unbounded optimism culminated in Black Tuesday and the devastation that was left in its wake.
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February 2014
Audio
Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection
February 8th, 2014
1 hour and 27 minutes
Debora Spar, Louise Mirrer
Debora Spar, the president of one of the most esteemed all-women schools in the nation, examines the difficult choices and enduring challenges that continue to confront women today.
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February 2014
Audio
Gettysburg: The Aftermath
February 6th, 2014
59 minutes 15 seconds
James M. McPherson, John F. Marszalek, Harold Holzer
Three Civil War historians explore what Union and Confederate commanders East and West, land and sea did after Gettysburg —and what they should have done.
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February 2014
Audio
Foreign Policy with David Sanger and Richard Haass
February 4th, 2014
1 hour
David E. Sanger, Richard N. Haass
Focusing on President Obama’s unforeseen foreign policy challenges, David E. Sanger, in conversation with Richard N. Haass, highlights key issues for present and future U.S. foreign policy makers.
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