Dr. Patrick Iber is a UW-Madison historian who studies 20th Century Latin American history and US-Latin American relations at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Among other things, he’s the author […]
Unpacking the Crisis in Ukraine
For today’s show, we turn our attention to the war that has begun in Ukraine. Guest host Norm Stockwell spends the hour with political scientist Andrew Kydd discussing the historical […]
Is There a “New Cold War” Between the U.S. and China?
What are the contradictory messages being sent to Beijing by the early Biden administration? What are the dangers of an accidental slide into direct confrontation? What could it mean for […]
The Jakarta Method with Vincent Bevins
We live in a world shaped by the anti-communist campaign waged by the United States during the Cold War, argues journalist Vincent Bevins. Today, we’re in conversation with Vincent Bevins […]
Modern Dance as Propaganda
When you think of professional modern dance, does “cold war politics” immediately come to you mind? No? Well, Victoria Phillips, Lecturer in History at Columbia University, writes about dance as […]
The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
What happened during the last days of the Cold War? What were the impacts of the fall of the Soviet Union? Find out on this edition of APA!
