For today’s show, Allen is joined by David Ranney to discuss his new book, Living and Dying on the Factory Floor. Written as a memoir, the book describes his firsthand experiences as an industrial worker in the factories of southeast Chicago and northwest Indiana between 1976 and 1982 and offers an opportunity to reflect on […]
The History of Cigarettes and Corporations with Nan Enstad
On today’s episode, Allen is joined in the studio by historian Nan Enstad to discuss her latest book, Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism. In it, she upends the mythic status of the singular (white, male) entrepreneur and uncovers the shared history of American corporations and the tobacco industry through a global lens, […]
Split Show: Soviet TV History and Health Impacts of Nuclear Weapons
For today’s two-part episode, we take a look at Soviet media history and nuclear health effects. Our first guest is Christine Evans, professor of history at UW–Milwaukee, who sketches the history of television in the former Soviet Union and the role of media in contemporary Russian politics and culture. Next, we speak to Robert (Bob) […]
WOMEN WARRIORS book talk
Pamela Toler discusses her new book WOMEN WARRIORS, which tells the stories of women in war from around the globe and across the ages. As Booklist says: “Toler blows past all expectations with this thoroughly delightful, personable and crucially important history of women warriors.”
From the Frontier to the Border Wall with Greg Grandin
Today on the show, Allen speaks with Latin American historian Greg Grandin about his new book, The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America. Greg Grandin is a professor of history at New York University. His research focuses on US foreign policy, Latin America, genocide, and […]
Radical America Komiks with Paul Buhle
For today’s pledge drive edition, guest host Norman Stockwell is joined in the studio by historian Paul Buhle to discuss the 50th anniversary edition of Radical America Komiks and reminisce about the history of media, the underground press, art, and radical politics in the 1960s and 70s. Paul Buhle is founder of the journal Radical America and the archive Oral […]
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