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A History of World Orders and Catastrophic Change

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For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff talks to historian Alfred McCoy about the long history of empire through the lens of his new book, To Govern the Globe. Alfred McCoy is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he teaches and researches modern Philippine social and political history, U.S. foreign policy, colonial […]

In Conversation with Poet Clemonce Heard

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For today’s show, Tuesday host Ali Muldrow spends a joyful hour talking about a difficult subject with poet Clemonce Heard, author of the new poetry collection Tragic City, which investigates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Clemonce Heard is a poet from New Orleans. His debut collection is Tragic City (Anhinga Press, 2021). Did you enjoy […]

Divers extract 1,200-year-old canoe from Lake Mendota

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On Tuesday, a team of divers brought up a 1,200-year-old canoe from the depths of Lake Mendota. The canoe, which belonged to ancestors of the Ho-Chunk nation, has been released into the care of the Wisconsin Historical Society for preservation. Eventually, according to the Wisconsin State Journal, the craft will go on display in a […]

Benjamin Lay, Prophet Against Slavery

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Today, Thursday host Allen Ruff explores the life and times of the early anti-slavery rebel Benjamin Lay with historian Marcus Rediker and graphic artist David Lester, whose new book Prophet Against Slavery is out this week. Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of many […]

Thomas Sankara, African Revolutionary

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Thomas Sankara is often referred to as “Africa’s Che Guevara.” He was the revolutionary, anti-imperialist president of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987. Now, thirty-four years later, fourteen men are on trial for Sankara’s murder. Today, Friday host Esty Dinur takes this opportunity to learn about Sankara’s life and leadership in the […]

Rebroadcast: The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman

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This episode originally aired on August 6, 2020. Historian Susan Reverby’s latest book offers a complex portrait of Alan Berkman, a doctor who was radicalized in the 1960s and joined a clandestine struggle for change, was imprisoned for nearly a decade, battled cancer several times over, and ended his life of activism with a successful […]

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