Chris Field and Katharine Mach from the Carnegie Institution for Science – Department of Global Ecology at Stanford join the show. We discuss how the recent Paris talks have shaped the climate change discussion and what needs to happen moving…
Chris Field and Katharine Mach from the Carnegie Institution for Science – Department of Global Ecology at Stanford join the show. We discuss how the recent Paris talks have shaped the climate change discussion and what needs to happen moving…
H.W. Brands (History Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, “Reagan: The Life”) joins the show. We discuss how a middling actor in Hollywood catapulted himself into becoming one of America’s most iconic political figures. Show Notes You…
Alex Kershaw (“Avenue of Spies: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris”) returns to the show. We discuss how some ordinary people did extraordinary things to defy Hitler and the Nazi occupation…
Neil Sagebiel (“Draw in the Dunes: The 1969 Ryder Cup and the Finish That Shocked the World”) joins the show. Coming into the 1969 Ryder Cup, the British were losers of fourteen of the first seventeen outings. Some American golfers like…
John Shiffman (Reuters, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, “Operation Shakespeare: The True Story of an Elite International Sting”) joins the show. A big threat currently facing America is another country stealing its military technology. We discuss an elite group attempting to curb…
Howard Blum (“Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany’s Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America”) joins the show. At the onset of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson announced America would remain neutral. We discuss the German…
Nicholas Griffin (“Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World”) joins the show. We discuss the background to the landmark event as well as how table tennis grew to become so popular. Show Notes You…
Walter Stahr (“Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man”) joins the show. We discuss Lincoln’s Secretary of State, the 1860 Republican National Convention, the Trent Affair, and an upcoming project. Show Notes: You can purchase Seward wherever books are sold. More information about Walter is available…