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Ned Blackhawk

Ned Blackhawk

Season 6 Episode 1
26:40
Lindsay Chervinsky

Lindsay Chervinsky

Season 6 Episode 2
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Selwyn Vickers

Selwyn Vickers

Season 6 Episode 3
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Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep

Season 6 Episode 4
26:40
Stacy Schiff

Stacy Schiff

Season 6 Episode 5
26:40
Robert Caro

Robert Caro

Season 6 Episode 6
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Jeffrey Rosen

Jeffrey Rosen

Season 6 Episode 7
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Danielle Allen

Danielle Allen

Season 6 Episode 8
26:40
Kai Bird

Kai Bird

Season 6 Episode 9
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Alex Prud'homme

Alex Prud'homme

Season 6 Episode 10
26:40
Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow

Season 7 Episode 1
26:39
Rick Atkinson

Rick Atkinson

Season 7 Episode 2
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Robert A. Caro

Season 1 Episode 108

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and National Humanities Medal recipient

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Ron Chernow
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Biographer Ron Chernow discusses the complex life of writer and humorist Mark Twain.
Alex Prud'homme
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Alex Prud'homme on the political power wielded by the White House kitchen.
Kai Bird
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Prize-winning historian Kai Bird offers a riveting account of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Danielle Allen
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Professor Danielle Allen makes the case for civic engagement as the path to justice.
Jeffrey Rosen
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Author Jeffrey Rosen on what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's Founders.
Robert Caro
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Robert A. Caro on political power and the legacy of 36th President Lyndon Johnson.
Stacy Schiff
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Award-winning author Stacy Schiff explores the often-overlooked revolutionary Samuel Adams.
Steve Inskeep
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Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition on Lincoln's skill at crossing political lines.
Selwyn Vickers
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Selwyn M. Vickers on the lasting legacy of slavery and Reconstruction.
Lindsay Chervinsky
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Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky presents the unique challenges faced by John Adams.
Ned Blackhawk
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Author and professor Ned Blackhawk on the essential history of America’s Indigenous peoples.
Drew Gilpin Faust
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Former president of Harvard University and author
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