The Dark Origins of Modern Women's Health

Listen now | J.C. Hallman on exploitation, monuments, and the stories we tell about the past.

Sep 25 • 

Richard Kreitner

46:47

Murder on the Colonial Frontier

Nicole Eustace on how a 300 year-old crime speaks to conflicts and debates today.

Sep 9 • 

Richard Kreitner

40:25

July 2025

What Else I've Been Doing

Columns, book reviews, my next book project (!).

Jul 29 • 

Richard Kreitner

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The Wild West, Re-Examined

Listen now | Bryan Burrough on frontier violence, western mythology, and the art of narrative history.

Jul 23 • 

Richard Kreitner

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46:17

What Really Happened on Sherman’s March?

Listen now | A conversation with historian Bennett Parten about the largest—and most misunderstood—emancipation event in American history.

Jul 9 • 

Richard Kreitner

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Bennett Parten

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50:10

June 2025

Why We Need a New Constitution

Listen now | George William Van Cleve on the deep roots of America’s dysfunction and decline—and how to fix it.

Jun 26 • 

Richard Kreitner

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46:50

When America Had No Government (with George William Van Cleve)

The historian and legal scholar on the connections between the crises of the 1780s and America’s constitutional dysfunction today

Jun 17 • 

Richard Kreitner

3

48:26

The Unfinished Revolution of 1963 (with Peniel Joseph)

How writers, activists, and politicians led the fight for civil rights and racial equality in one crucial and transformative year.

Jun 5 • 

Richard Kreitner

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49:44

May 2025

The Chinese in America (with Michael Luo)

Listen now | What do most of us really know about the history of Chinese Americans?

May 22 • 

Richard Kreitner

1

44:29

Constitutional Renewal in the Age of Trump (with Aziz Rana)

Listen now | What in our inheritance from the Framers is worth keeping? What is it time to jettison?

May 6 • 

Richard Kreitner

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54:31

April 2025

The Hidden Origins of the American Revolution (with Andrew Lawler)

The most dramatic events of the early uprising against Britain occurred not in Massachusetts but in Virginia, and culminated in an anti-slavery…

Apr 16 • 

Richard Kreitner

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44:17

How the First Gilded Age Ended (with Jon Grinspan)

President Trump has identified 1870-1913 as the period when the US was "strongest." What was American democracy really like in this often misunderstood…

Apr 10 • 

Richard Kreitner

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53:25