Coal
Talking History's Fred Nielsen and Barbara Freese discuss coal, that unglamorous substance that has not only been the combustible behind industrial and economic expansion, but the divisor in class conflict and the quotient in national economies. Barbara Freese is author of Coal: A Human History. Airdate: June 7, 2004
Labor Day
We begin our new season with Matthew Dennis who returns to Talking History to discuss the origins and history of Labor Day with host Bryan Le Beau. Dennis is Professor of History at the University of Oregon and the author of Red, White, and Blue Letter Days: An American Calendar. Airdate: September 5, 2005.
The Wright Brothers
Another of our most popular programs aired the week of December 15th- the 100th anniversary of the first manned flight in a gasoline powered aircraft--by Wilbur and Orville Wright. For that occasion Fred Nielsen interviewed James Tobin the Wright's biographer. Airdate: August 23, 2004.
Strike Songs
This week we continue our best of Talking History series-offering the most popular shows of the past year based on listener responses and visits to our website archives. This week we rebroadcast our program from the week of December 16, 2002. It includes an interview with Timothy Lynch, focusing on the history of protest in music and song. And for our commentary -Benjamin Filene pays tribute to one of Americas great musicologists and collectors of folk music and folklore, Alan Lomax, who died earlier this year at the age of 87. Airdate: July 21, 2003.
Henry Ford
Bryan Le Beau and his guest Steven Watts, discuss the life of Henry Ford and his role as the man who recognized American society for what it had become--one of abundance and consumerism. Steven Watts is the author of The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century. Airdate: January 9, 2006.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Topic #11 The Great American West
The Great Plains
We often romanticize it -- but what was it really like growing up in small town America in the first half of the 20th century. That is the subject of a new book by Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder, who is our guest this week. Airdate: February 10, 2003.
Bison
Talking History's Fred Nielsen is joined by PrincetonUniversity history professor Andrew Isenberg, author of The Destruction of the Bison:An Environmental History, 1750-1920. We often attribute the near extinction of the bison to their mass slaughter, but according Andrew Isenberg, ecological factors including predatory animals, disease, and drought are a central part of the story, too. Airdate: April 19, 2004.
The Children's Blizzard
January 12, 1888 began as an unseasonably warm morning across the upper Midwest. Children walked to school without coats and gloves, unaware of the impending blizzard that was to claim 500 lives. John Herron discusses that tragic event with his guest, David Laskin, author of The Children’s Blizzard. Airdate: January 2, 2006.
We often romanticize it -- but what was it really like growing up in small town America in the first half of the 20th century. That is the subject of a new book by Dorothy Hubbard Schwieder, who is our guest this week. Airdate: February 10, 2003.
Bison
Talking History's Fred Nielsen is joined by PrincetonUniversity history professor Andrew Isenberg, author of The Destruction of the Bison:An Environmental History, 1750-1920. We often attribute the near extinction of the bison to their mass slaughter, but according Andrew Isenberg, ecological factors including predatory animals, disease, and drought are a central part of the story, too. Airdate: April 19, 2004.
The Children's Blizzard
January 12, 1888 began as an unseasonably warm morning across the upper Midwest. Children walked to school without coats and gloves, unaware of the impending blizzard that was to claim 500 lives. John Herron discusses that tragic event with his guest, David Laskin, author of The Children’s Blizzard. Airdate: January 2, 2006.
Topic #10 Reconstruction
Racial Borders
When the Civil War ended, hundreds of African Americans enlisted in the army. They were stationed along the Texas-Mexico border, where they protected white communities, forced Native Americans onto reservations, and broke up labor disputes. Our guest this week, James Leiker, tells their story. Airdate: June 2, 2003
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth is often thought of as the sole perpetrator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. But contrary to popular myth, there were others involved; Talking History's John Herron is joined by Michael Kauffman who sheds light on the motives and conspiracy surrounding the event. Michael Kauffman is author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracy, recent winner of the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. Air date: April 10, 2006.
W.E.B. DuBois
This month marks the 100th anniversary of publication of Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois. Our guest this week, David Levering Lewis, a DuBois biographer, tells us about the man and his famous book. Airdate April 21, 2003
When the Civil War ended, hundreds of African Americans enlisted in the army. They were stationed along the Texas-Mexico border, where they protected white communities, forced Native Americans onto reservations, and broke up labor disputes. Our guest this week, James Leiker, tells their story. Airdate: June 2, 2003
American Brutus
John Wilkes Booth is often thought of as the sole perpetrator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. But contrary to popular myth, there were others involved; Talking History's John Herron is joined by Michael Kauffman who sheds light on the motives and conspiracy surrounding the event. Michael Kauffman is author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracy, recent winner of the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. Air date: April 10, 2006.
W.E.B. DuBois
This month marks the 100th anniversary of publication of Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois. Our guest this week, David Levering Lewis, a DuBois biographer, tells us about the man and his famous book. Airdate April 21, 2003
Topic #9 The Civil War
Gettysburg
This week we take a look at Gettysburg with Talking History's Jim Madison, who discusses its changing role in public memory with Jim Weeks, author of Gettysburg: Memory, Market and an American Shrine. Airdate: November 24, 2003.
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address. It was short, and to the point--a mere 703 words. In it, he uttered one of his most memorable phrases, when he called on Americans to proceed from the Civil War "with malice toward none, with charity for all." Ronald White, author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, discusses the speech and its impact with Talking History's Fred Nielsen. Airdate: August 29, 2005.
Confederate Emancipation
It may surprise some listeners to learn that a proposal adopted in March 1865 by the Confederacy stated: “Every slave in the South who shall remain true to the Confederacy in this war, and take up arms it is defense will be freed.” Our guest this week, Bruce Levine, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War, shares his findings on this proposal with host, Bryan Le Beau. Levine is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Airdate: June 19, 2006.
This week we take a look at Gettysburg with Talking History's Jim Madison, who discusses its changing role in public memory with Jim Weeks, author of Gettysburg: Memory, Market and an American Shrine. Airdate: November 24, 2003.
Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural
On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address. It was short, and to the point--a mere 703 words. In it, he uttered one of his most memorable phrases, when he called on Americans to proceed from the Civil War "with malice toward none, with charity for all." Ronald White, author of Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, discusses the speech and its impact with Talking History's Fred Nielsen. Airdate: August 29, 2005.
Confederate Emancipation
It may surprise some listeners to learn that a proposal adopted in March 1865 by the Confederacy stated: “Every slave in the South who shall remain true to the Confederacy in this war, and take up arms it is defense will be freed.” Our guest this week, Bruce Levine, author of Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War, shares his findings on this proposal with host, Bryan Le Beau. Levine is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Airdate: June 19, 2006.
Topic #8 Slavery and the Steps to Civil War
John Brown
On October 16th, 1859 John Brown led the famous raid on the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. And to mark the anniversary, Talking History offers an interview with host Bryan Le Beau and David Reynolds author of John Brown: Abolitionist. Airdate: October 17, 2005.
Bleeding Kansas
In this show Talking History's Jim Madison discusses Nicole Etcheson's re-examination of the ideological origins of the Civil War in the Kansas Territory. Etcheson is author of "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War." Airdate: September 20, 2004.
On October 16th, 1859 John Brown led the famous raid on the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry. And to mark the anniversary, Talking History offers an interview with host Bryan Le Beau and David Reynolds author of John Brown: Abolitionist. Airdate: October 17, 2005.
Bleeding Kansas
In this show Talking History's Jim Madison discusses Nicole Etcheson's re-examination of the ideological origins of the Civil War in the Kansas Territory. Etcheson is author of "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War." Airdate: September 20, 2004.
Topic #7 Antebellum Reform
Nat Turner
This month we celebrate Black History. Bryan Le Beau’s guest this week, Ken Greenberg, discusses Nat Turner, leader of the slave rebellion in August 1831, and perhaps one of the least understood figures in American history. Ken Greenberg is author of Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory and writer, co-producer for "A Troublesome Property," a documentary about Nat Turner. Airdate: February 7, 2005
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, published in 1845, after Douglass escaped from slavery, became an international best seller, as well as a rallying pint for the abolitionist movement in the United States. Our guest this week, William L. Andrews, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examines Douglass’s autobiography as a source of information on the man and the institution. This segment of the show comes to us courtesy of Talking History’s new partner, The Teacher as Historian, which is produced at WNYE – FM in New York City. Airdate:January 5, 2004.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad has become an American legend. Catherine Clinton joins host Bryan Le Beau to discuss the real woman behind the legend. Clinton is author of the new biography Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. Airdate: March 6, 2006.
Ladies Rights
The show originally aired the week of September 15th, 2003, and featured an interview with Talking History's Fred Nielsen and Linda K. Kerber, OAH past president and author of No Constitutional Right to be Ladies :Women and the Obligations of Citizenship. In the show Linda Kerber and Fred Nielsen addressed the question: "Do women have the constitutional right to be ladies?" Airdate: August 9, 2004.
This month we celebrate Black History. Bryan Le Beau’s guest this week, Ken Greenberg, discusses Nat Turner, leader of the slave rebellion in August 1831, and perhaps one of the least understood figures in American history. Ken Greenberg is author of Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory and writer, co-producer for "A Troublesome Property," a documentary about Nat Turner. Airdate: February 7, 2005
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, published in 1845, after Douglass escaped from slavery, became an international best seller, as well as a rallying pint for the abolitionist movement in the United States. Our guest this week, William L. Andrews, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examines Douglass’s autobiography as a source of information on the man and the institution. This segment of the show comes to us courtesy of Talking History’s new partner, The Teacher as Historian, which is produced at WNYE – FM in New York City. Airdate:January 5, 2004.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad has become an American legend. Catherine Clinton joins host Bryan Le Beau to discuss the real woman behind the legend. Clinton is author of the new biography Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. Airdate: March 6, 2006.
Ladies Rights
The show originally aired the week of September 15th, 2003, and featured an interview with Talking History's Fred Nielsen and Linda K. Kerber, OAH past president and author of No Constitutional Right to be Ladies :Women and the Obligations of Citizenship. In the show Linda Kerber and Fred Nielsen addressed the question: "Do women have the constitutional right to be ladies?" Airdate: August 9, 2004.
Topic #5 Jefferson - Madison-Monroe
The Louisiana Purchase Talking History's host, Bryan Le Beau, discusses how the reality of the Louisiana Purchase compares to Thomas Jefferson's vision of the United States as a land of cultivators of the earth and of slavery with Roger Kennedy, author of Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery and the Louisiana Purchase. Airdate: December 1, 2003.
Lewis and Clark William Clark called his expedition a "vast . . . enterprise." Two hundred years later, the scholarly investigation of Lewis and Clark is itself a vast undertaking. Talking History's Fred Nielsen is joined by James Ronda, the Barnard Chair professor in western history at the University of Tulsa. Ronda's books include Lewis and Clark among the Indians and Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Airdate: May 17, 2004.
William Clark
Fred Nielsen discusses William Clark with his guest, Landon Jones, the author of William Clark and the Shaping of the American West Jones is also the editor of The Essential Lewis and Clark, an edition of the explorers’ journals. Airdate: June 6, 2005.
Lewis and Clark William Clark called his expedition a "vast . . . enterprise." Two hundred years later, the scholarly investigation of Lewis and Clark is itself a vast undertaking. Talking History's Fred Nielsen is joined by James Ronda, the Barnard Chair professor in western history at the University of Tulsa. Ronda's books include Lewis and Clark among the Indians and Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Airdate: May 17, 2004.
William Clark
Fred Nielsen discusses William Clark with his guest, Landon Jones, the author of William Clark and the Shaping of the American West Jones is also the editor of The Essential Lewis and Clark, an edition of the explorers’ journals. Airdate: June 6, 2005.
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