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Season 6
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History with David Rubenstein
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History with David Rubenstein
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History with David Rubenstein
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History with David Rubenstein
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History with David Rubenstein
Alex Prud'homme on the political power wielded by the White House kitchen.
Prize-winning historian Kai Bird offers a riveting account of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Professor Danielle Allen makes the case for civic engagement as the path to justice.
Author Jeffrey Rosen on what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's Founders.
Robert A. Caro on political power and the legacy of 36th President Lyndon Johnson.
Award-winning author Stacy Schiff explores the often-overlooked revolutionary Samuel Adams.
Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition on Lincoln's skill at crossing political lines.
Selwyn M. Vickers on the lasting legacy of slavery and Reconstruction.
Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky presents the unique challenges faced by John Adams.
Author and professor Ned Blackhawk on the essential history of America’s Indigenous peoples.
Jeffrey Frank is a former senior editor at The New Yorker.
Fredrik Logevall is the author of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956.
Candice Millard offers an extraordinary account of President Garfield’s career.
Marie Arana is the author of LatinoLand, to be published in 2024.
Jonathan Darman is a former correspondent for Newsweek and the author of several books.
Leslie M. Harris is professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern.
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a professor of medicine at Columbia University.
Craig L. Symonds is professor of history emeritus at the United States Naval Academy.
Richard Haass is the author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.
Beverly Gage is professor of 20th-century American history at Yale University.
Lynne Cheney examines the friendships and rivalries within the “Virginia Dynasty.”
Author and historian Tracy Campbell examines the critical year of 1942.
Stacy Schiff uncovers the truths behind the mythology of the infamous Salem Witch Trials.
George F. Will shares his perspective on the political, social, and cultural trends.
Manisha Sinha discusses the historical significance of America’s evolution.
H.W. Brands examines the divisions that made up the American Revolution before the war.
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen discusses the contested history of the war in Vietnam.
Simon Winchester examines humanity’s conquest to acquire territory and wield its power.
Ian W. Toll discusses the assault the U.S. waged on the Japanese navy.
Ada Ferrer unravels the U.S. and Cuba’s foreign policy and domestic affairs.
Jonathan Alter traces President Jimmy Carter’s journey.
Fredrik Logevall examines President John F. Kennedy from birth into his own rise to power.
Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals how Ona Judge escaped enslavement from George Washington.
Joseph J. Ellis explores how the nation’s founders established a new republic.
David Reynolds discusses the life and political career of Abraham Lincoln.
Susan Eisenhower discusses the life and legacy of Dwight Eisenhower.
Brett Baier illuminates three essential days in Tehran, Iran during November of 1943.
Jeffrey Rosen looks back on over 30 years of conversation with the late Justice Ruth Bader
Walter Isaacson discusses the life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning Jennifer Doudna.
Brenda Child sheds light on how American Indians were impacted by colonial settlers.
Extras
David Rubenstein uncovers the evolution of the American story.