Tuesday Feb 5th, 2013

A history of smuggling in America

Today America is the world’s leading anti-smuggling crusader. While honorable, that title is also an ironic one when you consider America’s very close history of… smuggling. Our illicit imports have ranged from West Indies molasses and Dutch gunpowder in the 18th century, to British industrial technologies and African slaves in the 19th century, to French condoms and Canadian booze in the early 20th century, to Mexican workers and Colombian… read more »

Saturday May 18th, 2013

War and glory

Barbara Graziosi and Anthony Verity discuss the Oxford World’s Classics edition of the Iliad.
Tuesday Apr 30th, 2013

“Forever Let Us Hold Our Banner High!”

Annette Funicello and the Original Mickey Mouse Club.
Sunday Apr 28th, 2013

The latest developments in cardiology

Video interviews from Cardiology Update 2013
Sunday Apr 21st, 2013

The father of the modern computer

B. Jack Copeland on Alan Turing’s Automatic Computing Engine
Sunday
Apr 7th, 2013

Yom HaShoah and everyday genocide

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Tuesday
Apr 2nd, 2013

The rise of interfaith marriage

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Thursday
Mar 28th, 2013

Dinah Shore’s TV legacy

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Monday
Mar 25th, 2013

Mark Blyth on austerity

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Friday
Mar 22nd, 2013

Very Short Film competition: we have a winner!

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Monday
Mar 11th, 2013

Can art forgers be artists too?

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Saturday
Mar 2nd, 2013

The Constitution and the health care debate

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Friday
Feb 15th, 2013

Re-introducing Oral History in the Digital Age

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Thursday
Feb 14th, 2013

Valentine’s Day serenades

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Tuesday
Jan 15th, 2013

The music industry, change, and copyright

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