Interviews with Historians about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! http
The Western Rising of 1549 was the most catastrophic event to occur in Devon and Cornwall between th
Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmop
Fragmentary Forms: A New History of Collage (Princeton UP, 2024) is a beautifully illustrated global
Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the p
The term “resentment,” often casually paired with words like “hatred,” “rage,” and “fear,” has domin
Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last
Challenging the standard view that England emerged as a dominant power and Wales faded into obscurit
From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequen
Frederick Rutland—”Rutland of Jutland”—was a war hero, renowned World War I aviator…and a Japanese s
Alistaire Tallent joins Jana Byars to talk about her new book, Fictions of Pleasure: The Putain Memo
Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against
How do traditions and peoples grapple with loss, particularly when it is of such magnitude that it d
A thought-provoking reconsideration of how the revolutionary movements of the 1970s set the mold for
In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of super
At a time when critiques of free trade policies are gaining currency, The Neomercantilists: A Global
The Nature of Christian Doctrine: Its Origins, Development, and Function (Oxford UP, 2024) offers a
Augustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his la
Economics sometimes feels like a physics–so sturdy, so objective, and so immutable. Yet, behind ever
In early 1996, the web was ephemeral. But by 2001, the internet was forever. How did websites transf
Sharon Kinoshita talks with Jana Byars about her new book, Marco Polo and His World (Reaktion Press,
