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Recent Episodes

New Deal Ruins w/ Edward Goetz

Posted December 17, 2022 • 01:48:56

Featuring Edward Goetz on his book New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, and Public Housing Policy. Goetz tells the story of American public...

Modern Housing w/ Gail Radford

Posted December 11, 2022 • 02:27:15

Featuring Gail Radford on her classic book Modern Housing for America: Policy Struggles in the New Deal Era. Radford tells the story of Catherine Bauer,...

Founding Finance with William Hogeland

Posted December 2, 2022 • 01:41:54

Astra Taylor interviews William Hogeland on his book Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation....

The “Woke Mob” Made Them MAGA?

Posted November 23, 2022 • 00:37:19

Featuring Daniel Denvir on the Citations Needed podcast (as guest, not host) debunking the argument that “woke mobs” (liberal or left identity politics)...

Iran, 1997-2022: Reform, Reaction, and Crisis

Posted November 18, 2022 • 02:00:02

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fifth and final episode in what is now a FIVE-part...