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We're Holding Our Own: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On this episode of Our American Stories, on November 10, 1975, the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald vanished beneath the stormy waters of Lake Superior, taking all 29 crew members with her. The tragedy became one of the most famous Great Lakes shipwrecks, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot’s ... Show More

20m 18s

Today

George Washington’s Letter That Defined Religious Freedom in America

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1790, George Washington answered a letter from the Hebrew congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. His reply carried words that still echo today: America would give “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” It was a radical ... Show More

9m 59s

Today

How Panama’s Dictator Manuel Noriega Found God in the Unlikeliest Place

On this episode of Our American Stories, in the late 1980s, Panama was at the center of global attention as strongman Manuel Noriega tightened his grip on power. Known for his brutality and ties to the drug trade, he seemed untouchable. But when a hairdresser unknowingly welcomed ... Show More

7m 59s

Apr 2023

Amour, violence et censure chez les superhéros

Dans les années 1950, la bande dessinée de superhéros était au banc des accusés, responsable, selon certains psychiatres, du naufrage moral de la jeunesse américaine. La croisade contre les Batman, Superman et Wonder Woman a porté ses fruits et a abouti à une longue censure, sans ... Show More

23m 17s

Dec 2021

130. Superheroes

From their origins in the 1930's running parallel to the rise of fascism in Europe, to the Adam West camp of the 1960's, to the gritty modern reboots - what has made Superheroes a cultural phenomenon, and what mirror does it hold up to society? To sign up to the brand new Rest Is ... Show More

1h 3m

Aug 2015

005: Tudi Marvels From DC

‏Today we host Abdulhameed Sabban (aka Tudi) a comic book aficionado and expert. We start discussing the DC superhero universe and explore the parallels between Superman and the story of the prophet Moses. We then analyze the Fox vs. Marvel war and the reasons behind the bad bloo ... Show More

1 h

Aug 2023

Ramzi Fawaz, "The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics" (NYU Press, 2016)

Today’s guest is Ramzi Fawaz, the Romnes Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Published by NYU Press in 2016, The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics is his first book. In 2022, Ramzi published Queer Forms, for which he ... Show More

1h 24m

Apr 2024

Why Are There So Many Captain Marvels?

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's... "definitely not Superman." At least, that's what Fawcett Comics told the courts, beginning a multigenerational, multiversal saga of strangeness that continues in the modern day. In today's episode, the guys ask: Why are ther ... Show More

53m 11s

May 2024

Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America

Tons of people have a soft spot for their favorite cartoon or comic strip -- yet few have attained the social status of the legendary artist Thomas Nast, the caricaturist often referred to as the "Father of the American Cartoon." In the first part of this two-part series, Ben, No ... Show More

32m 3s

Jul 2021

Marvel Cinematic Universe #3

For this episode we're taking another look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and this time we have a special guest. The Marvel comic-book series, "The United States of Captain America" introduces us to Aaron Fischer. and we're proud to have writer Josh Trujillo as a gu ... Show More

1h 11m

Jan 2023

American Dreamer

Ryan Hurst (Remember The Titans, Sons of Anarchy) stars in this episode, which follows the romance between a young couple that is split apart when war sends one of them across the world. You can hear more about this story by reading the novel it's based on, American Dreamer: A Lo ... Show More

29m 40s