Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor see two paths Americans can take right now: “fighting or giving up.” They’re choosing to fight.
Nov 17
Heather Cox Richardson: "People are Starved for Facts"
<p>As an American historian and history professor at Boston College, Heather Cox Richardson muses, “ I don't predict the future, I predict the past.” But there is a reason that her renowned “Letters From an American” Substack has the most subscribers of anyone on the platform: Co ... Show More
50m 40s
Jun 2025
#2336 - Ken Burns
Ken Burns is an award-winning documentary filmmaker known for “The Civil War,” “The Vietnam War,” "Jazz,” "Country Music," among many others. His next project, “The American Revolution,” a six-part series, will premiere November 16, 2025 on PBS.www.kenburns.com https://www.pbs.or ... Show More
2h 49m
Apr 2024
“Civil War” ’s Unsettling Images
<p>“Civil War,” Alex Garland’s divisive new action flick, borrows iconography—and actual footage—from the America of today as set dressing for a hypothetical, fractured future. Though we know that the President is in his third term, and that Texas and California have formed an un ... Show More
46m 10s
Oct 2024
Poll Shows Dead Heat, and Biden to Apologize for Native American School Abuses
<p>Plus, a World Series with baseball’s biggest stars. </p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audi ... Show More
8m 53s
Dec 2023
Milton Friedman and the Making of Our Times (w/ Jennifer Burns)
<p>In this episode, Matt and Sam are joined by Stanford historian Jennifer Burns to discuss her new biography of Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist whose influence would reach far beyond the academy when, during his last decades, he became one of the most effectiv ... Show More
1h 37m