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History with David Rubenstein
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Produced by the New York Historical Society, "History with David Rubenstein" explores American history in half-hour conversations with distinguished authors and scholars who tell the country’s diverse stories, and explain why the past matters, how it informs the present, and what it portends for the future.
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Professor Danielle Allen makes the case for civic engagement as the path to justice.
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Author Jeffrey Rosen on what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's Founders.
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Robert A. Caro on political power and the legacy of 36th President Lyndon Johnson.
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Award-winning author Stacy Schiff explores the often-overlooked revolutionary Samuel Adams.
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Steve Inskeep of NPR's Morning Edition on Lincoln's skill at crossing political lines.
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Selwyn M. Vickers on the lasting legacy of slavery and Reconstruction.
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Presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky presents the unique challenges faced by John Adams.
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Author and professor Ned Blackhawk on the essential history of America’s Indigenous peoples.
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Jeffrey Frank is a former senior editor at The New Yorker.
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Fredrik Logevall is the author of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956.
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Candice Millard offers an extraordinary account of President Garfield’s career.
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Marie Arana is the author of LatinoLand, to be published in 2024.