Whatever its flaws, the @netflix hit 'House of Dynamite' has an important warning as another nuclear arms race takes off. It's an old warning: there's no defense against ICBMs. Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Some scenes in @netflix's 'House of Dynamite' are on the money. As in, a lot of money spent on a missile defense system that doesn't protect the United States. @joecirin.bsky.social on the terrifying scenario raised by the film: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/playing-with...

Yes, a nuclear war could start by accident. The important warning inside Netflix’s ‘House of Dynamite’ with @joecirin.bsky.social historyasithappens.libsyn.com/playing-with...

Dick Cheney was a driving force behind decisions that harmed hundreds of thousands of people: dead, wounded, displaced. He backed torture and rendition. He pushed falsehoods to send our nation to war. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/dick-cheneys...

New episode of History As It Happens -> We're living in the age of the 'unitary executive,' a ruinous aspect of Dick Cheney's legacy. w/ historian Jeremi Suri: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/dick-cheneys...

The time I interviewed Kevin Roberts of Heritage Foundation about slavery and the Constitution, as well as the way history is interpreted at museums and places like Monticello. Roberts has a Ph.D. in American history. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/slavery-and-...

As New York is about to elect a democratic socialist mayor... A century ago, socialists governed many American cities, including Milwaukee for the better part of 50 years: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/when-sociali...

Remembering 'Glory' historyasithappens.libsyn.com/glory-and-th...

Remember when Donald Trump mused about invading Panama? Seemed insane, yes? Remember when the United States actually invaded Panama and arrested its leader, a former CIA asset? w/ historian Alex Aviña: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/noriega-and-...

New episode of History As It Happens --> When we reflect upon the 'new world order' of the early 1990s, we usually think of Saddam and Kuwait. Why not Noriega and Panama? historyasithappens.libsyn.com/noriega-and-...

Nazi Carl Schmitt despised liberalism because it impeded the leader's arbitrary decision-making. It's therefore not surprising that Schmitt's popular on the American right. Phil Magness on the enduring influence of the Third Reich's chief legal theorist: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-who...

I am pretty sure this is the first time I have been on an entertainment news show. I talk to the hosts of TMZ tonight about A House of Dynamite and why the Pentagon is so upset with this Netflix film. You can watch it in the DC area at 7:30pm tonight on Fox 5. www.tmz.com/watch/

Since he crashed the American political scene in 2016, Donald Trump has been called a mafia boss, fascist, authoritarian, and other labels in an attempt to define him and his movement. Is he an elected monarch? I spoke to Joseph Ellis: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/rumors-of-a-...

My conversation with Joseph Ellis about Trump and the American republic: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/rumors-of-a-... #Trump

As the arbitrary abuses of power pile up under Trump 2.0, do we need Hannah Arendt to make sense of them? Quoting her is still fashionable. w/ Samuel Moyn historyasithappens.libsyn.com/hannah-arend...

Flip open your copy of 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' and you might find a bit of wisdom for the Age of Trump. Or not. Is this the right way to read Hannah Arendt? My conversation with Samuel Moyn: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/hannah-arend...

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There was once a time when having a socialist mayor was sorta normal in America. w/ historian Shelton Stromquist: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/when-sociali...

The idea that socialism is incompatible with democracy would have sounded strange to early 20th-century American socialists as they successfully governed cities and towns. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/when-sociali...

Poor sanitation, epidemic diseases, public corruption: American cities faced major problems a century ago, and municipal socialists rose to the challenge. Did you know Milwaukee was governed by socialists for the better part of 50 years? historyasithappens.libsyn.com/when-sociali... #Mamdani

Many Americans today equate socialism with disaster. A century ago, socialists governed cities across America. They advanced clean government and reliable city services. Milwaukee was a model. w/ historian Shelton Stromquist: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/when-sociali...

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Since 1945, German society has come a long way after the moral disgrace of Nazism. Today, says historian Jeremi Suri, Germans fear rearmament will damage their democracy and prosperity: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/germany-and-...

The Trump administration's policy of regime change in #Venezuela follows a long, sordid history of U.S. interference in Central and South America. w/ historian Alex Aviña: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/tr-to-trump-...

Russian interests in Syria go back a long way. The fall of Assad to the rebels whom Russia bombed during the civil war, did not end those interests. As Hanna Notte says, there are no permanent enemies. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/russia-and-s...

Major changes are afoot in the Middle East, but there are always continuities with the past. One is Russian influence in Syria, which some observers assumed would end when Assad was toppled. w/ Hanna Notte historyasithappens.libsyn.com/russia-and-s...

Hamas has survived the war, but Palestinians want a new politics. The project of political Islam has failed, says Nathan Brown: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/before-and-a...

"Right now, the truth is losing." Why would Pete Hegseth refer to the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 as a 'battle' where 'brave' U.S. soldiers earned medals? My conversation w/ historian Alan Taylor: Subscribe to listen to the entire episode: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-pet...

"Right now, truth is losing." Historian Alan Taylor on Wounded Knee and the Trump administration's assault on American history: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-pet...

As inklings of hope rise in the Middle East for lasting peace, let's reflect on the life and death of Bob Ames, who tried to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Lebanon sank into the abyss. w/ Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kai Bird historyasithappens.libsyn.com/kai-bird-on-...

This is not the first time in the midst of war that some hopes were raised for lasting peace in the Middle East. Kai Bird reflects on Bob Ames, Reagan, and Israel and the Palestinians in Lebanon in 1982: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/kai-bird-on-...

New ep w/ historian Alan Taylor: Pete Hegseth says the U.S. soldiers who received medals after "the battle" of Wounded Knee deserved to keep them: "We salute their memory and honor their service." Why is he whitewashing a massacre? historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-pet...

There was a time before Hamas. Will the future be without it? Movements come and go, even if ideas cannot be killed: Nathan Brown on political Islam: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/before-and-a...

There was a time before Hamas. Are we now looking at a future without it? Ideas cannot be killed, but movements come and go. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/before-and-a... #Israel #Gaza

Why is the Trump administration pursuing regime change in Venezuela? Whatever the immediate reasons, it's part of a long pattern of U.S. interventionism in Latin America. This history matters: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/tr-to-trump-...

Russian meddling in Moldova's elections didn't work, says Veronica Anghel. She says Moldova's win is a win for a more integrated Europe... historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-mol...

Sudan's civil war is imperiling the lives of millions. The warring sides are backed by outside powers that do not give a damn about democracy or justice. It's a kind of global mafia politics where only the deals matter, says Alex de Waal: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/kleptocracy-...

Regime change in Venezuela? historyasithappens.libsyn.com/tr-to-trump-...

The dimensions of Sudan's crisis are staggering, yet go largely unnoticed by many Americans. Twenty years ago, it was a different story. Remember 'Save Darfur'? historyasithappens.supercast.com/subscriber_v...

Sudan's civil war, genocide, and famine do not fit neatly into the 'democracy vs autocracy' framework that's often used to analyze our world. This doesn't mean Sudan's crisis is about nothing. w/ Alex de Waal: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/kleptocracy-...

Remember that ugly mantra "words are violence"? As recent events have shown, words are the alternative to violence in American life. My conversation with FIRE, the premier free speech group in our country. historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-fre...

Free speech is in trouble: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/bonus-ep-fre...

Raphael Lemkin’s original concept of genocide was broader than the definition ultimately written into the U.N. Convention. This divergence continues to trouble society today. History As It Happens: The Name of Barbarism historyasithappens.libsyn.com/the-name-of-...

As Israeli officials broadcast their intent to make Gaza uninhabitable, what explains the wrangling over the term genocide? Dirk Moses and Sonia Boulos on the origins of the Palestinian catastrophe: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/the-name-of-... #Gaza #Israel

America's hyperpolarized climate and political violence are raising comparisons to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. Does this comparison illuminate or mislead? historyasithappens.libsyn.com/weimar-ameri...

How does a democracy collapse from within? What forces hollow out the center, driving the hyper-polarization and violence? A look at the downfall of the Weimar Republic: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/weimar-ameri...

New podcast episode: Is America on a Weimar trajectory? It's a trendy analogy. With David Abraham: historyasithappens.libsyn.com/weimar-ameri...