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In this podcast, host Joseph Haynes engages in interview-style discussions with fascinating guests,uncovering the parts of their life stories that make them the people they are today. Haynes and his guests delve into topics such as: how history shapes our society and our personalities, how memory affects our behaviour, the nature and purpose of history, the media's role in the manufacturing and preservation of history, history's role in the culture war, objectivity vs. bias, and the role of academe on young impressionable minds.

Its December 8, 1941, and on the remote Wake Island—a small, vital outpost nestled between Hawaii and Guam—Marines of the 1st Defense Battalion are gearing up for another grueling day of war preparations that have consumed them for weeks. Meanwhile, the majestic Pan American Airways Philippine Clipper takes to the skies, soaring across the lagoon formed by the islets of Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, bound for Guam. However, this trans-Pacific journey will never reach its destination. - Summary by Robert Cressman

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world's population were living under quarantine. The most devastating pandemic in a century and the policies adopted in response to it upended life as we knew it. In this book, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee examine our pandemic response and pose some provocative questions: Why did we ignore pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic? Did we adequately consider the costs and benefits of different policy options?

"In Wake of Powerful Canada Fire, a Panorama of Destruction" is from the May 9, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ian Austen and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"In Wake of Orlando Shootings, Mexican Soccer Chant Offends Many" is from the June 17, 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Randal C. Archibold and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Europe, in Wake of Attacks, Votes to Collect Air Passenger Data" is from the April 14, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by James Kanter and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Where Is Safe? Travelers Seek Havens in Wake of Europe Attacks" is from the September 11, 2016 Travel section of The New York Times. It was written by Elaine Glusac and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

On growing up in the American South of the 1960s—an all-American white boy—son of a long line of Methodist preachers, in the midst of the civil rights revolution, and discovering the culpability of silence within the church. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for The...

Free-market economists often have noted that there are winners and losers in a competitive capitalist world. The question of how to deal with the difficult real-life consequences faced by the losers, however, has largely been ignored. Populist politicians have tried repeatedly to address the issue by creating walls - of both the physical and economic kinds - to insulate communities and keep competition at bay. Economist Glenn Hubbard argues that because they delay needed adaptations to the ever-changing world, walls are essentially backward-looking and ultimately destined to fail.

"A Child in Yemen: 'We Sleep Afraid, We Wake up Afraid'" is from the October 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mohammed Al Asaadi and narrated by Corey M. Snow.