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In her powerful autobiography, Margaret Sanger, a pioneering advocate for birth control rights, recounts her extraordinary journey filled with challenges, including her time in jail and her exile, all in the name of legalizing birth control for women. She shares the relentless battles she faced not just with lawmakers, but also with the medical community. Set against the rich backdrop of courtrooms, her personal experiences, and her travels around the world, Sangers story provides a captivating glimpse into the societal changes during and after World War I. This compelling narrative is ...

Explore the life of Margaret of Anjou, the formidable wife of England’s Henry VI, who played a pivotal role in igniting the legendary War of the Roses—a tumultuous 30-year civil war fueled by the fierce rivalry between the Lancasters and the Yorks, both vying for the throne of England in the 15th century.

An intimate look at the people ensnared by the US detention and deportation system, the largest in the world On a bright Phoenix morning, Elena Santiago opened her door to find her house surrounded by a platoon of federal immigration agents. Her children screamed as the officers handcuffed her...

A majestic work of intellectual and cultural history, The Secular Enlightenment demonstrates how secular values and pursuits took hold of 18th-century Europe, spilled into the American colonies, and left their lasting imprint on the Western world for generations to come.

Author, feminist, gay rights activist and political commentator Margaret Hoover leads a rigorous exchange of ideas with America’s political and cultural newsmakers. In the spirit of William F. Buckley Jr.’s iconic “Firing Line,” Hoover engages with thought leaders on the pivotal issues moving the nation forward. New podcast episodes drop weekly, and sometimes more, featuring bonus content you won’t hear on TV.

In the third Quarterly Essay of 2004, Margaret Simons takes a long hard look at Mark Latham, the self-proclaimed "club buster" and the man who would be prime minister. Few doubt Latham's intelligence and ambition, but what will this amount to in government? Simons argues that if Labor is elected, it will not be "business as usual". Rather we can expect a reformist government in the spirit - if not the letter - of Latham's political tutor, Gough Whitlam. It is also likely to be a government that has little time for the totemic issues of the Labor elites.

Ghosting the News tells the most troubling media story of our time: How democracy suffers when local news dies. Reporting on news-impoverished areas in the U.S. and around the world, America's premier media critic, Margaret Sullivan, charts the contours of the damage but also surveys some new...

America’s premier Sunday morning public affairs program. For nearly 70 years, Face the Nation has sought to help audiences understand how current events affect their lives. Today, that mission remains the same. Hear moderator Margaret Brennan’s illuminating and informative interviews with elected officials, policy experts and foreign leaders. Face the Nation airs Sundays at 10:30 AM, ET on the CBS Television Network and at 12 PM, ET on the CBS News Streaming Network. Face the Nation is also available on Paramount+.

With the 2020 US presidential election looming, the emerging contest doesn’t seem so much a battle of ideas as it does a war of two tribes bent on the other’s destruction. The Far Left and Far Right aren’t much interested in a conversation, and they’ve dropped any pretense of it. But in fact, according to a recent study, two-thirds of the country are part of an “exhausted majority”, who “share a sense of fatigue with our polarized national conversation, a willingness to be flexible in their political viewpoints, and a lack of voice in the national conversation.”

Dive into the enchanting realm of The Blazing World, a groundbreaking work by Margaret Cavendish that masterfully intertwines satire, natural philosophy, and proto-science fiction. This tale follows a young Lady who, after being kidnapped and facing a tempest at sea, finds herself in the fantastical Blazing World‚Aîa place where she is unexpectedly crowned supreme ruler. As she navigates her newfound power, Cavendish explores her vision of a Utopia, tackling profound scientific, political, social, and religious themes. But when turmoil threatens her home world, how will the Lady wield the ...

'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - Telegraph Covering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of...

Journey through the legendary life and tragic death of Jeanne dArc, better known as Joan of Arc. As a teenager, Joan, guided by visions, was chosen by the future Charles VII of France to lift the siege of Orleans during the 100 Years War against England. In a matter of nine days, she steered the French army to a historic triumph, only to meet a cruel fate, burned at the stake for heresy. Although posthumously exonerated and canonized in 1920, her story has fascinated and inspired countless retellings. This podcast dives deep into the extraordinary life of this iconic figure. - Summary by Lynne...

From one of the greatest political journalists of recent times, an insider’s account of four decades of covering the British political scene, packed with tales of the biggest political happenings of the last half century. Philip Webster covered politics for The Times newspaper for 43 years...

Bloomsbury presents Against the Tide by Roger Scruton and Mark Dooley, read by Kris Dyer. 'His moral courage shines through from the start.' – Sunday Telegraph The definitive edition of the late Sir Roger Scruton's philosophical and political essays and reviews, now collected in one volume...

The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center is a nonpartisan, independent research and public service unit of the University of Maine (UMaine).

The Future of Food podcast is hosted by Margaret Sova McCabe, dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, which, for 40 years, has offered an LL.M. in agriculture and food law. She is a passionate scholar on food system design, regulation, and sustainability and was alarmed by how our food system has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic-- and the weaknesses it revealed in our food system. However, it has also been a time of rapid innovation and calls to action for improving our system. This podcast will explore those weaknesses and the opportunities they present for meaningful change. ...

Ten emblematic lectures by world-leading thinkers, specially selected by the series producer. Since 1948, the BBC's iconic annual lecture series has provided a platform for brilliant, entertaining individuals to discuss and develop their ideas on radio. The topics range from art and science to...