Showing results for "Nation to Nation" in History

Girt Nation introduces Alfred Deakin, the Liberal necromancer whose dead advisors made Australia a better place to live, and Banjo Paterson, the jihadist who called on God and the Prophet to drive the Australian infidels from the Sudan ‘like sand before the gale’. And meet Catherine Helen Spence, the feminist polymath who envisaged a utopian future of free contraceptives, easy divorce and immigration restrictions to prevent the ‘Chinese coming to destroy all we have struggled for’!

Volume one of One Nation Under Blackmail traces the origin of the network behind Jeffrey Epstein and his associates to the merging of organized crime and intelligence networks during World War II, following their most notable activities through the decades.

There is a great debate among historians about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's actions during the Holocaust. Was FDR the hero that defeated the Germans, or did he turn a blind eye to the plight of the Jews as long as he possibly could? In Roosevelt and the Holocaust, Robert Beir analyzes specific actions and legislation to get at the truth behind Roosevelt's role in the Holocaust. Beir has a unique perspective. He is a Jew who was raised during the extreme anti-Semitism of the Great Depression. Having witnessed the fruits of the New Deal firsthand, Beir became a Roosevelt scholar.

The History of Mongolia: From Genghis Khan to Modern Nation invites listeners on an epic journey through the vast steppes and towering peaks of Central Asia. Hosts Lucas and Luna guide you from the rise of the Mongol Empire under the visionary Temüjin—crowned Genghis Khan in 1206—to the fleeting grandeur of the Yuan Dynasty under Kublai Khan, and through centuries of decline under Qing rule. They explore the pivotal 1911 independence movement led by the Bogd Khan, the Soviet-influenced Mongolian People's Republic, and the 1990 Democratic Revolution that birthed today's parliamentary ...

Six Minutes to Freedom is the remarkable tale of Kurt Muse's arrest and harrowing months of imprisonment; his eyewitness accounts of torture; and the plight of his family as they fled for their lives. It is also the heart-pounding account of the only American civilian ever rescued by the elite Delta Force. Timelier than ever, this is a thrilling and highly personal narrative about one man's courage and dedication to his beliefs. 

On a steamy Monday evening in 1900, New Orleans police officers confronted a black man named Robert Charles as he sat on a doorstep in a working-class neighborhood where racial tensions were running high. What happened next would trigger the largest manhunt in the city’s history, while white mobs took to the streets, attacking and murdering innocent black residents during three days of bloody rioting. Finally cornered, Charles exchanged gunfire with the police in a spectacular gun battle witnessed by thousands.

Between 1959 and 1989, Soviet scientists and officials made numerous attempts to network their nation - to construct a nationwide computer network. None of these attempts succeeded, and the enterprise had been abandoned by the time the Soviet Union fell apart. Meanwhile, ARPANET, the American precursor to the Internet, went online in 1969. Why did the Soviet network, with top-level scientists and patriotic incentives, fail while the American network succeeded? Find out.

In 1520, during the early days of the Reformation, Martin Luther crafted a trilogy of pivotal texts directed at the German Nobility, the Church, and the Christian community. The first of these, To the Christian Nobility, boldly confronts the three barriers that the papacy has erected to shield itself from reform. Luther goes on to highlight three critical issues that require the attention of a council and presents 27 essential proposals for the reformation of Christendom. Join us as we explore this foundational work that challenged the status quo and ignited a religious revolution. (Summary by...

The Nation's Leaders from Coast to Coast is resetting to bring you a comprehensive look at American leadership. With a mission to educate and engage listeners on the diverse political landscape of the U.S., we bring clarity to today’s political issues and the people behind them. Each episode offers a balanced profile of a leader’s impact on the nation. Our roadmap is set: In 2026, we will profile every single member of the U.S. Congress, as well as the President and Vice President. Whether you are looking for information on your local representative or national figures, join us as we map ...

How did a nation devastated by the Korean War transform into a global economic and cultural powerhouse? Lucas and Luna trace South Korea's extraordinary arc from the fall of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910) through Japanese colonial rule, the division at the 38th parallel, the Korean War (1950–1953), and the authoritarian development era under Park Chung-hee. They explore the chaebol conglomerates (Samsung, Hyundai), the democratization movement of 1987, and the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Cultural topics include the Hallyu wave (K-pop, K-drama, cinema), the debate over comfort women, the ...

Evangelcast is a bilingual Christian podcast that holds to biblical doctrines and teachings. Our purpose is to take the gospel to all nations and demonstrate Jesus Christ to those that do not known Him. Evangelcast es un podcast cristiano bilingüe que se apega a las doctrinas y enseñanzas bíblica. Nuestro propósito es llevar el evangelio a todas las naciones y demostrar a Jesucristo a aquellos que no lo conocen. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josue-a-garcia-y-perez-de-escamilla/support

When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in March 1933, he was facing a devastated nation. Four years into the Great Depression, a staggering 13 million American workers were jobless and many millions more of their family members were equally in need. Desperation ruled the land. In 1935, after a variety of temporary relief measures, a permanent nationwide jobs program was created.

Martin Luther, full of compassion, grief, disappointment, and frustration, turns away from his entreaties to and debates with church leaders and writes instead to the German political leaders. With extreme clarity, Luther explains in this letter the unbalanced nature and habits of the religious institution - certain at this point that the German people could only be set free from this continual and escalating religious destruction through the intervention of their government.

Among the pressing concerns of Americans in the first century of nationhood were day-to-day survival, political harmony, exploration of the continent, foreign policy, and - fixed deeply in the collective consciousness - hell and eternal damnation. The fear of fire and brimstone and the worm that never dies exerted a profound and lasting influence on Americans' ideas about themselves, their neighbors, and the rest of the world.

Brought to you by Penguin. Many of us think we know the American South. We can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more...

Drawing on his twenty years as a teacher, hundreds of interviews and his experience on the UK Government's Social Mobility Commission, Sammy Wright shows that schools are - and should be - so much more than this. Filled with funny, tender encounters and an unflinching focus on the profound challenges of daily life for both teachers and pupils, his book argues that we need urgently to think of school differently: as something more like a home than a factory, a community hub rather than a boot-camp or testing ground.

A provocative examination of race, gun laws, and violence that exposes how the state of Florida bungled the Trayvon Martin case through new interviews and revelations about the trial. Suspicion Nation expertly captures the state of a country conflicted not only about the Trayvon Martin injustice but divided over issues of race, violence, and gun legislation.

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. Nixon made his resignation speech to the nation on August 8th, 1974. The following day, before climbing into a helicopter, he addressed the White House staff one last time.

"She Stands for Peace" is a podcast by the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU), hosted by Dr Yemisi Akinbobola. She Stands for Peace explores the state of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa, through a series of conversations with key actors. From policymakers, to donors, and grassroots peacebuilders, each episode takes a deep dive to unpack the various insights and lived experiences of guests to explore the central question; "20 years after UNSCR 1325 was passed, how far have we come?". The interviews are insightful and inspiring, as they take stock and share forward...

This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people - an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural African-Americans were central political actors in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and nation-building. At the same time, Hahn asks us to think in more expansive ways about the nature and boundaries of politics and political practice.