This week, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Peter Beinart to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israeli and Palestinian forces and the destruction left in its wake. Zachary sets the scene with his poem entitled, “For the Children of Israel, and the Ones Who Will Try to Forget.” Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and […]
This Is Democracy: Auschwitz-Birkenau
This week, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Pawel Sawicki to discuss the history of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and what lessons can be learned from its past. Zachary sets the scene with his poem entitled, “Neue Synagoge, Oranienburger Straße.” Guest Pawel Sawicki is the press and public relations officer at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland. About […]
This Is Democracy: Ukraine War
This week, Jeremi and Zachary are joined by Dr. Michael Kimmage to discuss the current state of the Ukraine War, and potential paths for it going forward. Zachary sets this scene with his poem entitled, “For Yegor.” Guest Dr. Michael Kimmage is a professor of history at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. […]
This Is Democracy: Evangelical Religion
This week, Jeremi and Zachary discuss evangelical religion’s role and history in U.S politics with Dr. Daniel Hummel. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “A Dispensation For The Dispensationalists.” Guest Dr. Daniel Hummel is the Director for University Engagement at Upper House, a Christian study center serving the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Daniel is the […]
IHS Book Roundtable: Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy
Civil War by Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy(Public Affairs, Hachette Book Group, October 2022) In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively militarily defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in exile or in jail. Yet in the years that followed, Lincoln’s vision of a genuinely united country never took root. Apart from a […]