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- Hollywood and History Everyone knows Sam Houston said, "Remember the Alamo" to rally his troops after hearing the news from San Antonio. After all, we saw it at the movies. How much has Hollywood shaped our collective memory? Join NPR's Neal Conan to explore the intertwining of U.S. history and film. Guest: Peter Rollins (NPR).
- Suburbian Sprawl Adam Rome, author of "The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism" (Talking History).
- Globalization The fate of globalization with Harold James, professor of history at the University of Princeton, and author of The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression (Talking History).
- Progressivism Michael McGerr, has written a book on what many historians believe is the greatest reform movement in American history--the Progressive Movement. President Theodore Roosevelt referred to the time as a period of "fierce discontent with evil" (Talking History).
- Electric Chair Capital punishment is one of the most hotly-debated topics in America, and often at the heart of those debates is the electric chair, which is seen by many as an overly cruel and unusual form of punishment. Richard Moran, provides a history of the electric chair (Talking History).
- Tobacco From the time of its discovery in America, tobacco has been exported to the World, bringing it both pleasure and pain. Iain Gately, provides a history of what he calls the "exotic plant that seduced civilization" (Talking History).
- Walter Cronkite The press has a long tradition of thoughtful commentators and analysts, reaching back to Henry Adams and Benjamin Franklin. But the tradition hasn't exactly thrived in television, especially in recent years as attention spans have shrunk and the shouting has increased. But this wasn't always the case. During the 1960s and 1970s -- a time of considerable shouting in society -- Eric Sevareid offered elegant nightly commentaries on CBS Evening News that were among the most admired in journalism. His longtime colleague Walter Cronkite reflects on Sevareid's work, and a time when television took time to think. (NPR).
- Matt Wall Slate contributor Matt Wall looks back at some events in American history in which the United States took action based on faulty intelligence. (NPR).
- Kevin Phillips An interview with Kevin Phillips about his new book on the Bush dynasty (NPR).
- Frederick Douglass William L. Andrews examines Douglass’s autobiography as a source of information on the man and the institution (Talking History).
- Mutiny on the Bounty Caroline Alexander discusses her latest book, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Talking History).
- LBJ Commentary by Thomas Schwartz, author of Lyndon. B. Johnson and Europe in the Shadow of Vietnam (Talking History).
- Children of Presidents Commentary by Doug Wead, author of a book that explains why the children of presidents go wrong. (Talking History).
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