The Last Best Hope?

A podcast by Adam Smith

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75 Episodes

  1. What is a “Colorblind Constitution"?

    Published: 11/1/2023
  2. Is there a Paranoid Style in American Politics?

    Published: 10/18/2023
  3. The Last Best Hope? Season 10

    Published: 10/16/2023
  4. The Geordie South: How Northumbrians shaped Appalachia

    Published: 6/9/2023
  5. A City on a Hill: The exceptional history of a powerful metaphor

    Published: 6/2/2023
  6. America's role in Ukraine: a return to the last, best hope?

    Published: 5/26/2023
  7. Was there a Culture War in nineteenth century America?

    Published: 5/19/2023
  8. Are there lessons for Biden from the Presidency of Lyndon Johnson?

    Published: 5/12/2023
  9. The House Divided Episode

    Published: 11/30/2022
  10. The Second Amendment Episode

    Published: 11/23/2022
  11. The Black Ships Episode

    Published: 11/16/2022
  12. The Gettysburg Episode

    Published: 11/9/2022
  13. The Polarisation Episode

    Published: 11/2/2022
  14. The Propaganda Episode

    Published: 7/19/2022
  15. The Memorialising Covid Episode

    Published: 6/15/2022
  16. The Cotton Famine Episode

    Published: 6/8/2022
  17. The Book of Mormon Episode

    Published: 6/1/2022
  18. The Free World Episode

    Published: 5/23/2022
  19. The Dust Bowl Episode

    Published: 5/17/2022
  20. The Battle Hymn of the Republic Episode

    Published: 2/16/2022

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Historian and broadcaster Professor Adam Smith explores the America of today through the lens of the past. Is America - as Abraham Lincoln once claimed - the last best hope of Earth?Produced by Oxford University’s world-leading Rothermere American Institute, each story-filled episode looks at the US from the outside in – delving into the political events, conflicts, speeches and songs that have shaped and embodied the soul of a nation.From the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg to fake news and gun control, Professor Smith takes you back in time (and sometimes on location) to uncover fresh insights and commentary from award-winning academics and prominent public figures.Join us as we ask: what does the US stand for – and what does this mean for us all?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.