The Last Best Hope?

A podcast by Adam Smith - Wednesdays

Categories:

Arts History

61 Episodes

  1. The Memorialising Covid Episode

    Published: 6/15/2022

  2. The Cotton Famine Episode

    Published: 6/8/2022

  3. The Book of Mormon Episode

    Published: 6/1/2022

  4. The Free World Episode

    Published: 5/23/2022

  5. The Dust Bowl Episode

    Published: 5/17/2022

  6. The Battle Hymn of the Republic Episode

    Published: 2/16/2022

  7. The Nixon's the One Episode

    Published: 2/9/2022

  8. The Billy Graham Episode

    Published: 2/2/2022

  9. The 1776 Episode

    Published: 1/26/2022

  10. The State's Rights Episode

    Published: 12/3/2021

  11. The Government is the Solution Episode

    Published: 11/26/2021

  12. The Robert E. Lee Episode

    Published: 11/18/2021

  13. The 9/11 Episode

    Published: 11/12/2021

  14. The Homecoming Episode

    Published: 11/4/2021

  15. The Irish America Episode

    Published: 10/29/2021

  16. The "Crisis" of the Middle Class Episode

    Published: 6/11/2021

  17. The American Dilemma Episode

    Published: 5/28/2021

  18. The What's Wrong With America Episode

    Published: 5/21/2021

  19. The Royal America Episode

    Published: 5/14/2021

  20. The Boycott Episode

    Published: 5/7/2021

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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.