The Last Best Hope?

A podcast by Adam Smith - Wednesdays

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61 Episodes

  1. How have presidential primaries shaped modern US politics?

    Published: 2/21/2024
  2. How are Latino voters changing America?

    Published: 2/7/2024
  3. American Fascism

    Published: 1/24/2024
  4. The Last Best Hope? Season 11 Trailer

    Published: 1/22/2024
  5. The Destruction of the Tea, 250 Years On.

    Published: 11/29/2023
  6. The Kennedy Assassination and Conspiracy Culture

    Published: 11/15/2023
  7. What is a “Colorblind Constitution"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 7/19/2022

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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.