The Last Best Hope?
A podcast by Adam Smith - Wednesdays
61 Episodes
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How have presidential primaries shaped modern US politics?
Published: 2/21/2024 -
How are Latino voters changing America?
Published: 2/7/2024 -
American Fascism
Published: 1/24/2024 -
The Last Best Hope? Season 11 Trailer
Published: 1/22/2024 -
The Destruction of the Tea, 250 Years On.
Published: 11/29/2023 -
The Kennedy Assassination and Conspiracy Culture
Published: 11/15/2023 -
What is a “Colorblind Constitution"?
Published: 11/1/2023 -
Is there a Paranoid Style in American Politics?
Published: 10/18/2023 -
The Last Best Hope? Season 10
Published: 10/16/2023 -
The Geordie South: How Northumbrians shaped Appalachia
Published: 6/9/2023 -
A City on a Hill: The exceptional history of a powerful metaphor
Published: 6/2/2023 -
America's role in Ukraine: a return to the last, best hope?
Published: 5/26/2023 -
Was there a Culture War in nineteenth century America?
Published: 5/19/2023 -
Are there lessons for Biden from the Presidency of Lyndon Johnson?
Published: 5/12/2023 -
The House Divided Episode
Published: 11/30/2022 -
The Second Amendment Episode
Published: 11/23/2022 -
The Black Ships Episode
Published: 11/16/2022 -
The Gettysburg Episode
Published: 11/9/2022 -
The Polarisation Episode
Published: 11/2/2022 -
The Propaganda Episode
Published: 7/19/2022
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.