The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life.

127 Episodes

1. Episode 124: Christian Capitalism in Early America

   Published: 12/12/2023
2. Episode 123: Drew Gilpin Faust on Growing-Up at Midcentury

   Published: 12/3/2023
3. Episode 122: The Metropolitan Sound of the American Century

   Published: 11/7/2023
4. Episode 121: Reagan's Evangelical Vision for America

   Published: 10/30/2023
5. Episode 120: Popular Historians in Post-War America

   Published: 10/16/2023
6. Episode 119: How the Social Gospel Undermined Social Democracy

   Published: 10/9/2023
7. Episode 118: Evangelicals and the Environment

   Published: 10/2/2023
8. Episode 117: The Idea of Fraternity in America

   Published: 9/25/2023
9. Episode 116: Historical Thinking for a Democracy

   Published: 8/22/2023
10. Episode 115: Evangelicalism: Its Metaphors and Stories

    Published: 8/14/2023
11. Episode 114: How Slavery Helped Grow the American Catholic Church

    Published: 8/7/2023
12. Episode 113: The "Jesus Revolution"

    Published: 6/25/2023
13. Episode 112: The Search for God in a New York Publishing House

    Published: 6/18/2023
14. Episode 111: The Evangelical Battle Over the End Times

    Published: 6/11/2023
15. Episode 110: "How Black Ball Saved the Soul of the NBA"

    Published: 6/5/2023
16. Episode 109: The Voice and Faith of Sojourner Truth

    Published: 2/12/2023
17. Episode 108: The Life and Legacy of C. Vann Woodward

    Published: 1/30/2023
18. Episode 107: The Politics of Smallpox in Revolutionary America

    Published: 12/19/2022
19. Episode 106: Bruce Springsteen's "Long Walk Home"

    Published: 12/5/2022
20. Episode 105: "Heathenism" in America

    Published: 11/6/2022