For the Ages: A History Podcast
Explore the rich and complex history of the United States and beyond. Produced by The New York Historical, host David M. Rubenstein engages the nation’s foremost historians and creative thinkers on a wide range of topics, including presidential biography, the nation’s founding, and the people who have shaped the American story. Learn more at nyhistory.org.
Podcasting since 2021 • 160 episodes
For the Ages: A History Podcast
Latest Episodes
Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters
At the beginning of 1776, virtually no one in the colonies was advocating independence. What changed over the course of one year? From Thomas Paine’s Common Sense in January to the Continental Congress that first grounded the idea of i...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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36:57
McNamara at War: A New History
Secretary of defense and friend and ally to two presidents, Robert S. McNamara was one of the most controversial men in American history for his role in the Vietnam War. Beyond his time at Harvard Law, his service during World War II, and his l...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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45:13
The American Revolution: An Intimate History
The American Revolution was three wars rolled into one: a fight for independence, a civil conflict, and a struggle between nations. In this conversation with David M. Rubenstein, bestselling author Geoffrey Ward examines the many sides of the w...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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23:12
Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and its Trial by Fire in World War II
The teenagers who made up the US Naval Academy class of 1940 arrived in Annapolis as boys on the eve of Hitler’s aggression and graduated as Europe collapsed, only to find themselves thrust into every major front of World War II, from Pearl Har...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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36:03
Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution
History may be written by the victors, but it is illustrated by its painters, and perhaps few so famously or evocatively as John Trumbull—American Revolution army officer, spy, artist. In this conversation with David M. Rubenstein, Richard Broo...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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30:41