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For the Ages: A History Podcast

New-York Historical Society

Explore the rich and complex history of the United States and beyond. Produced by the New-York Historical Society, 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.
Episodes
The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis: Part IMarch 20, 2023
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Ways and Means: How the Confederacy Financed the Civil WarMarch 13, 2023
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Ways and Means: How the Union Financed the Civil War March 06, 2023
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American Inheritance: Slavery and the New RepublicFebruary 27, 2023
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American Inheritance: Slavery in the Revolutionary EraFebruary 20, 2023
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How to Invest: Masters on the CraftFebruary 13, 2023
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The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People, Part IIFebruary 06, 2023
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The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People, Part IJanuary 30, 2023
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Lincoln and EmancipationJanuary 23, 2023
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And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American StruggleJanuary 16, 2023
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The Bald Eagle Part Two: The History of the Bald Eagle in AmericaJanuary 09, 2023
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The Bald Eagle Part One: The Improbable Journey of America's BirdDecember 26, 2022
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My Life in Special Operations: Operation Neptune Spear and the Raid on the bin Laden CompoundDecember 19, 2022
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My Life in Special Operations: The Capture of Saddam HusseinDecember 12, 2022
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In That Time: Michael O’Donnell and the Tragic Era of VietnamDecember 05, 2022
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Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly VirusNovember 28, 2022
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The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's StoryNovember 21, 2022
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His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of HopeNovember 14, 2022
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The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of America’s Presidential TransitionsNovember 07, 2022
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A Conversation with Tom BrokawOctober 24, 2022
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A Conversation with Annette Gordon-ReedOctober 17, 2022
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Presidential Elections and the Supreme CourtOctober 10, 2022
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A Conversation with Billie Jean KingOctober 03, 2022
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Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War WorldSeptember 26, 2022
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Robert E. Lee: A LifeSeptember 19, 2022
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