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Podcasts of United States History, 1865-Present Course taught by David H. Noon University of Alaska Southeast
At last . No good explanation for why this has taken so long -- end of the semester laziness, most likely. The lecture itself is short and c...
More than disco . Lecture covers the political transformations leading to the rise of the New Right; Carter presidency; and the Iranian host...
Destroy the country in order to save it .
Not a good war .
Direct action and other new tactics for the civil rights campaigns.
Lecture covers the "rediscovery of poverty" and Johnson's effort to "make war" (sort of) on economic inequality. We look at the modest succe...
The second Reconstruction . This lecture addresses the origins of the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s.
Massive retaliation! This lecture examines the foreign policy of the Eisenhower years, with a focus on the emergence of the Middle East as a...
I hate talking to myself . This is a short lecture covering the domestic politics of the 1940s and early 1950s -- Truman, McCarthyism, and s...
Long time, no see . I was out of town last week and had to record this lecture in my elaborate home studio. For some reason I was having tro...
The rest of the story . In this lecture, we consider the meaning of World War II on the home front and look at the escalating violence that...
Back from break . This lecture addresses the origins of the second World War and examines the factors that led to US entry into the war.
Note to self -- always check batteries. For the third time this semester, I goofed with the recording technology. The first 30 minutes is fr...
Brother, Can you Spare a Dime? Lecture covers the origins of the Great Depression, the consequences for different groups of Americans, and t...
Here's the next lecture. No time to describe it . . . Too much to do today. Lots of stuff about the KKK and the so-called "culture wars" of...
Not always so jazzy . Lecture covers the debates about the League of Nations, global influence of the US during the 1920s -- politically, ec...
Over there . This lecture continues with the "framing" of the war; addresses the federal management of the war effort; and looks at how the...
Not a good war. This lecture covers the causes of World War I and the reasons for America's eventual entry into the war; some discussion of...
Remember the Maine! Today's lecture gives an overview of the progressive movement -- the kinds of issues that preoccupied reformers; the met...
Apologies to podcast subscribers -- I goofed last week and somehow neglected to turn on my recorder at the start of class. Bummer. It was a...
Bob Marley Day. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em. This lecture covers segregation and lynching, then briefly introduces and describes the Populis...
Return those shopping carts After a brief investigation of the Feb. 1 holidays, we finish our discussion of the West and look at the organiz...
Give me a home, where the buffalo roam are driven into pens and shot. After a bizarre story about Andrew Jackson, we deal with the mythology...
"Is anyone a scientologist?" First ten minutes is spent wanking around, discussing scientology, Opposite Day, popsicles and strange mail. Th...
I blame the cough meds. Lecture covers reconstruction, railroads, and the rise of business and industry. At the end, I tell a stupid tale ab...