March 14, 2024
Marci Shore— The Sky Turns Black from Smoke Close to midnight on Tuesday, 18 February 2014, twenty-one-year-old Misha Martynenko, reeking of smoke, returned to the Kiev apartment he shared with… READ MORE
May 19, 2023
Janet Polasky— For centuries, refugees have been cast adrift, caught between nations. From the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions that scattered political foes across oceans at the end of the… READ MORE
May 18, 2021
Eunan O’Halpin and Daithí Ó Corráin— Last year, Yale University Press was pleased to publish The Dead of the Irish Revolution, an account that covers the turbulent period from the 1916… READ MORE
February 23, 2021
Richard Butterwick— The ancient Roman historian Sallust pronounced, “It is better to live in perilous liberty than in tranquil servitude.” But on May 3, 1791, a path beyond the Sallustian… READ MORE
February 4, 2021
George Prochnik— What’s life without glory, blazing love affairs, and apple tarts? That’s to say, what is life without song and true liberation for all? Heinrich Heine at thirteen, diminutive… READ MORE
May 15, 2020
Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn— Recently a United States Senator, reflecting on the terrible crisis we all now face, recalled an earlier time when the nation confronted an existential threat to its… READ MORE
May 10, 2016
Ibrahim Fraihat— Five years have passed since several Arab countries revolted against their repressive regimes, and peace and stability are nowhere in sight. The unraveling of their political systems pushed… READ MORE
August 17, 2015
Janet Polasky— The interconnections of today’s global society are inescapable. So why should we imagine that the founding fathers dreamed of freedom in isolation? The Atlantic World had never been… READ MORE
Ep. 134—The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy
