FRDH Podcast with Michael Goldfarb

Latest Episodes:

FROM KABUL TO KENT, pt 2 Oct 21, 2014

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History on the move: documentary about Ali, who left Afghanistan as 14 year old and snuck into Britain on a Eurotunnel freight train and today holds a masters in International Relations

9/11 Live: On Air Sep 10, 2014

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Live history: 9/11 I was hosting the NPR program The Connection as the twin towers came down. How do you find the sounds to convey an epoch defining tragedy?

FEDERALISM: A Political History Sep 05, 2014

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Political History: Federalism beginning with the Act of Union between England and Scotland in 1707 through to the European Union.

Autumn 1973 Ep 5: End of the Post-War Economy Jun 04, 2014

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Turning Point in HIstory: Part 5 of my series on how the world dramaticall changed in Autumn 1973. The photo is of Dodge Main plant in Hamtramck MIchigan 8 years later.

Autumn 1973 Ep 4: Arab Oil Embargo Jun 04, 2014

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Turning Point in History: How the Arab oil embargo caught the American and Uk governments by surprise and effectively ended the post-World War2 economic era of good feeling in under 10 weeks.

Episode 9 Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre Jun 04, 2014

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As the House Intelligence Committee memo alleging FBI malfeasance in its Russia investigation grabs the headlines, a look back at Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre. The Saturday Night Massacre was the hinge point of the Watergate scandal. The words coup and Third Reich were thrown around. The events of that weekend in October 1973 marked the beginning of the end of Nixon’s Presidency. Do they hold a lesson for today? President Trump has started his term of office exercising power in a similar fashion. His firing of the acting Attorney General Sally Yates has echoes of the Saturday Night Massacre. Nixon said, “If the President does it, it’s not illegal.” Trump acts as if he thinks that is the way the world works. But Nixon found out even his own Republican Party didn’t think that was true. Will Trump? This is an essay from my archive and it offers a chance to reflect on how American politics has changed in the more than four decades since the Watergate scandal. If you like this be sure to tell your friends and make a donation to keep the podcasts coming.

Autumn 1973 Ep 2: Yom Kippur War Jun 04, 2014

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Turning Point in History: The Yom Kippur war in 1973 changed Israeli and Jewish psyche's as well the relationship between the Arab nations and the Palestinians.

Autumn 1973 Ep 1: Chilean Coup Jun 04, 2014

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Turning Point in History: The Chilean coup and the end of anti-war activism. First of five essays on Autuman 1973 broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Suicide Watch May 11, 2014

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The Cost of History: the surge in suicides among veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4

WHAT IS A NATION? pt. 4 Germany Apr 30, 2014

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National History: Germans' constant attempt to answer the question "What is the German Nation?" has been one of the driving forces of history in the last 200 years.