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**The Future in Context**

TFIC takes you deeper into the stories that are shaping our future. Seeing around corners or making sense of the collision of technology and society is hard. Context can help. Our writers and editors probe important questions about where we are going by first asking about where we have been and why. The show is produced through the joint editorial resources of Governing and Government Technology.

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The Unlikely Diplomat: TR, Russia and the Dawn of the American Century May 04, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reminds

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Additional audio courtesy of CNN and YouTube.

That Monroe Doctrine Guy Apr 29, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reminds us that the fifth president is best known for the doctrine named for him that helped keep European powers from further meddling in the New World. And given the political environment today, you would be excused for being envious of his Era of Good Feeling.

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Additional audio courtesy of PragerU and YouTube.

Redeeming Oppenheimer's Black Mark Apr 23, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reminds us that, in 1954, the Atomic Energy Commission revoked Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance. And thst in restoring it posthumously 68 years later, the federal government attempts to atone for its own black mark by removing the black mark on Oppenheimer's record.

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Additional audio courtesy of PlenilunePictures. Universal Pictures and YouTube.

Americans Detained Abroad Apr 15, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson puts the detention of an American detained in Putin's Russia in context. Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal has been incarcerated in Moscow's Lefortovo prison. He is accused of spying. It is practice that dates back to the American Civil War.

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Additional audio courtesy of NBC News, cassiopeia and YouTube.

Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery Apr 09, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reflects on the Pope's repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery and what it might mean for the Indigenous in North America.

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Additional audio courtesy of the Maskwacis First Nation and YouTube.

Covering Up Michelangelo's David Apr 01, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson puts the Florida flap over Michelangelo's David. A statue long considered a Renaissance masterpiece in Florence (and the world over) has now been deemed pornographic in the Sunshine state. Such a stark contrast in points of view — here or there — has a long history.

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Additional audio courtesy of 20th Century Fox and YouTube.

The Cold Fish Who Paved The Way For The Larger-than-Life TR Mar 26, 2023

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In another in an occasional series of articles Governing is publishing about some of the less well-known presidents of the United States, our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson takes a fresh look at the mixed legacy of President Benjamin Harrison - the country's 23rd - who paved the way for Teddy Roosevelt.

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Additional audio courtesy of Biographics and YouTube.

The End of History? Not So Fast! Mar 18, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson laments that we thought we were immune to the human condition. We were wrong.

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Additional audio courtesy of the CNN, D&D, FNC, AFP, ICC, C-SPAN, US European Command and YouTube.

Is Succession Back on the National Agenda? Mar 11, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reminds us that the idea of secession did not originate with Marjorie Taylor Greene. It has been tried before. The question we need to ask is whether we are really ready to see what a Red and Blue America would look and act like.

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Additional audio courtesy of the CNN, FNC and YouTube.

Carter's Malaise: Failing to Sing the Song of America Mar 05, 2023

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Our resident humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson reflects on former President Jimmy Carter's Malaise speech. Seared in America's collective memory, even pilloried in popular culture, the speech was delivered 44 years ago. It was both earnest and tone deaf. The then president made the deliberate choice to tell the American people the truth, rather than the time-honored tradition of singing the Song of America.

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Additional audio courtesy of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, C-SPAN2 and YouTube.

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