On this episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek again chat with Penny Von Eschen, William R. Kennan Jr. professor of American studies and professor of history at UVA, about her book Paradoxes of Nostalgia: Cold War Triumphalism and Global Disorder since 1989. This second part of the conversation picks up with Cold War nostalgia in American pop culture, the 90s search for a new “bad guy” in places like DPRK/North Korea and the Balkans, the “kitschification” of the Cold War, ways this nostalgia manifested throughout the War on Terror, how U.S.-Russia relations were reshaped in the 1990s and 2000s, and the influences of this refracted view of the Cold War on the “New Cold War” dynamic we’re seeing today.
David Nasaw on Biden’s disgraceful Ukrainian refugee policy and Katha Pollitt on what abortion opponents are really thinking
Jane McAlevey on Amazon Workers' Next Big Battles and Margo Jefferson on "Constructing a Nervous System"
Gustavo Arellano on The Sheriff vs. Black L.A., and Michele Goodwin on Ketanji Brown Jackson
How the Ukraine War Could End: Anatol Lieven; Plus E.J. Dionne & Miles Rapoport: 100% Voting
Joan Walsh on Ginni Thomas, and Astra Taylor on Abolishing Student Debt
Fighting about the Constitution: Fishkin & Forbath, plus P.E. Moskowitz on antidepressants
What The Media Should Be Doing During Wartime; plus Hoberman on Comics As Propaganda
Jamie Raskin: Why It's Been So Hard to Nail Trump; plus Michael Kazin on the Democrats
Putin’s War: What is to be Done? Katrina vanden Heuvel, plus Elie Mystal on the constitution
Canadian Truckers: a Working Class Protest? Jeet Heer, plus Amy Wilentz on Paul Farmer
Will Trump’s candidates lose in November? John Nichols; Hunter S. Thompson: Peter Richardson
Biden and the Border: Ahilan Arulanantham, plus Amy Wilentz on Haiti
The Progressives’ Agenda: What’s Left? Ro Khanna, plus Katha Pollitt on Sex
Our Coronavirus Criminals: John Nichols; plus Eric Foner on Slaveholders in Congress
California Dems’ Big Moves on Health Care: Sasha Abramsky; Ellen Schrecker on the ’60s
Beto Can Win: Steve Phillips; plus Dave Lindorff on Atom Spies
Omicron: A Kinder, Gentler Covid? Mike Davis, plus John Nichols on Jan. 6
Remembering Rennie Davis, Remembering Joan Didion
Ivanka, Jared, Don Junior, & Eric on Jan. 6: Amy Wilentz on the Insurrection, plus Tom Lutz
Why Trump Won’t Be the Candidate in 2024: David Cay Johnston; Foner & Gates on DuBois
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