For the Ages: A History Podcast
History
Overcoming formidable obstacles, including an assassination attempt, Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was fraught with danger before it even officially began. Ted Widmer provides a riveting account of Lincoln’s pivotal 13-day train ride to Washington for his inauguration, and how this fateful trip played a vital role in shaping him for his role as president of a rapidly fracturing nation.
Recorded on February 5, 2021
A Conversation with Walter Isaacson
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965
Shakespeare in a Divided America
An Evening with Drew Gilpin Faust
An Evening with Robert A. Caro: Working
An Evening with Jill Lepore
A Conversation with Ron Chernow
Silver, Sword, and Stone: A History of Latin America
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom Featuring: H.W. Brands
A Conversation with Joanne Freeman: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
A Conversation with Philip Deloria: America’s First Inhabitants
A Conversation with Cokie Roberts
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
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Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra