Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub
Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU
Author of:
City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College
The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power
John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea.
Mr. Traub discusses his award winning book,
Judah Benjamin, Counselor to the Confederacy, Yale University Press. Jewish Lives Series
'This is, by far, the best and most readable short biography of Benjamin that exists'
- Jonathan Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History
Episode #8 Jefferson Davis and Judah Benjamin
• Jefferson Davis: temperamental, fearful
• Judah Benjamin: calming influence
• Fought in Senate, challenged to a duel
• Found Benjamin to be indispensable
• Benjamin could do the work of 10 men
• Balance Wheel, “Court Jew”
Luther's Jews #3 - A Journey Into Anti-Semitism
Luther's Jews #2 - A Journey Into Anti-Semitism - Jews and their Lies
Luther's Jews #1 - A Journey Into Anti-Semitism - Professor Thomas Kaufmann
Leon Trotsky #3 - What led Trotsky to become a revolutionary?
Charles Lindbergh #12- Did Lindbergh Apologize for his anti-Semitism??
Charles Lindbergh #11- What was Lindbergh's 1941 Des Moines Iowa Speech?
Charles Lindbergh #10- What was Lindbergh's Relationship with Henry Ford?
Charles Lindbergh #9- Was Lindbergh a Racist?
Charles Lindbergh #8 - Was Lindbergh a Nazi Sympathizer?
Charles Lindbergh #7 - How did the Kidnapping Impact Charles and Anne Lindbergh?
Charles Lindbergh #6 - What is the Lindbergh Law?
Charles Lindbergh #5 - Did Lindbergh influence US Aviation Industry?
Charles Lindbergh #4 - Why was Lindbergh’s Solo Flight Historic?
Charles Lindbergh #3 - What was Lindbergh’s personality?
Charles Lindbergh #2 - What were Lindbergh’s early influences?
Charles Lindbergh #1 - Interview Candace Fleming- Intro
Judah Benjamin #7 - Judah Benjamin and Slavery?
Judah Benjamin #6 - Why did Judah Benjamin choose politics?
Judah Benjamin #5- Did Judah Benjamin face anti-Semitism?
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Lore