History Talk Shorts
Series produced by History Talk from Origins
Five-minute history: a long history short.
These features are condensed, radio-ready versions of longer conversations that put current events into historical perspective. They are high-quality cuts of longer conversations available on our Origins website.
6 Pieces
Order by:
Newest First |
Oldest First
How two neighbors do and don't get along. A history of U.S.-Cuba relations.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Listen to how Pope Francis - the "people's pope" - fits into the longer history of the papacy.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Money and politics have never been like oil and water. We explain why on this edition of "History Talk."
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
What does the ACA do and what is Obamacare about? Historians consider the contentious history of healthcare policy leading up to the ACA.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
How modern policing problems are connected to a wide range of historical issues.
- Added: Aug 24, 2015
- Length: 05:00
Violence against women is a global problem. We discuss the origins of gender violence and its existence throughout history.
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 05:01