Then and Now: Global History and Culture

(Bonus) The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of a new era for all countries involved, defined by the decline of all European colonial …

(Bonus) The Demobilization of the United States armed forces after the Second World War began with the defeat of Germany in May 1945 and continued through 1946. The United States had more than 12 million men and women …

(Bonus) The Uranverein (English: "Uranium Club") or Uranprojekt (English: "Uranium Project") was the name given to the project in Germany to research …

(Bonus) The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. …

(Bonus) Operation Unthinkable was the name given to two related possible future war plans by the British Chiefs of Staff against the Soviet Union in 1945. The plans were never approved or implemented. The plans were …

(Bonus) The Soviet atomic bomb project was the classified research and development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II.

(Bonus) The Japanese program to develop nuclear weapons was conducted during World War II. Like the German nuclear weapons program, it suffered from …

S15-E20 Topics: Key Turning Points in the War Reviewed, Lessons from the War, Consequences of the War, Beginning of the Cold War.

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(Bonus) During active American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied …

(Bonus) Britain re-created the World War I Ministry of Information for the duration of World War II to generate propaganda to influence the …

(Bonus) The 'home front' covers the activities of the civilians in a nation at war. World War II was a total war; homeland production became even more invaluable to both the Allied and Axis powers. Life on the home …

(Bonus) Military production during World War II was the arms, ammunition, personnel, and financing which were produced or mobilized by the belligerents of the war from the occupation of Austria in early 1938 to the …

(Bonus) In the period just before and during World War II, propaganda in Imperial Japan was designed to assist the regime in governing during that time. Many of its elements were continuous with pre-war themes of Shōwa …

(Bonus) The propaganda used by the German Nazi Party in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler's dictatorship of Germany from 1933 to 1945 …

(Bonus) Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during …

(Bonus) The Squander Bug was a World War II propaganda character created by the British National Savings Committee to discourage wasteful spending …

(Bonus) War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has …

(Bonus) Women in the Second World War took on many different roles during the War, including as combatants and workers on the home front. The Second …

S15-E19 Topics: Involvement of Civilians at the Homefront for each Nation at War, Propaganda Messaging, Use of Movies to Influence Public Opinion.

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(Bonus) The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 3][10] was a 0surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against …

(Bonus) Throughout the Second Sino-Japanese war (1937–1945), Japanese dissidents and Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) joined the Chinese in the war against the Empire of Japan. An IJNAF A5M fighter pilot who was shot …

(Bonus) During the early years of World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated from their homes on the West Coast because military leaders and public opinion combined to fan unproven fears of sabotage. As …

(Bonus) This is a list of campaigns during the Pacific War. Flags indicate the country, or countries, winning the offensive.

(Bonus) Naval historians such as Eva Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not …

(Bonus) The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the …

(Bonus) War Plan Orange (commonly known as Plan Orange or just Orange) is a series of United States Joint Army and Navy Board war plans for dealing with a possible war with Japan during the years between the First and …

S15-E18 Topics: Pacific Theater, Japan War Aims, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, US Strategy of Island Hopping, Primarily War Fought by Airplanes

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(Bonus) The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943)was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its …

(Bonus) The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and …

(Bonus) The Italian participation in the Eastern Fron represented the military intervention of the Kingdom of Italy in Operation Barbarossa, launched by Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union in 1941. The commitment to …

(Bonus) The Soviet Black Sea Fleet during the first years of the Black Sea campaigns (1941 44) conducted raiding operations along the Western coast of the Black Sea aimed at disrupting Axis communications and supplies …

(Bonus) Women in the Russian and Soviet military have played many roles in their country's military history. Women of Russia and the Soviet Union …

S15-E17 Topics: Battle of Stalingrad in Russia, First Major Defeat of the Germans, Failure to Permit Local Military Commanders to Make Decisions.

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(Bonus) In 1944, codenames related to the D-Day plans appeared as solutions in crosswords in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, which the …

(Bonus) Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Coordination and communication …

(Bonus) Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. Gellhorn reported on …

(Bonus) The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation …

S15-E16 Topics: D-Day Invasion of Europe

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(Bonus) The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (German: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm …

(Bonus) The Coventry Blitz (blitz: from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning "lightning war" listen ) or Coventration[1] of the city was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city …

(Bonus) The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to protect people, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to …

(Bonus) Operation Banquet was a British Second World War plan to use every available aircraft against a German invasion in 1940 or 1941. After the Fall of France in June 1940, the British Government made urgent …

(Bonus) The Polish Air Forces was the name of the Polish Air Forces formed in France and the United Kingdom during World War II. The core of the …

(Bonus) "The Darkest Hour" is a phrase used to refer to an early period of World War II, from approximately mid-1940 to mid-1941. While widely attributed to Winston Churchill, the phrase's origins are unclear.

S15-E15 Topics: Air Battle of Britain, Role of Technology, Home Field Advantage for Britain, Role of Sir Winston Churchill

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(Bonus) The First Bombardment of Midway, or the First Bombardment of Sand Island, or Attack on Midway, was a small land and sea engagement of World War II. It occurred on the very first day of the Pacific War, 7 …

(Bonus) The Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II, at the beginning of the Pacific War in December 1941, was the third most powerful navy in the …

(Bonus) Naval historians such as Evan Mawdsley, Richard Overy, and Craig Symonds concluded that World War II's decisive victories on land could not …

S15-E14 Topics: Key turning points of World War Two; Battle of Midway; Role of Aircraft Carriers.

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(Bonus) There were many areas annexed by Germany both immediately before and throughout the course of World War II. Territories that were part of Germany before the annexations were known as the "Altreich" (Old Reich).

(Bonus) The causes of World War II, a global war from 1939 to 1945 that was the deadliest conflict in human history, have been given considerable attention by historians from many countries who studied and understood …

(Bonus) In the United Kingdom, the interwar period (1918–1939) was a period of relative stability after the division of Ireland, though of economic …

(Bonus) Assigned readings for this unit.

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S15-E13 Topics: Overview of WWII, Causes of WWII, Nazi Blitzkrieg.

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(Bonus) Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his …

(Bonus) Frank Russell Capra May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and …

(Bonus) The Great Dictator is a 1940 American satirical comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian …

(Bonus) Why We Fight is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. It was …

S15-E12 Topics: Charlie Chaplin, Frank Capra, The Great Dictator, Why and the Why We Fight Movie Series.

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(Bonus) The European foreign policy of the Chamberlain ministry from 1937 to 1940 was based on British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's …

(Bonus) The lesson of Munich, in international relations, refers to the appeasement of Adolf Hitler at the Munich Conference in September 1938. To …

(Bonus) The Munich Agreement was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. It provided "cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory" of …

(Bonus) Arthur Neville Chamberlain 18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister …

S15-E11 Topics: Prime Minister Chamberlin, Adolph Hitler, and Miscommunication among World Leaders.

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(Bonus) Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or a specific type …

(Bonus) Franklin Delano Roosevelt January 30, 1882 –April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney …

(Bonus) In the United States, the Great Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of October 1929. The stock market crash marked the beginning of a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, …

(Bonus) Isolationism is a political philosophy advocating a national foreign policy that opposes involvement in the political affairs, and especially …

(Bonus) The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in …

S15-E10 Topics: FDR and the New Deal, Normalcy, Isolationism, Great Depression, Monroe Doctrine, and the WPA.

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(Bonus) The Weimar Republic, officially named the German Reich (Deutsches Reich), was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; …

(Bonus) Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National …

(Bonus) Nazism is the common name in English for National Socialism, shortened to Nazismus), is the ideology and practices associated with Adolf …

(Bonus) 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He …

S15-E09 Topics: Understanding Desires and Needs of Germany, Totalitarism Compared, Basic Features of Nazism, and rise of Hitler.

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(Bonus) Hideki Tojo (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and convicted war …

(Bonus) Japanese militarism refers to the ideology in the Empire of Japan which advocates the belief that militarism should dominate the political …

(Bonus) The modernization of the Japanese army and navy during the Meiji period (1868–1912) and until the Mukden Incident (1931) was carried out by the newly founded national government, a military leadership that was …

(Bonus) Zaibatsu ("financial clique") is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial vertically integrated business conglomerates in the …

S15-E07 Topics: Understanding Desires and Needs of Japan, Shidelhara Diplomacy, Zaibatsu Economy, Experiment with Democracy, Perception of Economic Warfare by Western Countries, and Japan’s Need for Geographical …

(Bonus) The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the …

(Bonus) In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second World War. …

(Bonus) International relations (1919–1939) covers the main interactions shaping world history in this era, known as the Interwar Period, with …

(Bonus) The history of the United States from 1918 through 1945 covers the post-World War I era, the Great Depression, and World War II. After World War I, the U.S. rejected the Treaty of Versailles and did not join the …

(Bonus) The aftermath of World War I saw drastic political, cultural, economic, and social change across Eurasia, Africa, and even in areas outside …

(Bonus) These are the assigned readings for my students in the introductory global history unit.

(Bonus) These are the PowerPoint slides I used when this unit was a part of my introductory global history course. 

(Bonus) This document provides an outline of the activities and strategies by the protesters of Tiananmen Square.

(Bonus) One of the most memorable and tragic figures in the protest was Tank Man. He inspired protest movements worldwide as a result of his solitary …

(Bonus) This document presents the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest with its origins, events, and consequences.

(Bonus) An overview of nonviolent resistance and protest movement from history. Principles of these past events inspired the students in their China …

S15-E06 Topics: Tiananmen Square nonviolent protest and brutal suppression, Tank Man, inspiration for nonviolent protest.

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(Bonus) The Red Guard was used by Mao to both educate the masses and enforce control over them.

(Bonus) The Cultural Revolution in China was a means by which Mao wanted to transform society. It was a brutal process of change for society.

(Bonus) Lenin and Mao identified the bourgeoisie class as the enemy of desired change in their societies. 

S15-E05 Topics: justification by Lenin and Mao for violence to cause desired change, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China, role of the …

(Bonus) Mao's The Little Red Book was an essential tool for educating and transforming China's life and traditions.

(Bonus) Mao believed that land reform was essential for change in China for the masses.

(Bonus) The report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan was important to Mao's political beliefs and plans for change.

(Bonus) Biography of Mao Zedong

S15-E04 Topics: biography of Mao, justification for short term violence for change, importance of The Little Red Book, use of the Red Guard for …

(Bonus) The document provides an outline of the various protest tactics used during the Poland uprising.

(Bonus) The biography of Lech Walesa provides background about the major leader of the Poland protest movement.

(Bonus) The article details the invasion of Poland by the Soviet Union.

(Bonus) Poland has been dominated by Russia and then the Soviet Union for hundreds of years.

S15-E03 Topics: cycle of revolution, nonviolent protest of Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi, analysis of the Poland protest, and Lech Walensa.

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(Bonus) Biography of Nikita Khrushchev. He is actually a moderate who is quickly pushed out of power by hardline Communist leaders.

(Bonus) The Berlin Wall in Germany was a symbol of the Cold War period. Rather than keeping Allied troops from invading, it was designed to keep …

(Bonus) The Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposal by the U.S. to build an anti-missile defense system to protect from a Soviet nuclear attack. It frightened the Soviet Union since they feared a preemptive attack …

S15-E02 Topics: Destalinization, Nikita Khrushchev, Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate and President Reagan, and Strategic Defense Initiative.

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(Bonus) This article describes how the Soviet Union developed poisons for political murder around the world.

(Bonus) This is an overview of the plan by the Soviet Union to relate with the world community and spread their power.

(Bonus) The Gosplan was the comprehensive plan by Stalin to restructure the Soviet Union.

(Bonus) Biography of Joseph Stalin.

(Bonus) These are the PowerPoint slides that accompany the lectures on communism.

(Bonus) These are the readings that accompany the unit on communism in China and Russia.

S15-E01 Topics: interaction of economic and political theories; phases of the Russian revolution; Russia restructures under Stalin, Stalin’s Gosplan; …

(Bonus) The Russian Civil War 7 November 1917 –16 June 1923) was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of …

(Bonus) The October Revolution, officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution[b] under the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik …

(Bonus) Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1870 –21 January 1924), better known by his alias Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, …

S14-E19 Topics: Immediate and long-term causes of the revolution, phases of the Communist Revolution, and Communist civil war. PDF documents: The …

(Bonus) The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919 in …

(Bonus) The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace …

(Bonus) The aftermath of World War I saw drastic political, cultural, economic, and social change across Eurasia, Africa, and even in areas outside …

S14-E18 Topics: WWI consequences, WWI bridges to WWII, the catalyst for Russian Communist Revolution, and Treaty of Versailles. PDF documents: …

(Bonus) The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, …

(Bonus) The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart from an Anglophile element urging early support for the British and an anti-Tsarist …

(Bonus) The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. The …

(Bonus) The development of tanks in World War I was a response to the stalemate that developed on the Western Front. Although vehicles that incorporated the basic principles of the tank (armour, firepower, and …

S14-E17 Topics: tank warfare, Battle of Verdun, Meuse-Argonne Battle, Russians leave WWI, U.S. enters WWI, and armistice. PDF documents: U.S. entry to WWI, Battle of Verdun, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and tanks in WWI.

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(Bonus) World War I was the first major conflict involving the large-scale use of aircraft. Tethered observation balloons had already been employed …

(Bonus) Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered …

(Bonus) Technology during World War I (1914–1918) reflected a trend toward industrialism and the application of mass-production methods to weapons …

S14-E16 Topics: initial crisis, trench warfare, submarines, and WWI aircraft. PDF documents: WWI aviation, technology overview, and trench warfare.

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(Bonus) This article probes deeper into the complicated causes of WWI. The roots date back to the economic conflict of the Europeans beginning in the 1600s.

(Bonus) This Wikipedia article provides an overview of World War One.

(Bonus) These are the assigned readings intended to accompany the WWI unit.

(Bonus) Follow along with the lectures using the PowerPoint slides I used for the sessions.

S14-E15 This new unit explores WW I and the Russian Communist Revolution. Topics include: key history forces; and the role of nationalism, …

(Bonus) This document contains the instructions for the history simulation that applies Gandhi's principles to a contemporary protest issue.

S14-E14 We apply Gandhi’s protest principles to contemporary issues of interest to the students. The audio provides a brief overview. The PDF document provides all the details about this highly engaging activity that …

S14-E13 We examine the consequences of imperialism for the Western countries and countries that were occupied.

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(Bonus) European colonialism and colonization was the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over other societies and …

(Bonus) Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of …

(Bonus) Imperialism is a policy or ideology of extending the rule over peoples and other countries, for extending political and economic access, …

S14-E12 We examine Gandhi’s protest movement against British imperialism in episode three of the five-part series. We will apply his protest principles in episode five where we apply what was learned to today’s protest …

S14-E11 We delve into different types of western imperialism and what motivated them in part two of this five-part series.

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(Bonus) These are the readings for the series Western Imperialism. The guide provides the discussion questions that we explore during the lectures.

(Bonus) These are the PowerPoint slides used throughout the five-part series on Western Imperialism.

S14-E10 We will explore imperialism by Western Europe in this five-part series. In this episode, we delve into the cycle of imperialism and the various motivations for the countries.

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S14-E09 In part six, I complete my review of the impact of the Industrial Revolution with new political theories. We explore the connections between …

S14-E08 In part five, I continue the impact of the Industrial Revolution with a review of the new economic theories. We explore the connections …

S14-E07 In part four, I continue the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the creation of new social classes such as the working class. We explore …

S14-E06 In part three, I focus on the impact of the Industrial Revolution on six areas of society: the shift from farm to factory, population growth, …

S14-E05 In part two, I focus on why England was the leader of the Industrial Revolution. The confluence of geographical advantages, its previous …

(Bonus) This reading guide provides a foundation for the students as they explore the Industrial Revolution unit. In this course, students were not …

(Bonus) Lecture PowerPoint slides for the Industrial Revolution unit for all six parts. To get the maximum value of the lectures, follow along with …

S14-E04 I feature the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and dig deeper to make the connections with current events and the history forces that …

(Bonus PDF) The Nine History Forces are applied to strife being experienced in Franch today. See the history forces listed in the margins of the paragraphs. This is an example of what will occur during my history …

(Bonus PDF) The Nine Forces of History helped make sense of the seeming randomness of historical events. This handout will be referred to frequently within my course lectures. 

(Bonus PDF) Each unit central question helped students to simplify everything in the unit to remember the most important point. While we learned much more, the question was used for the weekly reflection question that …

(Bonus PDF) The course syllabus is the guide for a course. It contains the learning objectives, calendar of activities, homework assignments, …

S14-E03 This is a preview of my global history course lectures I will share over the next year. Each podcast episode will contain a module from the …

PDF This one-page handout provides a brief overview of the nine forces of history that have influenced yesterday's and today's events.

This podcast briefly explores the nine forces of history that influence past and current events.

This revised directory are podcasts that I listen to, or at least sample some of the episodes. The directory is 11 pages and provides a description, website URL, and subscription link through iTunes. Many of these …

The Life Podcast Network is home for a group of seven family-friendly podcasts and live stream conversations that bring a positive message of hope and inspiration. Our podcast network creates new stories and information …

Welcome to the 14th season of Then and How: Global History and Culture podcast.  The podcast began during fall of 2006 as a project in an …

This PDF documents provided an annotated list of history podcasts to which I am subscribed.  I hope you will find some new ones that will become your favorites as well.

I have been inspired by many other great history …

Thank you for your interest in the podcast created by my students and me. It has been a labor of love since 2006. I recently changed to Libsyn to host the podcast. That you see nearly 240 episodes uploaded for all 13 …

Thank you for your interest in the podcast created by my students and me. It has been a labor of love since 2006. I recently changed to Libsyn to host the podcast. That is why you see nearly 150 episodes uploaded in the …