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New Books NetworkAmerican Masterpiece: The Civil War Diaries of George Templeton Strong with Brenda Wineapple and Geoff WisnerWednesday, February 18—Called “the greatest American diary of the nineteenth century,” the journal of the patrician New York City lawyer George Templeton Strong stands as a remarkable documentary record of the Civil War and a captivating literary accomplishment in its own right. Unfolding like an epic historical novel, Strong’s precise and colorful account plunges readers into the midst of an unprecedented national crisis like nothing else in American letters.
Join historian Brenda Wineapple and Geoff Wisner, editor of the just-published Library of America edition of Strong’s Civil War Diaries, for a discussion of this extraordinary work, long o...
2026-02-231h 00
New Books in American StudiesAmerican Masterpiece: The Civil War Diaries of George Templeton Strong with Brenda Wineapple and Geoff WisnerWednesday, February 18—Called “the greatest American diary of the nineteenth century,” the journal of the patrician New York City lawyer George Templeton Strong stands as a remarkable documentary record of the Civil War and a captivating literary accomplishment in its own right. Unfolding like an epic historical novel, Strong’s precise and colorful account plunges readers into the midst of an unprecedented national crisis like nothing else in American letters.
Join historian Brenda Wineapple and Geoff Wisner, editor of the just-published Library of America edition of Strong’s Civil War Diaries, for a discussion of this extraordinary work, long o...
2026-02-231h 00
New Books in Biography & MemoirAmerican Masterpiece: The Civil War Diaries of George Templeton Strong with Brenda Wineapple and Geoff WisnerWednesday, February 18—Called “the greatest American diary of the nineteenth century,” the journal of the patrician New York City lawyer George Templeton Strong stands as a remarkable documentary record of the Civil War and a captivating literary accomplishment in its own right. Unfolding like an epic historical novel, Strong’s precise and colorful account plunges readers into the midst of an unprecedented national crisis like nothing else in American letters.
Join historian Brenda Wineapple and Geoff Wisner, editor of the just-published Library of America edition of Strong’s Civil War Diaries, for a discussion of this extraordinary work, long o...
2026-02-231h 00
New Books in Military HistoryAmerican Masterpiece: The Civil War Diaries of George Templeton Strong with Brenda Wineapple and Geoff WisnerWednesday, February 18—Called “the greatest American diary of the nineteenth century,” the journal of the patrician New York City lawyer George Templeton Strong stands as a remarkable documentary record of the Civil War and a captivating literary accomplishment in its own right. Unfolding like an epic historical novel, Strong’s precise and colorful account plunges readers into the midst of an unprecedented national crisis like nothing else in American letters.
Join historian Brenda Wineapple and Geoff Wisner, editor of the just-published Library of America edition of Strong’s Civil War Diaries, for a discussion of this extraordinary work, long o...
2026-02-231h 00
New Books in Literary StudiesAmerican Masterpiece: The Civil War Diaries of George Templeton Strong with Brenda Wineapple and Geoff WisnerWednesday, February 18—Called “the greatest American diary of the nineteenth century,” the journal of the patrician New York City lawyer George Templeton Strong stands as a remarkable documentary record of the Civil War and a captivating literary accomplishment in its own right. Unfolding like an epic historical novel, Strong’s precise and colorful account plunges readers into the midst of an unprecedented national crisis like nothing else in American letters.
Join historian Brenda Wineapple and Geoff Wisner, editor of the just-published Library of America edition of Strong’s Civil War Diaries, for a discussion of this extraordinary work, long o...
2026-02-231h 00
Silent GenerationEp. 95: Dinner PartiesOn this week’s episode of Silent Generation, Nathan and Breanna discuss all things dinner parties. The two begin by discussing what they like about dinner parties and their personal experiences hosting and attending them. They then review common features of traditional dinner parties (cocktail hour, place settings, multiple course meals, and after-dinner entertainment) before detailing how they have changed over time. Amongst other things they discuss how Emily Post and Martha Stewart presented competing visions of the high-effort dinner party, how the depreciation of dining-related antiques demonstrates the decline of dinner parties in America, and how modern dinner pa...
2026-02-161h 15
Library TalksFrancesca Wade with Brenda Wineapple: Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife In this episode of Library Talks, Author Francesca Wade, joins Library Talks to discuss her new book Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife she is joined by fellow author Brenda Wineapple who's most recent book is national bestseller, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation. Gertrude Stein's Paris salon is the stuff of literary legend. Many have tried to capture the spirit of the place that once entertained the likes of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse, but perhaps none as determinedly as Stein herself. Pushing b...
2025-11-1953 min
The World in Time / Lapham’s QuarterlyEpisode 16: Brenda Wineapple on the Scopes Trial“Religion gives people certainty and it gives people solace,” says Brenda Wineapple in this week’s episode of The World in Time. “And according to
William Jennings Bryan, it gives you a moral center, too, which would make
impossible the cruelties of, say, World War One, which horrified him. But that kind of intolerable meaninglessness is something Clarence Darrow, too, feels so strongly. He said, and I’m paraphrasing: everybody needs their dope, whatever it is, whether it’s the church or whether it’s drugs or whether it’s sex. He’s open-minded about that. He's basically saying life is hard. Life...
2025-10-241h 14
The World in Time / Lapham’s QuarterlyEpisode 16: Brenda Wineapple on the Scopes Trial“Religion gives people certainty and it gives people solace,” says Brenda Wineapple in this week’s episode of The World in Time. “And according to
William Jennings Bryan, it gives you a moral center, too, which would make
impossible the cruelties of, say, World War One, which horrified him. But that kind of intolerable meaninglessness is something Clarence Darrow, too, feels so strongly. He said, and I’m paraphrasing: everybody needs their dope, whatever it is, whether it’s the church or whether it’s drugs or whether it’s sex. He’s open-minded about that. He's basically saying life is hard. Life...
2025-10-241h 15
The Nation PodcastsThe Courts vs. Trump—Plus, "Gotham at War" | Start Making SenseAs the Supreme Court begins its new term, Trump lost six different cases in district courts just last week, ranging from bans on deploying the National Guard, to defending freedom of speech for noncitizens, to yet another court rejecting his executive order abolishing birthright citizenship. At the same time, Trump is claiming an illegitimate legal basis for ordering the murder of civilians he claims are trafficing in drugs. David Cole will comment—he’s former national legal director of the ACLU.Also, There’s a wonderful new history of New York City from the Depression thru WWII, out now...
2025-10-0837 min
Start Making Sense with Jon WienerThe Courts vs. Trump—Plus, "Gotham at War"As the Supreme Court begins its new term, Trump lost six different cases in district courts just last week, ranging from bans on deploying the National Guard, to defending freedom of speech for noncitizens, to yet another court rejecting his executive order abolishing birthright citizenship. At the same time, Trump is claiming an illegitimate legal basis for ordering the murder of civilians he claims are trafficing in drugs. David Cole will comment—he’s former national legal director of the ACLU.Also, There’s a wonderful new history of New York City from the Depression thru WWII, out now...
2025-10-0837 min
We Dissent100 years of monkey business: the Scopes trial centennialRebecca and Liz commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial. They discuss the infamous "monkey" trial, and the history of teaching evolution in public schools. An "everything old is new again" episode, showing the impact of the Scopes trial throughout the last century and digging into the latest attempts by Christian Nationalists to inject religious teachings into science curriculum. Background Original text of the Butler Act 2025 Scope Trial Centennial speakers' presentations - FFRF The Legacy of the Scopes Monkey Trial 100 years later - Americans United The Scopes "Monkey" Tr...
2025-09-1746 min
History ShortsConversations: Why the Scopes Trial Still Matters Today, w/ Brenda WineappleIn this episode, we sit down with Brenda Wineapple, acclaimed historian and author of The Impeachers and Ecstatic Nation, to discuss her latest work: Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation. At the center of this riveting new book is the Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925, where a Dayton, Tennessee courtroom became the stage for a dramatic clash between science and religion, modernism and fundamentalism, and democracy and mob rule. Wineapple brings to life the drama, the contradictions, and the enduring stakes of the trial that pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan...
2025-08-1531 min
The Science Show - Separate stories podcastThe Monkey Trial centenaryPeter Bernhardt takes us back in time to the trial as told by Brenda Wineapple in her book Keeping the Faith – God, Democracy and the trial that riveted a nation.
2025-08-0909 min
Freethought RadioThe Trial of the CenturyWe announce a great victory from the Arkansas courts blocking the state from displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. After reporting state/church news in California, West Virginia, Iowa and West Point Military Academy, we hear the Tom Lehrer song "I Got it from Agnes" and the "1919 Influenza Blues" by Essie Ray Jenkins. Then, we listen to the talk given at the Scopes Trial Centennial last month by Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation.
2025-08-0749 minFreethought RadioThe Trial of the CenturyWe announce a great victory from the Arkansas courts blocking the state from displaying the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. After reporting state/church news in California, West Virginia, Iowa and West Point Military Academy, we hear the Tom Lehrer song "I Got it from Agnes" and the "1919 Influenza Blues" by Essie Ray Jenkins. Then, we listen to the talk given at the Scopes Trial Centennial last month by Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation.
2025-08-0749 min
American History TellersEvolution on Trial | Live and Let LiveThe Scopes ""Monkey"" Trial was set against the backdrop of the roaring twenties, a time of both cultural upheaval and deep social tensions. While ostensibly about science versus religion, the trial became a proxy for larger conflicts over academic freedom, individual rights, and the very nature of American democracy. And the trial's impact extended far beyond its verdict, influencing debates about education, faith, and freedom that continue to resonate today. In this episode, Lindsay is joined by Brenda Wineapple, author of the national bestseller Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, And The Trial That Riveted A Nation. Together, they explore...
2025-07-3038 min
History Unplugged PodcastThe Scopes Trial Was Entirely Orchestrated But Became an Unintended 1920s Culture War TouchpointJuly 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial – a trial that exposed profound divisions in America over religion, education, and public morality. This was a legal case in Dayton, Tennessee, where high school teacher John Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution, violating the state's Butler Act. The Butler Act was a 1925 Tennessee law that prohibited public school teachers from teaching any theory that denied the biblical account of human creation, specifically targeting the teaching of evolution. But believe it or not, this entire trial was orchestrated. Local leaders had the teacher volunteer to be charged as a p...
2025-07-2456 min
Science FridayWhy Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?In July 1925, the Scopes “Monkey” Trial captivated the nation. On its face, the case was relatively straightforward: A Tennessee biology teacher named John Scopes was accused of teaching human evolution to his students. At the time, that was against state law. Both sides enlisted the help of big name lawyers to represent them, and the case turned into a national spectacle. But, why has the legacy of the case persisted? And what can it help us understand about our current moment?
Host Ira Flatow talks with Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Tria...
2025-07-2118 min
Science FridayWhy Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?In July 1925, the Scopes “Monkey” Trial captivated the nation. On its face, the case was relatively straightforward: A Tennessee biology teacher named John Scopes was accused of teaching human evolution to his students. At the time, that was against state law. Both sides enlisted the help of big name lawyers to represent them, and the case turned into a national spectacle. But, why has the legacy of the case persisted? And what can it help us understand about our current moment?Host Ira Flatow talks with Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Tria...
2025-07-2118 min
All Of ItThe 100th Anniversary of the Scopes TrialJuly 10 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Scopes Trial, which centered on the ability to teach the theory of evolution in public schools. We reflect on the legacy of this monumental case and its relevance today, with Brenda Wineapple, author of the book Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation.
2025-07-1025 min
Keen On AmericaThe Real Monkey Business: What the 1925 Scopes Trial was actually all aboutNext month, America will celebrate the centenary of the Scopes Trial, the so-called 1925 “Monkey Trial” on evolution that riveted a nation. Although perhaps celebrate is the wrong word to describe the Tennessee trial that not only riveted America but also divided it. According to the historian Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping The Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation, the Scopes trial is as relevant to America in 2025 as it was in 1925. According to Wineapple, the trial wasn't really about science versus religion at all. Neither side truly understood Darwin's theory of evolution, which had...
2025-06-2643 min
The GistThose Tariffs SlapTrump’s latest tariff escalation on China, Mexico, and Canada has earned the Wall Street Journal’s bluntest critique yet: “dumbest.” With markets reacting sharply, Wall Street remains the one force that might actually make him reconsider. Plus, Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith: How American Democracy Survives Scandals, Scoundrels, and Cynics, joins to discuss a century-old “trial of the century” and its relevance to today’s politics. Produced by Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.li...
2025-03-0432 min
Clear+Vivid with Alan AldaBrenda Wineapple: When Evolution Was on TrialIn 1925, a trial in a small town in Tennessee riveted the nation. In the dock was a young man named John Scopes, charged with violating a state law outlawing the teaching of evolution. The trial exposed fault lines in society that are opening again today, a century later. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2025-01-2837 min
Michael Perry's Voice MailEpisode #242: Scavenging DookieHowdy folks:Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 242. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike. Click the player above to listen.Ten years ago I wrote a book called The Scavengers. Then I started the sequel. And then…well, as you’ll hear in today’s episode, some life came up. But I’ve kept pecking away at it, and am currently powering through, bound and determined to hand it in before my editor retires.Also in this episode: A couple of sneak peeks into the sequel, including a passage wr...
2024-12-1509 min
Stay Tuned with PreetEvolution on Trial: How the Scopes Case Changed America (with Brenda Wineapple)Brenda Wineapple joins Preet to discuss her new book about the Scopes Monkey trial, “Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted America.” The trial, often called 'the trial of the century,' was not just a courtroom battle but a flashpoint in a broader cultural war that continues to echo in debates over science, religion, and education today.For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/the-scopes-monkey-trial-revisited-brenda-wineappleHave a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at stayt...
2024-11-2555 min
C-SPAN BookshelfBN+: Brenda Wineapple, "Keeping the Faith"Brenda Wineapple calls them "two gladiators." The year was 1925. She writes that "the ubiquitous politician William Jennings Bryan and the criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow, each of them national celebrities for decades, were going into battle over God and science and the classroom and, not incidentally, over what it meant to be an American." Brenda Wineapple's latest book is titled "Keeping the Faith" and is about the Scopes Trial, held in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, which focused on the state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in the schools. Learn more about your...
2024-10-151h 07
Booknotes+Ep. 188 Brenda Wineapple, "Keeping the Faith"Brenda Wineapple calls them "two gladiators." The year was 1925. She writes that "the ubiquitous politician William Jennings Bryan and the criminal lawyer Clarence Darrow, each of them national celebrities for decades, were going into battle over God and science and the classroom and, not incidentally, over what it meant to be an American." Brenda Wineapple's latest book is titled "Keeping the Faith" and is about the Scopes Trial, held in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, which focused on the state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in the schools. Learn more about your...
2024-10-151h 07
A Generational ThingTrial and Error: The Courtroom Battle that Still Divides UsSend us a textIn 1925, John Scopes, a high school biology teacher in rural Tennessee, was indicted for violating a new state law against teaching evolution. The record of his trial is a textbook all its own for today. A century later the very issues that played out in a small-town courthouse––from politics to religion and everything in between––still divide Americans.Join Natalia and Angela as they grapple with the engaging, sometimes frightening, and always illuminating experience of reading Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted...
2024-10-0644 min
KPFA - Letters and PoliticsThe Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle About Science, Religion, Truth, and Freedom of Thought Guest: Brenda Wineapple is an award-winning author of several books including ‘The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation and her latest, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation.
The post The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Battle About Science, Religion, Truth, and Freedom of Thought appeared first on KPFA.
2024-10-0159 min
Touro Law Review PodcastKeeping the Faith: A Discussion with Author Brenda Wineapple about the 1925 Scopes TrialEvery era has its trial of the century. In 1925, Tennessee prosecuted John T. Scopes, a high school teacher, for teaching evolution in violation of state law. The
sensational trial drew nationwide attention and included an epic clash between two lawyers – William Jennings Bryan, one of the prosecutors, and Clarence Darrow, one of the defense attorneys.
In Keeping the Faith, Brenda Wineapple provides an account of the Scopes trial while exploring the case from different perspectives. In a front-cover New York Times review, Matthew Stewart described the book as “history at its most delicious, presented free from the musty smell
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2024-09-2350 min
The State Of BeliefThe Past Isn't Even Past: The Trial That Riveted A Nation With Brenda WineappleAs book bans and religious censorship again become increasingly prevalent, America is witnessing an alarming repetition of patterns from our history. Brenda Wineapple's most recent book, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation, is a compelling account of censorship and successful far-right religious lobbying during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial that continues to influence America today.For this week's episode of The State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, Brenda joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the resurgent threat of censorship and extreme religious influence in America. Ove...
2024-09-0157 min
Two and a Mic - The Social PodcastShort Story - The Ambitious Guest by Nathaniel HawthorneI love reading some of these classic short stories. They serve as a record of human lives through the ages and from different perspectives. In the 1830s the sale of opium was rising rapidly under the Qing dynasty, Australia’s creation is decided and Melbourne is founded, Charles Masson conducts his excavation work around Kabul Jalalabad where he notes that Kabul in 1833 is a model of tolerance. In New England Hawthorne penned The Ambitious Guest.In this short story Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a well-known story of those parts in the Willey tragedy in New Hampshire. On August 28, 1826 an...
2024-08-2925 min
Escape To The Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook Now, Book-Lovers!Keeping the Faith by Brenda WineapplePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/90247to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Keeping the Faith
Author: Brenda Wineapple
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Format: mp3
Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
Release date: 08-13-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 46 ratings
Genres: Law
Publisher's Summary:
The dramatic story of the 1925 Scopes trial, which captivated the nation and exposed profound divisions in America that still resonate today—divisions over the meaning of freedom, religion, education, censorship, and civil liberties in a democracy.
2024-08-1312h 50
Citizen of HeavenHALFTIME REPORT: My Best Books of 2024 (So Far)Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you!I’ve completed more than 100 books thus far in 2024 — a bit behind my pace from 2023, but still, not too bad. And yes, some of those books were on the short side. But not all — I’ve read six books this year that were 500 pages or longer. I try to balance my reading between fiction, non-fiction and inspirational books. Fiction is lagging behind in 2024, which no doubt accounts for its poor representation here. And my inspirational reading has been a bit underwhelming. But I’ve been on a tear recent...
2024-06-2819 min
The BreakdownJanuary 14, 2021 | Guests: Eric Ward and Brenda WineappleThe Breakdown is live w/ guests Eric Ward and Brenda WineappleThis week on The Breakdown hosts Rick Wilson and Tara Setmayer welcome Eric Ward, executive director of West State Center, and Brenda Wineapple, author of “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation”. Eric and Brenda are here to break down the insurrection and the impending Trump impeachment trial. This discussion includes the role of antisemitism and white nationalism in the attack in the U.S. Capitol, how Trump’s Impeachment compares to others throughout history, and more.
2023-12-201h 30
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 190 - Haunted by Hawthorne & The Invisible Hour by Alice HoffmanIt’s another 10th episode which means we’re hosting a giveaway for newsletter subscribers! One lucky winner will receive a copy of DEMOCRACY IN CHAINS: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy Maclean and THE DANTE CLUB by Matthew Pearl. To be entered to win, head to www.bookcougars.com/subscriber to join our newsletter; the winner will be chosen on September 15th.
In between some fantastic Biblio Adventures to Salem, MA, and a Couch Biblio Adventure where we watched the 1934 adaptation of THE SCARLET LETTER, we managed to do some reading. We bot...
2023-09-121h 14
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2023-09-0100 minThe GistInjustices: Current And HistoricThough our crew has the day off in observance of Juneteenth today, we put together a show featuring two archival interviews that focus on a pair of injustices black Americans have had to endure. First up is our 2015 interview with Dax-Devlon Ross about his research into black juror exclusion, a persistent problem in the U.S. legal system. Then we listen to our 2019 conversation with Brenda Wineapple focusing on her excellent book, The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation. In the wake of the Civil War, Johnson vetoed legislation that Congress passed...
2023-06-1932 min
Human Voices Wake UsEmily DickinsonAn episode from 7/11/22: How do we find our way past the image of Emily Dickinson as a distant, unapproachable, recluse? One way is to read a book like Brenda Wineapple’s White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and tonight I share my favorite passages from it. Dickinson and Higginson were both powerful personalities in their own right, and allowing them to share space in this beautiful and brief book saves Dickinson from the clichés, and mountains of scholarship.
Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us on Substack, where you can also g...
2022-07-111h 15
Sermons & Speaker SeriesPresident Andrew Johnson Series (Part 3 of 3)Brenda Wineapple, author of The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation.
2021-06-3044 min
KPFA - Letters and PoliticsThe First Impeachment of a PresidentGuest: Brenda Wineapple is the author of the book The impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation.
This is the story of the period shortly after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, when Vice-President Andrew Johnson, now “the Accidental President,” ignored Congress, pardoned rebel leaders, promoted white supremacy, opposed civil rights, and called Reconstruction unnecessary. Congress had to stop the American president who acted like a king.
Feature image: The Senate as a Court of Impeachment for the Trial of President Andrew Johnson on Wikipedia
The post The F...
2021-02-1559 min
Need to KnowWho's Impeachin' Who - A Dose of History from Brenda WineappleBrenda Wineapple, author of "The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of A Just Nation," comes by to talk about the first presidential impeachment, and why we should care about it 153 years and four more impeachments later.
2021-01-2827 min
Bad GaysGertrude SteinGertrude Stein is remembered as a novelist, playwright, poet, and, art collector –– and the hostess of a Paris salon that gathered the cream of interwar modernism, including Picasso, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Matisse. A semi-open lesbian, her books include Q.E.D., one of the earliest English-language lesbian novels, and Tender Buttons, a book of poems full of allusion to lesbian sexuality. But in the last years of her life, as a Jew living in Nazi-occupied France, Stein sustained her lifestyle as an art collector and ensured her safety through the protection of powerful Vichy government officials – part of a patter...
2020-12-0851 min
JFK Library ForumsExpanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights TodayIn commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessions will explore the origins and development of suffrage efforts as well as contemporary voting rights issues. Join UCLA professor emeritus of history Ellen DuBois, Johns Hopkins professor of history Martha S. Jones, University of Connecticut professor of history Manisha Sinha, author Brenda Wineapple, and Carnegie Mellon professor of history and moderator Lisa Tetrault as they explore the history and origins of the movement.
2020-10-281h 42
The Learning CurveAward-Winning Writer Brenda Wineapple On the 170th Anniv. of The Scarlet Letter & Pres. Andrew Johnson’s ImpeachmentThis week on “The Learning Curve,” Cara and Gerard are joined by Brenda Wineapple, author of the award-winning Hawthorne: A Life and The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation. They discuss her definitive biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the 170th anniversary of the publication of his classic novel, The Scarlet Letter. They explore how Hawthorne’s writing was... Source
2020-09-3034 min
Life’s a Trip PodcastU.S. Politics & Black Lives Matter with Professor Jodi BalmaSeason 1, Episode 9. Black Lives Matter has taken the world by storm, and while some people might think it's only an issue in the United States, the movement has made it clear that racism is very much a global issue. This important episode features Political Science Professor Jodi Balma, and focuses on the history of racial oppression in the United States leading up to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. It also dives into how Americans have reacted to COVID-19, and the controversy of opinions vs. scientific facts regarding the virus.
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2020-06-301h 29
Think About ItGreat Books 32: Brenda Wineapple on Emily Dickinson--Isolation and InterventionI spoke with Brenda Wineapple, author of White Heat, about Dickinson's remarkable assuredness, her confidence, and her decision to spend much of her life secluded in her father's home in Amherst, Massachusetts. In this state of being on her own, Dickinson had intense, passionate and transformative relationships, including one with the editor, writer, abolitionist and soldier Thomas Wentworth Higginson. "Are you too preoccupied to say whether my verse is alive?", she asked. He wasn't. Uli Baer teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Getty and Humboldt awards, in addition to...
2020-05-121h 13A Journey Through HistoryJourney Through History to review ‘Leadership in turbulent times’ by Doris Kearns Goodwin, db93029 02/04/2020Our January book, THE IMPEACHERS, created a lively discussion about the meaning of “high Crimes and misdemeanors’ and several said they planned to read future books by the author, Brenda Wineapple.
2020-02-0500 minA Journey Through HistoryJourney through History to discuss The Impeachers(db95385) by Brenda Wineapple 01/07/2020ANNOUNCEMENT: Journey Through History will meet on January 7, 2020 to discuss the very topical book, The Impeachers(db95385) by Brenda Wineapple.
Last nights book –RED DAUGHTER– continued to be controversial among the History Group.
2020-01-0800 min
Strange CountryThe Impeachment of Andrew JohnsonIt's the start of a new decade and impeachment is in the air. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about the very first time the Congress tried to get rid of a very unfit president in 1868. Andrew Johnson, a virulent racist, wanted to pretend the Southern states didn't actually secede and Radical Republicans weren't keen on a prez playing king. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Gordon-Reed, Annette. "The Fight Over Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States." Smithsonian.c...
2020-01-021h 06
BuzzFeed DailyFeels Like The Very First TimeWe’re about 24 hours away from the House bringing impeachment articles to a vote. So we look back on the first time the US impeached a president — Andrew Johnson, back in 1868. Brenda Wineapple, who literally wrote the book on this, joins us. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-12-1719 min
Impeachment, ExplainedHow Andrew Johnson’s impeachment created the template for Trump’sThis week, the fact-finding phase of the Trump impeachment inquiry officially ended. Reports were released, hearings were held, articles of impeachment are being drafted. Andrew Prokop helps us break it all down.Then, the impeachment analogue that most closely resembles what we are going through today isn’t Clinton or Nixon, it’s Andrew Johnson. Historian Brenda Wineapple, author of The Impeachers, helps us understand the trial that shaped our nation’s conception of what impeachment means.Plus, how the GOP has become a definitively anti-Constitutional party.Want to contact the sh...
2019-12-0755 min
On the MediaThe Dead ConsensusAs House leaders begin drafting articles of impeachment, examples from the Nixon and Clinton eras abound. This week, On the Media rewinds to the 19th century — and the turbulent impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Plus, what a debate between two right-wing intellectuals means for the future of conservatism.
1. Brenda Wineapple, author of The Impeachers, on the acrimonious trial of Andrew Johnson. Listen.
2. Matthew Sitman [@MatthewSitman], co-host of the Know Your Enemy podcast, on the rise of illiberalism among the conservative intelligentsia. Listen.
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2019-12-0650 min
Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark ThompsonJohnson's Impeachment Is The Same As Trump'sBrenda Wineapple, author of “Impeachers - The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation,” sets the record straight that was virally flawed by Prof. Jonathan Turley during this week’s House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearing. Host: Mark Thompson Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: Subscribe to the Make It Plain LIVE Daily Call-in Show Mon-Fri 7-9a ET at makeitplain.com
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2019-12-0647 min
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastThe Meaning of Impeachment with Kate ShawNow might be a good time to get acquainted with impeachment. In fact, we here at #WITHpod believe everyone should listen to an hour-long conversation with a person who is not only familiar with the history of impeachment but who also has granular expertise in that area of law. Heck, how great would it be if that constitutional law scholar once clerked on the Supreme Court and has firsthand experience working in a White House administration! Well luckily for us, Chris Hayes knows such a person. Because he lives with her. And is married to her. That’s...
2019-12-0357 min
The Strange TonicThis Spoon is Making Me NervousShow Notes for Episode 34, 10/2/19
Brenda Wineapple’s The Impeachers was published just in time for the current impeachment. How timely.
Basically, it’s difficult to enforce congressional subpoenas because it requires fast cooperation from many sections of the federal government and that seems to never happen these days….
Just for funsies, check out the Wikipedia lists of Obama Administration Controversies (including the tan suit!) and Trump Administration Controversies.
Michelle seriously cannot recommend Hasan Minaj’s Patriot Act on Netflix enough. Here’s the YouTube link for the episode that features the other Koch bros.
As of Oct. 19, 2019, a judge blocked...
2019-11-141h 00
The Harper’s PodcastImpeachment and the Mueller ReportToday, November 13, 2019, as witnesses take the stand in the first public hearings on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, the Harper’s Podcast looks back to another major report on presidential infraction. The Department of Justice released its redacted version of the Mueller Report almost seven months ago, on April 18. Although the 448-page document revealed new depths to the chaos of the Trump presidency, its inconclusiveness was a disappointment and a setback to those who had hoped to see clear grounds for impeachment.
On May 30, Harper’s Magazine organized a discussion about the report’s implications between four experts—Karen J. Green...
2019-11-131h 08
Just the Right Book with Roxanne CoadyBrenda Wineapple on What We Can Learn From the First ImpeachmentBrenda Wineapple is the author of the award-winning Hawthorne: A Life, Genêt: A Biography of Janet Flanner, and Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in many publications, among them The American Scholar, The New York Times Book Review, Parnassus, Poetry, and The Nation. A Guggenheim fellow, a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and twice of the National Endowment for the Humanities, she teaches in the MFA programs at Columbia University and The New School and lives in New York City. The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the D...
2019-08-1551 min
In The Past Lane - The Podcast About History and Why It MattersThe History of ImpeachmentThis week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, I speak with historian Jeffrey A. Engel, co-author of "Impeachment: An American History." With all the talk about impeachment over the past two years, this seems like a superb moment to do an episode on the history of this rarely-used constitutional mechanism. In the course of our discussion, Jeffrey Engel explains: Why the Founders' fear of potential abuse of power by a president or high government official led them to include an impeachment provision in the US Constitution. Why the Founders made...
2019-07-3139 min
The Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander HeffnerImpeachment and the Righteous RepublicansOn this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Brenda Wineapple, author of the recently released and critically acclaimed “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation” heralded as a “riveting and absorbing book” by The New York Times and both “a guidebook” and “cautionary tale for our times” by the Boston Globe.The subject today: impeachment Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, and the righteous Republicans and the first ever impeachment in American history. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the first U.S. president to fall victim to assassination the country entruste...
2019-07-1527 minThe Open Mind, Hosted by Alexander HeffnerImpeachment and the Righteous RepublicansOn this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Brenda Wineapple, author of the recently released and critically acclaimed “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation” heralded as a “riveting and absorbing book” by The New York Times and both “a guidebook” and “cautionary tale for our times” by the Boston Globe.The subject today: impeachment Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, and the righteous Republicans and the first ever impeachment in American history. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the first U.S. president to fall victim to assassination the country entruste...
2019-07-1527 min
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastImpeaching a President with Brenda WineappleGot impeachment on the mind? If you do, odds are there are two recent examples of the impeachment process you might be drawing from – Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. But what do you know about the first ever presidential impeachment? There is no better time to revisit the case of Andrew Johnson, the white supremacist President whose impeachment reveals a wild truth about the history of this country. Brenda Wineapple spent the last six years uncovering the details of an erratic and power hungry President thrust into power after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Hear her tell the story of...
2019-06-181h 00
Politics and Polls#143: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Ft. Brenda Wineapple As the country debates whether President Trump should be impeached, many are making comparisons to past presidencies like Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Less attention, however, is paid to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the first president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. Brenda Wineapple, author of "The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation," joins Julian Zelizer to discuss the components of the impeachment process of Johnson. Having begun "The Impeachers" six years ago, Wineapple talks about her book and demonstrates Johnson's impeachment as a significant event in American history...
2019-06-1338 min
The World in Time / Lapham’s QuarterlyEpisode 44: Brenda WineappleLewis H. Lapham talks with the author of “The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation.”
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2019-05-3156 min
Literary Hangover22 - 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century' by Margaret Fuller (1845)This is the free Literary Hangover feed. To support the show and access the premium episodes on George Orwell (Orwell|er), become a Patron at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover
Alex, Grace, and Matt are back to discuss the extraordinary (for structural reasons!) life of Margaret Fuller, a feminist and later socialist who is often mentioned in relation to the Transcendentalists. We talk about her time as a professional conversationalist in Boston, her self-sacrificing editorship of 'The Dial,' the Transcendentalist magazine. The tuopian community Brook Farm. Fuller the columnist/foreign correspondent at Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. Her...
2019-05-252h 01
The Book ReviewA Trilogy About the American Revolution BeginsRick Atkinson talks about “The British Are Coming,” and Brenda Wineapple discusses “The Impeachers.”
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2019-05-241h 12
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Title: The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
Author: Brenda Wineapple
Narrator: Gabra Zackman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 14 hours 37 minutes
Release date: May 21, 2019
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times; The New York Times Book Review; NPR; Publishers Weekly “This absorbing and important book recounts the titanic struggle over th...
2019-05-212h 37
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When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated and Vice-President Andrew Johnson became "the Accidental President", it was a dangerous time in America. Devastated by war and resorting to violence, many white Southerners hoped to restore a pre-Civil War society, if without slavery, and the pugnacious Andrew Johnson seemed to share their goals. With profound insights and making use of extensive research...
2019-05-212h 36
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2019-05-2110 min
StoryWeb: Storytime for Grownups086: Nathaniel Hawthorne: "The Scarlet Letter"This week on StoryWeb: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter." "What we did had a consecration of its own." So says Hester Prynne to Arthur Dimmesdale in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 novel, The Scarlet Letter. When I was 15 and reading the novel for the first time in my high school American literature class, I had no idea what Hester – she of the scarlet letter – meant. But as I got older, as I experienced my own deep connections with others, I came to understand Hester very well. In her view, her forest rendezvous with Dimmesdale was not lustful forn...
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