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The Real News Podcast‘Worse’ than McCarthyism: Trump’s war on higher education, free speech, and political dissentA dystopian reality has gripped America’s colleges and universities: ICE agents are snatching and disappearing international students in broad daylight; student visas are being revoked en masse overnight; funding cuts and freezes are upending countless careers and our entire public research infrastructure; students are being expelled and faculty fired for speaking out against Israel’s US-backed genocidal war on Gaza and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. An all-out assault on higher ed and the people who live, learn, and work there is being led by the federal government and aided by law enforcement, internet vigilantes, and even university administrators. Today’s clim...2025-04-2849 min
Speaking Out of PlaceThe 2025 National Day of Action: Talking with the Coalition for Action in Higher Education about "the World We Live in and the World We Want."Today we talk with members of the organizing collective of the Coalition for Action in Higher Education, or CAHE, about their second National Day of Action, taking place on Thursday, April 17. The Day of Action is a call for free higher education in every meaning of that term. CAHE calls for “the elimination of all existing student debt, making all public colleges and universities tuition-free, and ensuring that our colleges and universities remain sites of robust free thinking about the world we live in and the world we want.”We talk about the genesis of this group, and...2025-04-1046 min
AAUP PresentsAcademic Freedom on the LineThis episode kicks off a new limited series hosted by the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF), AAUP Presents: Academic Freedom on the Line. CDAF serves as a resource and knowledge hub for all people—including faculty, students, campus workers, alumni, administrators, trustees, parents, journalists, policymakers, and business leaders—seeking to build a flourishing higher education system, rooted in institutional autonomy, workplace democracy, and freedom from coercion and external interference. Its current projects include an Academic Freedom field guide that curates resources for individuals, institutions, and organizations facing attacks on academic freedom and Executive Power...2025-03-2541 min
American Campus PodcastMcCarthyism and the universities with Ellen SchreckerEllen Schrecker discusses the post-World War II Red Scare and its consequences for American higher education. She walks us through her 1986 book, No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities. Nearly four decades after publication, it is no less timely.Ellen Schrecker. 1986. No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities. Oxford University Press.Ellen Schrecker. 2021. The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo119945783.html Ellen Schrecker’s website with links to previous books: https://www.ellenschrecker.com/books Get in touch! Have a ques...2024-11-2140 min
Mr. Hutchings HistoryCulture in the Cold War and McCarthyism EraWelcome to Mr. Hutchings History! In this episode, we explore the cultural impact of the Cold War and McCarthyism on the United States during the 1950s. The era was marked by an intense climate of fear and suspicion, influencing movies, music, art, literature, and journalism. We examine how anti-communist propaganda spread through Hollywood films, comic books, and the press, reflecting the broader national narrative. At the same time, we highlight how artists like Pete Seeger, Arthur Miller, and journalists like Edward R. Murrow pushed back, using their voices to challenge the paranoia of the time. From McCarthy’s attack on...2024-11-2115 minMr. Hutchings HistoryThe Impact of McCarthyism on the United StatesWelcome to Mr. Hutchings History! In this episode, we examine the profound impact of McCarthyism on the United States during the early Cold War. We explore how the Red Scare, driven by Senator Joseph McCarthy, fueled fear and paranoia, affecting American individuals, politics, and foreign policy. From the blacklisting of Hollywood figures and the political fallout of the Rosenberg trial to McCarthy's influence on U.S. foreign policy, this episode delves into the consequences of McCarthy's anti-communist crusade.We also look at the long-term effects on the judicial system, the purging of intellectuals, and the role of...2024-11-2116 minMr. Hutchings HistoryMcCarthyism and the Red Scare – Fear, Paranoia, and PoliticsWelcome to Mr. Hutchings History! In this episode, we explore the rise of McCarthyism and the Red Scare in 1950s America. McCarthyism, fueled by Cold War fears and paranoia, deeply impacted U.S. politics and society. We’ll examine the role of key figures like Senator Joseph McCarthy, key events such as the Hollywood Ten trials, the Rosenberg case, and the influence of the FBI in fueling anti-communist hysteria. We'll also delve into the broader global context that made McCarthyism possible and how it influenced domestic policies, labor unions, the arts, and education.From the rise of Mc...2024-11-2115 minMr. Hutchings HistoryThe Cold War’s Policy of Containment – Impact on the US and CanadaWelcome to Mr. Hutchings History! In today’s episode, we explore the impact of the Cold War’s policy of containment on the United States and Canada during the late 1940s and early 1950s. We begin by discussing Truman’s Truman Doctrine and the roots of containment, which shaped U.S. foreign policy in Europe and Latin America. We’ll also examine McCarthyism, the rise of domestic fear, and its cultural impact on the U.S., alongside Canada’s involvement in the Cold War, following the Igor Gouzenko Affair.From Truman’s declaration of global intervention to Eisenhower’s...2024-11-2121 minMr. Hutchings HistoryA Retrospect: Was Senator McCarthy Right About the Left?Welcome back toMr. Hutchings History! In this episode, we delve into one of the most controversial periods of the Cold War—McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s. Was Senator Joseph McCarthy right in his accusations about communist infiltration in the U.S., or did he fuel a dangerous witch hunt? We’ll explore McCarthy's rise to power, his tactics, and the real and perceived threats of communist spies in America. Drawing on historical sources, we’ll assess whether McCarthy’s crusade was justified or reckless.Key Topics:The Cold War backdrop and growing fear of commu...2024-11-2108 min
Speaking Out of PlaceDocumenting the Fight Against the Palestine Exception: A Conversation with Filmmakers Jan Haaken and Jennifer RuthThe Palestine Exception opens as campus encampments increase across the US in protest against Israel’s war in Gaza. In the largest anti-war movement since the 1970s, students, faculty and staff make demands on their institutions to divest from companies that do business with Israel. The film unfolds as a character-driven story featuring academics whose lives and scholarship bring into sharp relief historical dynamics behind the censoring of criticisms of Israel and Zionism. To support this critically important project, please use this link.Jan Haaken is professor emeritus of ps...2024-09-0346 min
KPFA - CounterSpinEllen Schrecker on the Attack on Academic FreedomThis week on CounterSpin:
As an historic catastrophe, the deep and myriad impacts of Israel’s assault on Palestinians will not be fully understood until years from now, if then. That only adds urgency to present-day resistance to the collateral assault — on the ability to witness, to record, and to remember.
When we spoke with historian Ellen Schrecker in 2017, she noted that the power of the movement associated with Joseph McCarthy was not the man himself but the “collaboration of the employers, of the mainstream media, of the legal system, you name it, to go along...2024-05-2629 min
FAIREllen Schrecker on the Attack on Academic FreedomThe violent attacks on college students and faculty across the country showcase the abandonment by many educational institutions of their responsibility to protect not only students, but the space in which they can speak and learn freely.2024-05-2427 min
AAUP PresentsPolitical Interference in Higher Ed: Escalations, Attacks, and the Billionaires Behind ItAs violent, militarized responses to protests on campuses across the country continue, in this episode we look at how political interference in higher education has expanded in dangerous ways. We discuss how the right (and increasingly the center) have demonized higher education as a public good, and examine the historical origins of the current onslaught of political interference in higher ed.Isaac Kamola, an associate professor of political science at Trinity College in Connecticut guests. He is the director of the AAUP’s newly established Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom, which will examine and confr...2024-05-0352 min
The Chris Hedges Report PodcastThe Chris Hedges Show Podcast with Ellen Schrecker on the lost promise of American education.The integrity and quality of public higher education in America has been under assault for decades, as Ellen Schrecker documents in her new book The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. The American dream of high-quality, affordable mass higher education is no longer within reach of many Americans. Tuitions, once low, if not free, have soared, and with them tremendous student debt. Although the Biden administration has made an effort to reduce some of this debt, but millions of students, graduates and drop-outs still owe a staggering $1.6 trillion dollars. State legislators and the federal government have...2023-05-0433 minFAIREllen Schrecker on the New McCarthyismOur past has not been fully grappled with or understood, and that has everything to do with what’s happening now.2023-02-2427 min
BanishedThe Sunshine State Descends into Darkness (Again)Worse than McCarthyism? In this episode of Banished, we explore the all-out assault on academic freedom in higher education in Florida. Turns out there’s a long history of campus witch-hunts in the state. We spoke with Robert Cassenello (history professor at University of Central Florida), Paul Ortiz (history professor at the University of Florida), James Grossman (executive director of the American Historical Association) and Ellen Schrecker (professor emerita at Yeshiva University). Episode transcript available here. References & Links:* Will Florida's "Stop WOKE Act" Hold Up in Court?, Banished podcast episode, November 1, 2022. * Stacy Braukman, Co...2023-01-2313 min
Varying ViewpointsEpisode 45: "The Lost Promise: Academic Freedom and its Historical Context" with Ellen SchreckerIn this episode, we invited Ellen Schrecker, Professor Emerita of History at Yeshiva University, to discuss her new book: “The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s.” Ellen provides an overview of higher education in the 1960s and how contemporary American higher education compares. She highlights the historical and social context of universities and their involvement in major historical developments of the time period such as the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movements, and economic crises. Ellen emphasizes the distinction between academic freedom and freedom of speech, and how it has been lost over time.2022-11-0438 min
The Chris Hedges Report PodcastListen to This Article: "They Crush Our Song for a Reason"Narrated by Eunice WongSong - by Mr. FishAugust Wilson wrote 10 plays chronicling Black life in the 20th century. His favorite, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, is set in 1911 in a boarding house in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The play’s title comes from “Joe Turner’s Blues,” written in 1915 by W. C. Handy. That song refers to a man named Joe Turney, the brother of Peter Turney, who was the governor of Tennessee from 1893 to 1897. Joe Turney transported Black prisoners, chained in a coffle, along the roads from Memphis to the Tennesse...2022-10-1911 min
The Coffee Klatch with Robert ReichMy father and Senator Joe McCarthyWhen Robert Draper of the New York Times recently asked Rose Sperry, a state committeewoman for Arizona’s G.O.P., to name the first Republican leader she ever admired, she immediately mentioned former Wisconsin senator Joe McCarthy. “I grew up during the time that Joe McCarthy was doing his talking,” Sperry said. “I was young, but I was listening. If he were here today, I would say, ‘Get him in there as president!’”I also grew up during the time Joe McCarthy was “doing his talking,” and I was young and listening, too. But I would not want Joe McCar...2022-08-2612 min
The AskHistorians PodcastAskHistorians Podcast Episode 200 - American Higher Education with Dr. Ellen SchreckerFor the 200th episode, guest host Jennifer Borgioli Binis (EdHistory101) spoke with one of the country's pre-eminent scholars on American higher education and McCarthism. Dr. Schrecker shares her experiences as a researcher, historian, and woman in academia. 1 hour, 11 minutes.2022-05-231h 11
New Books in Public PolicyEllen Schrecker, "The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s" (U Chicago Press, 2021)The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021) is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia’s golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions’ calcified traditions. But that halcyon moment soon came to a p...2022-05-231h 07
New Books in EducationEllen Schrecker, "The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s" (U Chicago Press, 2021)The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021) is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia’s golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions’ calcified traditions. But that halcyon mom...2022-05-231h 07
New Books in Higher EducationEllen Schrecker, "The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s" (U Chicago Press, 2021)The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021) is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia’s golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions’ calcified traditions. But that halcyon mom...2022-05-231h 07
New Books in American PoliticsEllen Schrecker, "The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s" (U Chicago Press, 2021)The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021) is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia’s golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions’ calcified traditions. But that halcyon mom...2022-05-231h 07
The University of Chicago Press PodcastEllen Schrecker, "The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s" (U Chicago Press, 2021)The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2021) is a magisterial examination of the turmoil that rocked American universities in the 1960s, with a unique focus on the complex roles played by professors as well as students.The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia’s golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions’ calcified traditions. But that halcyon mom...2022-05-231h 07
HISTORY This WeekFirst Antiwar Teach-InMarch 25, 1965. The US is bombing North Vietnam. On the University of Michigan’s campus, students and professors are gathered for a first-of-its kind protest event. They’re holding a “teach-in,” staying up all night to discuss what’s going on in Vietnam. How did the classroom become a powerful tool for protest? And what impact did this “teach-in” have in shaping the antiwar movement on college campuses—and around the world?Special thanks to our guests: Zelda Gamson, Alan Haber, Susan Harding, Richard Mann, Stan Nadel, Gayl Ness, Jack Rothman, Howard Wachtel, and Michael Zweig. Thanks al...2022-03-2132 min
The San Francisco ExperienceThe Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. In conversation with Dr. Ellen SchreckerAmerican Universities in the 1960s were caught up tumultuous times. On the one hand, resources flowed liberally to expand the number of campuses and faculty to educate the Baby Boomers. But at the same time, academia was transformed as Civil Rights and Vietnam War protests brought a growing and unprecedented politicization to campuses across the country. Dr. Schrecker recounts her professional experience during the 1960s and the echoes of that era are still felt to this day.2022-03-1238 min
Armchair HistoriansEllen Shrecker, Is Today's Anti-intellectualism Worse than McCarthyism?In this episode, Anne Marie talks to Yeshiva University professor emerita Ellen Schrecker about the history leading up to today's anti-intellectualism.Ellen has been involved with the politics of higher education and academic freedom for decades. According to Ellen, the current right-wing campaign against teaching critical race theory and other so-called “divisive concepts” is by far the most serious threat to academic freedom (as well as K-12 education) the United States has ever experienced. Schrecker’s research and experience enable her to speak about the impact of these issues, as well as explain why today’s anti-in...2022-03-0143 min
The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life.Episode 95: The Lost Promise of American UniversitiesAmerican universities entered the 1960s with the hope of bringing a high-quality system of universal higher education to all comers. But by the early 1970s hope turned to despair as universities gave way to neoliberalism, corporatism, and a powerful conservative backlash. In this episode we talk with historian Ellen Schrecker about her new book The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-02-201h 18
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s by Ellen SchreckerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558933 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s Author: Ellen Schrecker Narrator: Janet Metzger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 37 minutes Release date: February 15, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia's golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions' calcified traditions. But that...2022-02-1530 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasThe Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s by Ellen SchreckerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/558933to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s
Author: Ellen Schrecker
Narrator: Janet Metzger
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 19 hours 37 minutes
Release date: February 15, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
The 1950s through the early 1970s are widely seen as American academia's golden age, when universities—well funded and viewed as essential for national security, economic growth, and social mobility—embraced an egalitarian mission. Swelling in size, schools attracted new types of students and professors, including radicals who challenged their institutions' calcified traditions. But that halc...2022-02-157h 37
Shared History078 - The Lost Promise of Higher Ed (feat. Dr. Ellen Schrecker)Is this a podcast potluck because our guest Dr. Ellen Schrecker brought us a buffet of tasty historical treats this week. Join us as we discuss her explore how America's unjust involvement in Vietnam and the Black Power and Civil Rights Movement forever changed the landscape and trajectory of the American higher education system. Then learn even more in her recent book: The Lost Promise: American Univiersities in the 1960s.Lewis Powell MemoVietnam War Teach Ins at University of MichiganBernard Fall on street with VN soldiersBulletin started by asian studies scholars...2022-02-081h 08Shared History078 - The Lost Promise of Higher Ed (feat. Dr. Ellen Schrecker)Is this a podcast potluck because our guest Dr. Ellen Schrecker brought us a buffet of tasty historical treats this week. Join us as we discuss her explore how America's unjust involvement in Vietnam and the Black Power and Civil Rights Movement forever changed the landscape and trajectory of the American higher education system. Then learn even more in her recent book: The Lost Promise: American Univiersities in the 1960s.
Lewis Powell Memo
Vietnam War Teach Ins at University of Michigan
Bernard Fall on street with VN soldiers
Bulletin started by asian studies scholars...2022-02-081h 08
Living in the USABreyer Will Retire: Harold Meyerson; Gustavo Arellano: the OC; & Ellen Schrecker: the '60sHarold Meyerson on The Supreme Court vacancy, and how things could get beter for the Dems.
Also: Gustavo Arellano on "A People's Guide to Orange County"
Plus Ellen Schrecker on "The Lost Promise: American Universities in the Sixties"2022-01-2857 min
Impressions of America: History PodcastEllen Schrecker Interview - The Lost PromiseSimon, Tobi and Vaughn are joined by historian Ellen Schrecker to discuss her latest book The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s.2022-01-221h 22
The Nation PodcastsCalifornia Dems’ Big Moves on Health Care: Sasha Abramsky; Ellen Schrecker on the ’60sThe paralysis of politics in Congress leads us to turn away from Washington and look at the states: What can the Democrats do when they control a state government? Like California? Democrats there are proposing dramatic changes in health care, expanding coverage to everyone below the federal poverty line–regardless of immigration status. Sasha Abramsky reports on that—and on the more radical proposal, also before the California legislature, to create a single-payer health-care system for all residents of California.Also: American universities in the ’60s: Was that a golden age destroyed by student radicals who were protes...2022-01-2034 min
Start Making Sense ClipsEllen Schrecker on the ’60sAmerican universities in the ’60s: Was that a golden age destroyed by student radicals who were protesting the war in Vietnam and racism in America? For some answers we turn to historian Ellen Schrecker—her new book is The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy2022-01-2018 min
The Still Spying PodcastThe Bureaucratic Heart of McCarthyism feat. Ellen ShreckerThe Second Red Scare may have been named after the demagogic Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, but no one was more central to it than J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Host Chip Gibbons is joined by renowned historian Ellen Schrecker to discuss what McCarthyism was, how the FBI was central to it, and why if “observers known in the 1950s what they learned since the 1970s when Freedom of Information Act opened the Bureau's files, 'McCarthyism' would probably have been called 'Hooverism.'”2021-01-2036 min
HISTORY This Week"Have You No Decency, Sir?"June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during a time of great fear in America, McCarthy's name has become synonymous with anti-communism – and with baseless, life-ruining accusations. But today, five simple words will take down one of the most notorious men in American political history. What made McCarthy so powerful in the first place? And how did that very same thing eventually bring him down?Thank you to our guest, Ellen Schrecker, historian, author and expert on McCarthyism. https://www.ellenschrecker.com/2020-06-0824 min
HISTORY This Week"Have You No Decency, Sir?"June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during a time of great fear in America, McCarthy's name has become synonymous with anti-communism – and with baseless, life-ruining accusations. But today, five simple words will take down one of the most notorious men in American political history. What made McCarthy so powerful in the first place? And how did that very same thing eventually bring him down?
Thank you to our guest, Ellen Schrecker, historian, author and expert on McCarthyism. https://www.ellenschrecker.com/
Thank you to Thomas Doherty, Pr...2020-06-0824 min
Geschiedenis voor herbeginners17. Heksen - deel 2: Wat was het geloof in heksen?waarin we het fenomeen van de heksenprocessen van de vroegmoderne tijd analyseren en we ons afvragen of zoiets vandaag ook nog kan.
WIJ ZIJN nog altijd:
Jonas Goossenaerts (inhoud en vertelstem) en Filip Vekemans (montage)
MEER WETEN? Onze geraadpleegde en geciteerde bronnen:
A.-L., V. B. (2012). Differentiatie. In V. R. (Ed.), Een inleiding tot de geschiedenis van de vroegmoderne tijd (pp. 245–253). Wommelgem, België: Van In.
Boelens, S. B., Geuens, K. G., Hosten, F. H., & Latré, B. L. (2015). Memoria 4. Kalmthout, België: Pelckmans.
Spierenburg, P. (1998). De verbroken betovering: Mentaliteit en cultuur in preïndustr...2020-04-2232 min
Geschiedenis voor herbeginners16. Heksen - deel 1: Heksenzelftest en de zaak-Lier versus Cathelyne Van den Bulckewaarin we jou de kans geven om in te schatten hoe waarschijnlijk jij als heks op de brandstapel zou belanden en we een waargebeurde heksenzaak reconstrueren.
Met BIJDRAGEN van:
Lilibet (Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II), Michiel van Boxel (zelftest), Tine Jellasics (toxandrologe Tamara Van de Perre), Thom Van Hol (Nijlens advocaat Thomas Van Hol), Arne Nys (scherpe ondervrager), Els Windelen (achterdochtige Lierenaar 1), Joke Van Nuffel (achterdochtige Lierenaar 2), Judith Milh (achterdochtige Lierenaar 3), Laurens Luyten (achterdochtige Lierenaar 4), Stef Vonk (achterdochtige Lierenaar 5), Jasper Van den Broeck (achterdochtige Lierenaar 6)
malafide heksenschaterlachen van: Lieselot Van den Broeck, Aline Dorekens, Barbara Buls, Lien Arits, Saar...2020-04-2121 min
So to Speak: The Free Speech PodcastMcCarthyism and The Red Scare“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?”On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we explore how America’s fear of communism in the early- to mid-20th century led to firings and blacklists in Hollywood, government, and higher education — and how these actions compromised America’s treasured principles of free speech, free conscience, free association, and due process of law.We are joined by Ellen Schrecker, a former professor at Yeshiva University and the author of Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America and...2020-01-021h 08
Advanced TV HerstoryCalculated Efforts to Preserve Power: TV Women Blacklisted The topic of Hollywood Blacklisting has recently added a chapter - the impact it had on the budding TV industry, and more specifically, women. Researched and backed by FBI files of author/scholar Dr. Carol Stabile (University of Oregon), this 4 episode series mentions names of talented women whose careers were maliciously ruined with the publication of Red Channels. Stabile delivers quotes, right from FBI files she's requested for more than a decade, that assert that many of the charges and allegations that smeared these progressive women were unfounded or made up. You’ll also hear fr...2019-07-2638 min
Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese StudiesThe End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies Panel DiscussionPanelists:
Fabio Lanza, University of Arizona
Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University
Andrew Gordon, Harvard University
Joseph Esherick, University of California San Diego
Sugata Bose, Harvard University
Lien-Hang Nguyen, Columbia University
Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago
Moderator: Karen Thornber, Harvard University Asia Center
Organized by: Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by:
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Harvard University Asia Center
Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies
Korea Institute
Mittal South Asia Institute2018-10-042h 03
Misérables Vol. 4, Les by HUGO, VictorThe End of Concern: Maoist China, Activism, and Asian Studies Panel DiscussionPanelists:
Fabio Lanza, University of Arizona
Ellen Schrecker, Yeshiva University
Andrew Gordon, Harvard University
Joseph Esherick, University of California San Diego
Sugata Bose, Harvard University
Lien-Hang Nguyen, Columbia University
Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago
Moderator: Karen Thornber, Harvard University Asia Center
Organized by: Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by:
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Harvard University Asia Center
Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies
Korea Institute
Mittal South Asia Institute2018-10-042h 03
The Mike McIntee Show - AM950 The Progressive Voice of MinnesotaThe Mike McIntee Show – May 23, 2018Ellen Schrecker of The Nation joins to talk Trump and McCarthyism. Dan Friedman joins for an interview and Roberto de la Riva joins to talk about Minneapolis slum lords, evictions, and rent.2018-05-2453 min
A for Effort10 T for Thomas TeffersonIn which Harry and Mairead discuss McCarthyism and voting behaviour.
For more on McCarthyism, Harry recommends the book The Age of McCarthyism: A Brief History with Documents by Ellen Schrecker and Phillip Deery.
For more on voting behaviour, Mairead recommends the book Democracy for Realists by Larry Bartels and Christopher Achen.
Our music is "Chop Shop (Instrumental)" by White Flowers, and our logo is by ei8htz.2018-05-0300 min
American History TellersThe Cold War - An Ideological WarFor nearly 50 years, the United States and Soviet Union waged a global war of ideas fueled by politics, intrigue, and nuclear weapons. But how did the polarized ideologies of these two global powers threaten the existence of the entire world?This is Episode 1 of a six-part series on the Cold War. We’ll discover how the United States’ suspicion of communism not only led to a global stand-off, but threatened the freedom and democracy Americans so cherished at home.For more information on the subjects and themes discussed in the episode, see the book “Global Cold W...2018-01-0338 min
Nostalgia TrapNostalgia Trap - Episode 63: Ellen SchreckerEllen Schrecker is an American historian whose work focuses on Cold War-era anti-communism. Her book Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America is a canonical treatment of the subject. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, education, and the particular politics of the Ivy League during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. 2017-04-2658 minNostalgia TrapNostalgia Trap - Episode 63: Ellen SchreckerEllen Schrecker is an American historian whose work focuses on Cold War-era anti-communism. Her book Many are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America is a canonical treatment of the subject. In this interview, she discusses her upbringing, education, and the particular politics of the Ivy League during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. 2017-04-2658 min
Talk World RadioTalk Nation Radio: Ellen Schrecker on McCarthyism Then and NowEllen Schrecker is a retired professor of American history at Yeshiva University and a leading authority on McCarthyism. Her books include Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America and No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism in the Universities. We discuss the history of McCarthyism and its current manifestations.
See: https://www.ellenschrecker.com2017-03-1429 min
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Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
Athan Theoharis, long a respected authority on surveillance and secrecy, established his reputation for meticulous scholarship with his work on the loyalty security program developed under Truman and McCarthy. In Abuse of Power, Theoharis continues his investigation of US government surveillance and h...2016-02-2610h 09
Get Best Sellers Audiobooks in History, AmericanAbuse of Power Audiobook by Athan TheoharisPlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1451 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Abuse of Power Subtitle: How Cold War Surveillance and Secrecy Policy Shaped the Response to 9/11 Author: Athan Theoharis Narrator: Kirk O. Winkler Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins Language: English Release date: 02-26-16 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Athan Theoharis, long a respected authority on surveillance and secrecy, established his reputation for meticulous scholarship with his work on the loyalty security program developed under Truman and McCarthy. In Abuse of Power, Theoharis continues his investigation of US government...2016-02-2604 min
American History Too!Episode 9 - McCarthy and the Second Red Scare
On episode nine of American
History Too! we turn our attention to a period in American history that has
become indelibly linked to one man: the Second Red Scare and Senator Joseph
McCarthy. But is McCarthy the be all and end all of anti-communism? What
influence did he really have? And were
there other figures in the United States who played more prominent and
important roles in creating what the historian David Caute called ‘the great
fear’? Is ‘Hooverism’ – or even ‘Nixonism’
– a better name to und...2015-02-1437 min
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasAmerican Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism by Ellen SchreckerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322739to listen full audiobooks.
Title: American Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism
Author: Ellen Schrecker
Narrator: Ellen Schrecker
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Release date: October 3, 2008
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
During the early years of the Cold War, the anticommunist witch hunt that we now call McCarthyism swept through American society. As we will discover, McCarthyism was much more than the career of the blustering senator from Wisconsin who gave it a name. It was the most widespread and longest-lasting episode of political repression in American history. Dozens of men and women went...2008-10-038h 12
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in History, The AmericasAmerican Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism by Ellen SchreckerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism Author: Ellen Schrecker Narrator: Ellen Schrecker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 3, 2008 Genres: The Americas Publisher's Summary: During the early years of the Cold War, the anticommunist witch hunt that we now call McCarthyism swept through American society. As we will discover, McCarthyism was much more than the career of the blustering senator from Wisconsin who gave it a name. It was the most widespread and longest-lasting episode of political repression in American history. Dozens of men and women...2008-10-0303 min
Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsAmerican Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism by Ellen SchreckerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/322739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: American Inquisition: The Era of McCarthyism Author: Ellen Schrecker Narrator: Ellen Schrecker Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 12 minutes Release date: October 3, 2008 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: During the early years of the Cold War, the anticommunist witch hunt that we now call McCarthyism swept through American society. As we will discover, McCarthyism was much more than the career of the blustering senator from Wisconsin who gave it a name. It was the most widespread and longest-lasting episode of political repression in American history. Dozens of men...2008-10-0303 min