For the Ages: A History Podcast
History
In 1924, Congress put in place strict quotas that impacted national immigration policy for decades. Interweaving her own family’s story, New York Times deputy national editor Jia Lynn Yang uncovers how presidents from Harry S. Truman through LBJ and a coalition of lawmakers and activists fought to transform the American immigration system.
Recorded on September 11, 2020
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
A Conversation with Michael Beschloss
A Conversation with Bernard L. Schwartz
A Conversation with Walter Isaacson
Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
Shakespeare in a Divided America
An Evening with Drew Gilpin Faust
An Evening with Robert A. Caro: Working
An Evening with Jill Lepore
A Conversation with Ron Chernow
Silver, Sword, and Stone: A History of Latin America
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom Featuring: H.W. Brands
A Conversation with Joanne Freeman: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
A Conversation with Philip Deloria: America’s First Inhabitants
A Conversation with Cokie Roberts
The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
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Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra