A Free and Fair Election is a Beautiful Thing. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Peter Hoffenberg. Peter Hoffenberg, UH History professor, helps us understand how the notion of elections arose in western society and how it was built into the American System, and how it has evolved, for better […]
How we Have Strayed from the Liberal World Order (History is Here to Help)
What Can we Do to Get Back to it. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Peter Hoffenberg. Historian Peter Hoffenberg helps us understand how things have changed since 1945 and how we have strayed from the days of the Marshall Plan and the creation of the United Nations and the liberal world […]
Is the Voting Rights Bill Lost (Community Matters)
What Can we Do to Resurrect it. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Sylvia Albert and Sandy Ma. Sylvia Albert and Sandy Ma of Common Cause help us understand the status of voting rights in this country, in the various GOP state legislatures which have moved to suppress voting and […]
Origins of Democracy from Ancient Rome (History is Here to Help)
Lessons from the Rise and Fall of the Empire. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Saundra Schwartz. Saundra Schwartz, classical historian, helps us understand Origins of Democracy from Ancient Rome; Lessons from the Rise and Fall of the Empire. Was this more or less enlightened than what […]
Classical Origins of Democracy in the West (History is Here to Help)
An important history lesson. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Saundra Schwartz. Saundra Schwartz helps us understand Classical Origins of Democracy in the West and An important history lesson. Was this more or less enlightened than what came before? What brought it about? How well did it […]