From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast
From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast
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Ep. 21D – The Kennedys as Boomer Icons, Part V: Presidency
The fifth episode in our series on the rise of the Kennedy family as a political dynasty begins by contrasting the anti-expert populist image of current HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with the ethos of the mid-20th Century Kennedys, who we...
Episode 21C - End of 2025 Recap Special
This end-of-year episode examines key US news events from the year 2025 and tries to put them into historical context. Issues discussed include: tariffs & their economic impact, mass deportations by ICE, the DOGE budget cuts, the "MAHA" mov...
Episode 21B - Michael Harrington: 10-Minute Profile
Michael Harrington was a writer and scholar primarily concerned with the problem of poverty within the otherwise affluent postwar 20th Century USA. He grew up in a Midwestern Irish-American family, and he attended parochial schools, where he ex...
Episode 21A - Rachel Carson: 10-Minute Profile
This brief biography looks at the life of marine biologist and author Rachel Carson, who wrote the book "Silent Spring," widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement. After earning a graduate degree in zoology from Johns Hop...
Episode 21 - 1963 Part I: New Frontiers
This episode begins with a brief overview of changes to the American religious landscape during the early 1960s, as highly conservative believers were shaken by the Supreme Court's decision against school prayer, and Catholics had a divided rea...