Audibly Speaking: Listening to History

The nexus between history and the news is the focus of this podcast by Dr. Rick Reiman

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A new episode in a projected new series of “Minute Biographies,” this one, the inaugural podcast episode on “Franklin D. Roosevelt”

Posted December 28, 201800:13:30

A projected new series of “Hijacking History,” “Pod Pops: History in a Blitz,” will present “minute biographies” of 5 to 10 minutes or so...

Peter Jackson’s new film, “They Shall Not Grow Old” (2018)

Posted December 17, 201800:12:29

“Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson has a new film about World War I, “They Shall Not Grow Old.”  Using new technologies and old-fashioned...

Trump on Trial: Indictment or Impeachment?

Posted December 11, 201800:05:11

Whither the mess that is the presidency of Donald Trump?, Events are moving more rapidly in the investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump...

Coming in March 2019: “The Politics of Disbelief,” only Here on “Hijacking History”

Posted November 8, 201800:04:26

Watch for my 4-part podcast series on “The Politics of Disbelief: America’s Response to the Holocaust, 1929-1945,” coming in March 2019.  They...

Today on “Hijacking History:” I review Howard P. Willens book, “History Will Prove Us Right: Inside the Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of John F. Kennedy”

Posted October 28, 201800:10:38

In this podcast I episode, I review Howard K. Willens’s new book in the context of decades of conspiracy theorizing and what we thought we knew about...