Who Was Thucydides?
Thucydides (c. 460–c. 400 BCE) stands as one of the most influential thinkers of the ancient world—an Athenian historian, general, and analyst whose work...
2011 – The Year That Destroyed the Middle East
In our Six Years That Made the Modern Middle East podcast series, we come to our finale episode 2011. This is the year of...
2003 – Six Years That Made the Middle East
In our Six Years That Made the Modern Middle East podcast series, we come to 2003, the year of the US invasion of Iraq....
1979 – Six Years That Made the Middle East
In our next episode of the Six Years that Made the Middle East, we look at 1979. In the aftermath of the Six Days...
1967 – Six Years That Made the Middle East
Episode 3 in our series Six Years That Made the Middle East, looks at 1967. This is the year of the famous Six Days War....
Isaac and Ishmael: Origins of the Middle East Conflict, or a...
For the last 80 years, a popular teaching has emerged that states the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is Biblical in origin. According...
1948 – Six Years That Made the Middle East
Episode 2 in our series Six Years That Made the Middle East, looks at 1948. This was the year that Israel became a state, but there...
1919 – Six Years That Made the Middle East
In our first episode in this podcast series that explores the six pivotal years that made the modern Middle East, we look at 1919....
History of the Christian Right – Part 6: End of the...
This final episode in our series looks at how the religious and Christian right lost its influence in America. Picking up with the culture...
History of the Christian Right – Part 5: The Culture War...
The 1980s saw great prominence for the rise of the religious right. The beliefs and politics of this group transitioned from a subculture to...