The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life.

In this episode we talk with Wesleyan University historian Joseph Slaughter, author of Fai... more

She was a privileged baby boomer who grew up on a horse farm in segregated Virginia. By he... more

In his new book Bridge & Tunnel Boys, historian Jim Cullen discusses how Billy Joel and Br... more

How did Ronald Reagan use the media to shape his evangelical vision for America, a vision ... more

Should professional historians write for the general public? If so, who is the "public" th... more

There was a profound difference between Christian Socialism and the so-called "Social Gosp... more

Most Americans probably think of conservative evangelicals as climate change deniers who b... more

What is fraternity? Our guest today, political scientist Susan McWilliams Barndt, discusse... more

If you've listened to this podcast over the years you know that we champion "historical th... more

What is American evangelicalism? In her new book The Evangelical Imagination, Karen Swallo... more

Did you know the Jesuits were some of the largest slaveholders in colonial America? Our gu... more

In this episode we talk to historian Larry Eskridge about the film "Jesus Revolution." Esk... more

Have you ever heard someone say that they were "spiritual," but not "religious?" Our guest... more

If you want to learn more about the evangelical fascination with the rapture, Israel, the ... more

The National Basketball Association is a multi-billion-dollar industry driven by Black ath... more

In this episode we talk with historian and biographer Nancy Koester about her new book on ... more

In this episode we explore the life, ideas, and writings of one of the 20th-century most i... more

The American revolution happened in the midst of a smallpox epidemic. In one of the timeli... more

In this episode we chat with historian Jonathan Cohen about his edited collection Long Wal... more

According to historian Kathryn Gin Lum, Americans have long viewed the world as a realm of... more

Are you an educator? An administrator? A school board member? Does your life intersect in ... more

Does the American Left have religion problem? What can progressives learn from people like... more

Our guest on this episode, public historian Alena Pirok, explains how John D. Rockefeller'... more

Have you visited the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C.? How about the Billy Graham Li... more

In this episode, our 100th, host John Fea delivers his 2022 Conference on Faith and Histor... more

Do you do genealogical research? In this episode, historian Francesca Morgan talks about h... more

What do Sammy Davis Jr., Muhammad Ali, Clare Booth Luce, Whitaker Chambers, and Charles Co... more