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Untangling history’s greatest controversies. Every month, we take a hard look at the historical conflicts that raise difficult questions, stoke controversy, and send our moral compasses spinning.

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Untangling history’s greatest controversies. Every month, we take a hard look at the historical conflicts that raise difficult questions, stoke controversy, and send our moral compasses spinning.

    The Kinsey Report – Part 3

    The Kinsey Report – Part 3

    In January of 1948, Alfred Kinsey releases his first book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, igniting a firestorm of controversy across the United States. As the Professor scrambles to capitalize on his newfound fame and pen a sequel, his methodology comes under attack from skeptical academics and religious conservatives. Meanwhile, Kinsey’s research team at the Institute of Sex Research embarks on a series of increasingly bizarre – and politically dangerous – sexual adventures. 

    SOURCES:
    Allen, Judith A. The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years. 2017.
    Brenot, Phillipe. The Story of Sex. 2016. 
    D’Emilio, John. Freedman, Estelle. Intimate Matters: The History of Sexuality in America. 1988.
    Donna J. Drucker, “‘A Noble Experiment’: The Marriage Course at Indiana University, 1938-1940,” IMH September 2007 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27792817?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contents
    Gary, Brett. Dirty Works. Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution. 2021.
    Hardy, Gathorne. Sex: The Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. 1998.
    Hegarty, Peter. Gentlemen’s Disagreement. 2013.
    Jones, James H. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life. 1997.
    Wimpee, Rachel. Iacobell, Teresa. “Funding a Sexual Revolution: The Kinsey Reports.” Jan 9 2020. Rockefeller Archive Center.
    https://resource.rockarch.org/story/funding-a-sexual-revolution-the-kinsey-reports/
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    • 1 hr 35 min
    The Kinsey Report – Part 2

    The Kinsey Report – Part 2

    As Dr. Alfred Kinsey begins his foray into sex research in 1938, he faces a rising tide of controversy at Indiana University, and is soon confronted with an ultimatum. While his research develops and his methodology takes shape, Kinsey is forced to reckon with hard truths about sex – and himself. 

    SOURCES:
    Allen, Judith A. The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years. 2017.
    Brenot, Phillipe. The Story of Sex. 2016. 
    D’Emilio, John. Freedman, Estelle. Intimate Matters: The History of Sexuality in America. 1988.
    Donna J. Drucker, “‘A Noble Experiment’: The Marriage Course at Indiana University, 1938-1940,” IMH September 2007 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27792817?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contents
    Gary, Brett. Dirty Works. Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution. 2021.
    Hardy, Gathorne. Sex: The Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. 1998.
    Hegarty, Peter. Gentlemen’s Disagreement. 2013.
    Jones, James H. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life. 1997.
    Wimpee, Rachel. Iacobell, Teresa. “Funding a Sexual Revolution: The Kinsey Reports.” Jan 9 2020. Rockefeller Archive Center.
    https://resource.rockarch.org/story/funding-a-sexual-revolution-the-kinsey-reports/
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    The Kinsey Report – Part 1

    The Kinsey Report – Part 1

    In 1948, Dr. Alfred Kinsey wrote the book on sex. “The Kinsey Report”, as it came to be known, was a pioneering scientific study on the sexual habits of ordinary Americans. Divided into Male and Female Volumes, it challenged longstanding myths about sex and the religious ideology that upheld them. In this first installment of a three-part series, we explore the life, times and motivations of the enigmatic man behind the Kinsey Report – Dr. Alfred Kinsey. 

    SOURCES:
    Allen, Judith A. The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years. 2017.
    Brenot, Phillipe. The Story of Sex. 2016. 
    D’Emilio, John. Freedman, Estelle. Intimate Matters: The History of Sexuality in America. 1988.
    Donna J. Drucker, “‘A Noble Experiment’: The Marriage Course at Indiana University, 1938-1940,” IMH September 2007
    Gary, Brett. Dirty Works. Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution. 2021.
    Hardy, Gathorne. Sex: The Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. 1998.
    Hegarty, Peter. Gentlemen’s Disagreement. 2013.
    Jones, James H. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life. 1997.
    Wimpee, Rachel. Iacobell, Teresa. “Funding a Sexual Revolution: The Kinsey Reports.” Jan 9 2020. Rockefeller Archive Center.
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    • 1 hr 2 min
    History Daily: The Pirate Trial of 1720

    History Daily: The Pirate Trial of 1720

    This featured guest episode of History Daily examines the events of November 16th, 1720. On that day, the trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham began in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
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    • 18 min
    Hiroo Onoda & The Surrender of Japan

    Hiroo Onoda & The Surrender of Japan

    In 1974, a Japanese soldier named Hiroo Onoda emerged from the Philippine jungle, unaware that World War 2 had been over for nearly 30 years. During those three decades, Onoda waged a murderous guerilla insurgency against the residents of Lubang island, leaving a trail of corpses and broken lives in his wake. Meanwhile, the defeated Empire of Japan was undergoing a radical transformation that would reshape the trajectory of East Asia. In this standalone episode of Conflicted, we weave these two parallel stories together into an examination of the nature of loss, persistence, and hope.

    SOURCES:
    Ballinger-Fletcher, Zita. “Was Hiroo Onoda a Soldier or Serial Killer?” History Net. May 2 2023.
    Betuel, Emma. “73 Years Later, The A-Bomb Trees Still Grow in Hiroshima” Inverse. Aug 6 2018.
    Buruma, Ian. Year Zero. A History of 1945. 2013. 
    Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. 1999.
    Gallicchio, Marc. Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II. 2020. 
    Harmsen, Peter. War in the Far East: Asian Armageddon 1944-1945. 2021.
    Onoda, Hiroo. No Surrender: My Thirty Year War. 1974.
    Paine, S.C.M. The Japanese Empire. 2017. 
    Spector, Ronald. In The Ruins Of Empire. 2007. 
    Toll, Ian W. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific 1944-1945. 2020. 
    Walker, Brett L. A Concise History of Japan. 2015.
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    • 2 hr 15 min
    The Gulf War 1991 – Part 3: Land of Darkness

    The Gulf War 1991 – Part 3: Land of Darkness

    On January 17th, 1991, Operation Desert Storm begins. As President Bush braces for high casualties, Saddam Hussein desperately seeks a path to survival. In Baghdad, Coalition air forces rain hell on Iraqi soldiers and civilians alike, while American diplomats scramble to defuse a potential crisis in Israel. US infantrymen come face-to-face with the fourth largest army in the world…with surprising results. As oil wells burn and journalists jockey for access, the war reaches a bloody climax at the “Highway of Death”. 

    SOURCES:
    Aburish, Said K. Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge. 2000.
    Atkinson, Rick. Crusade: The Untold Story of the Gulf War. 1993.
    Al-Radi, Nuha. Baghdad Diaries. 1998.
    Baudrillard, Jean. The Gulf War Did Not Take Place. 1991. 
    Bergen, Peter L. The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden. 2021.
    Charles Rivers Editors. The Gulf War. 2018.
    Coll, Steve. Ghost Wars. 2004.
    Coll, Steve. Branigin, William. “US scrambled to shape view of ‘Highway of Death’”. 3.11.1991.
    Corrigan, Jim. Desert Storm Air War. 2017.
    Coughlin, Con. Saddam: His Rise and Fall. 2005. 
    DeGhett, Torie Rose. “The War Photo No One Would Publish”. 8.8.2014.
    Dunnigan, James F. Macedonia, Raymond M. Getting It Right. 1995. 
    Engel, Jeffrey A. When the World Seemed New. 
    Finlan, Alastair. The Gulf War 1991. 2003. 
    Gordon, Michael R. Trainer, Bernard E. The General’s War. 1995. 
    “The Gulf War” / FRONTLINE. PBS. Jan 9, 1996.
    Hallion, Richard P. Desert Storm 1991. 2022. 
    Hiro, Dilip. Desert Shield to Desert Storm: The Second Gulf War. 1991. 
    Hiro, Dilip. Cold War in the Islamic World. 2018.
    Karsh, Efraim. The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988. 1989.
    Karsh, Efraim. Rautsi, Inari. Saddam Hussein. A Political Biography. 1991.
    Khadduri, Majid. Ghareeb, Edmund. War in the Gulf, 1990-1991. 1999.
    Jarecke, Kenneth. Cervenka, Exene. Just Another War. 1991.  
    Lockwood, Stuart. 2015 June 5. “That’s Me In The Picture”. The Guardian.
    MacArthur, John R. Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War. 1992. 
    Mufson, Steven. 1990 Aug 6. “Kuwait Assets Form Vast, Frozen Empire”. The Washington Post.
    Murray, Williamson. Woods, Kevin M. The Iran-Iraq War. 2014.
    Meacham, Jon. Destiny and Power. 2015.
    Morris, David J. Storm on the Horizon. 2004. 
    Riedel, Bruce. Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States. 2019.
    Swofford, Anthony. Jarhead. 2003. 
    Woodward, Bob. 1991, May 4. “Regal Audience for a Forceful Presence”. The Washington Post
    Wyndham, Buck. Hogs in the Sand. 2020. 
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    • 2 hr 1 min

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320 Ratings

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