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Conflicted: A History Podcast Evergreen Podcasts
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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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The 1971 Bangladesh War – Part 2: Bhutto’s Game
In the wake of the deadly Bhola Cyclone, 50 million Pakistanis go to the polls on December 7th, 1970 and cast their votes in a national election, which yields unexpected and destabilizing results. As the emergent factions fight for control of Pakistan’s nascent democracy, the political process slowly disintegrates and the gulf between East and West Pakistan becomes irreconcilable.
SOURCES:
Bass, Gary K. The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide. 2013.
Bennet-Jones, Own. The Bhutto Dynasty. 2020.
Carney, Scott. Miklian, Jason. The Vortex: A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an
Unspeakable War, and Liberation. 2022.
Chang, Jung. Halliday, Jon. Mao: The Unknown Story. 2005.
Frank, Katherine. Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi. 2001.
Gewen, Barry. The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and his World. 2020.
Hiro, Dilip. The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan. 2015.
Hitchens, Christopher. The Trial of Henry Kissinger. 2001.
Hoodbhoy, Pervez. Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future. 2023.
Jalal, Ayesha. The Struggle for Pakistan. 2014.
James, Lawrence. Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India. 1997.
Jayakar, Pupul. Indira Gandhi: A Biography. 1975.
Khosa, Faisal. The Making of Martyrs in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh. 2021.
K.S. Nair. December In Dacca. 2022.
Keay, John. India: A History. 2000.
Mookherjee, Nayanika. The Spectral Wound. 2015.
Raghavan, Srinath. 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh. 2013.
Rose, Leo. Sisson, Richard. War and Secession. Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh. 1990.
Saikia, Yasmin. Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh. 2011.
Schendel, Willem van. A History of Bangladesh. 2009.
Schwartz, Thomas Alan. Henry Kissinger and American Power. 2020.
Sengupta, Nitish. Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal. 2011.
Tudda, Chris. A Cold War Turning Point: Nixon and China, 1969-1972. 2012.
Walsh, Declan. The Nine Lives of Pakistan. 2020.
Zakaria, Anam. 1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India. 2019.
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The 1971 Bangladesh War – Part 1: Land of Broken Maps
In March 1971, the nation of Pakistan was split apart by a vicious civil war, eventually culminating in the creation of a new state: Bangladesh. In this first episode of a multi-part series, we trace the origins of the conflict and introduce the key historical figures involved.
SOURCES:
Bass, Gary K. The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide.
Bennet-Jones, Own. The Bhutto Dynasty.
Carney, Scott. Miklian, Jason. The Vortex: A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an
Unspeakable War, and Liberation.
Chang, Jung. Halliday, Jon. Mao: The Unknown Story.
Frank, Katherine. Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi.
Gewen, Barry. The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and his World.
Hiro, Dilip. The Longest August: The Unflinching Rivalry Between India and Pakistan.
Hitchens, Christopher. The Trial of Henry Kissinger.
Hoodbhoy, Pervez. Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future.
Jalal, Ayesha. The Struggle for Pakistan.
James, Lawrence. Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India.
Jayakar, Pupul. Indira Gandhi: A Biography.
Khosa, Faisal. The Making of Martyrs in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh.
K.S. Nair. December In Dacca
Keay, John. India: A History.
Mookherjee, Nayanika. The Spectral Wound.
Raghavan, Srinath. 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh.
Rose, Leo. Sisson, Richard. War and Secession. Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh.
Saikia, Yasmin. Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh.
Schendel, Willem van. A History of Bangladesh.
Schwartz, Thomas Alan. Henry Kissinger and American Power.
Sengupta, Nitish. Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal.
Tudda, Chris. A Cold War Turning Point: Nixon and China, 1969-1972.
Walsh, Declan. The Nine Lives of Pakistan.
Zakaria, Anam. 1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.
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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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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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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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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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Customer Reviews
Brilliant!
Zach Cornwell is a brilliant storyteller, a diligent student of history, and a masterful steward of historical information. It is exceedingly rare to find one of these qualities in a single narrator. To find all three is so rare that it is entirely unexpected.
In particular, Conflicted's six-part series on the partition of India in 1947 is nothing short of brilliant. There are innumberable versions of this story and tying them together seemed, at least to me, to be an imposible task and an exercise in futility. The enduring stories of Partition seemed too incongruent, murky, and charged for anyone to even try to recount something resembling the truth.
Zach was able to do just that. And he somehow did it in a cohesive and compelling narrative.
I would venture to say that most, if not all, people from the Indian subcontinent, ascribe to a narrow and reductive narrative around Partition. Most of us are unconscious of this narrative. As a Pakistani whose parents and grandparents made the journey from India to Pakistan during Partition, I know this was the case for me. I was skeptical that anyone would be able to add much to my understanding of Partition.
Conflicted's detailed, balanced, unbiased, engaging, and most importantly humanized accounts of Partition helped me make sense of a topic which was both existential and almost completed closed off. Zach covered everything from relevant historical context, character development, affects of Partition on world order, personal on-the-ground narratives, to historical ramifications. Zach even helped to stave off an impending existential crisis for this circumspect Pakistani.
Bravo!
History with Transparency (Two reasons 5/5)
1.) THE SHOW: All history is interesting – to a point. the most modish we learn in primary school. From there, replications of the “lesson”rudiments throughout our life. It may come up in discussion, faceted into an allegory, made into a media sensation.
• So we see a mention of the event and blow it off, as having been familiarized with the event we confirm our bias that the crux is known and we stray away from further perspicacity or research, as it’s been played out, known, and now uninteresting.
2.) THE HOST: No human is able to be objective despite what is expected of those in public eye. Instead of editorializing, the story is transparent. There is no sensationalism, no dwelling on over explaining, no subversive tones or remarks.
• It’s a host with a clear agenda telling the historical events most of us “know” while adding a spectrum of insight, from historical & regional culture/customs, to the amalgamation of topical current events, etc.
• The host does not assume the audience is dumb, or quick to trigger, however, for the ignorant and the morally conscious, he so eloquently adds slight context to help everyone keep up, and recognize injustices without taking time away from the actual purpose of the show.
My absolute favorite podcast!
Zach Cornwell makes modern history accessible with an engaging and even-handed delivery. The subject matter he chooses brings context to the political and cultural events that are unfolding around us every day. Maybe the most important podcast for people like me that have heard these topics referenced but don’t actually know what happened or why. Thanks, Zach! I get so excited every time a new episode drops!
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