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mysteryhints@gmail.comListen. Learn. Engage. Welcome to Crossword , where we dive into fascinating interviews with authors exploring history, politics, culture, and art. Join us as we uncover intriguing insights and stories that shape our understanding of today’s world and its rich tapestry of ideas. Whether you're passionate about exploring the cultural impact of art or understanding how history influences our political landscape, each episode promises to enrich your perspective and inspire thoughtful reflection. Subscribe now to join our community of curious minds committed to exploring the diverse realms of human experience and knowledge.

Cross Word Michele McAloon

    • Arts
    • 4.5 • 21 Ratings

mysteryhints@gmail.comListen. Learn. Engage. Welcome to Crossword , where we dive into fascinating interviews with authors exploring history, politics, culture, and art. Join us as we uncover intriguing insights and stories that shape our understanding of today’s world and its rich tapestry of ideas. Whether you're passionate about exploring the cultural impact of art or understanding how history influences our political landscape, each episode promises to enrich your perspective and inspire thoughtful reflection. Subscribe now to join our community of curious minds committed to exploring the diverse realms of human experience and knowledge.

    Fox or Hedgehog?

    Fox or Hedgehog?

    Leadership and Common Sense. What did Machiavelli and St Augustine have in common? Can we learn leadership from the failures of Napoleon? Why did President Lincoln's impeccable timing create a more equal nation? Join me in this fascinating conversation with Yale professor and Pulitzer Prize winner John Lewis Gaddis, author On Grand Strategy (Penguin Press 2018). From Ancient Greece to Ronald Reagan, Professor Gaddis traces a path of common sense and leadership for both the individ...

    • 44 min
    Pagan America

    Pagan America

    Human rights? Do they exist in a post Christian America? Can democracy even survive in a world without religion? John Daniel Davidson a senior editor at the Federalist https://fedsoc.org/ has written a soul searching and searing book Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Dark Age to Come. All the social issues of our times are touched by the role of religion in society. Join me for this thought provoking conversation. Learn. Listen. Engage.&nbsp...

    • 46 min
    New Perspectives on Presidential History

    New Perspectives on Presidential History

    mysteryhints@gmail.com email for Michele McAloonTrump. Presidential history was made this past week whether or not you agree or disagree with the verdict. The President of the United States of America. There is no other political office in the world like it. The 45 men who have filled the office have come from diverse backgrounds to embrace the many different challenges unique to the American experiment. Mary Carol Ghislin, a seasoned teacher and author has wri...

    • 38 min
    Marxism anyone?

    Marxism anyone?

    What is really behind the campus protests and possibly all the vocal ills of current society? Didn't Marxism die when the Berlin Wall fell? Dive in with me as we discuss NextGen Marxism with authors Katie Gorka and Mike Ryan. We talk about how a Marxism shaped by European Intellectuals and adapted by 1960's radicals has once again reared it's ugly head in the campus protests, the reduction of individuals to their sex, race and ethnicity, widespread anti-sem...

    • 39 min
    Paris- City of Light

    Paris- City of Light

    Paris..a charachter in it's own right. Join me in conversation with Professor Mike Rapport Author of City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Epoque published by Basic Books https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/imprint/basic-books/If you are traveling to Paris this summer, have traveled to Paris or have ever dreamed of traveling to Paris this is a book you MUST read. A great history book that can easily serve as a travelogue for the curious. &nb...

    • 50 min
    Borderland: A journey into Ukraine

    Borderland: A journey into Ukraine

    Anna Reid, author of Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine writes about the history of Ukraine in a prosaic story of the people who through the centuries have claimed Ukraine as home. From saber rattling Cossacks to Kiev Rus, to Poles, Jews, Lithuanians and Crimean Tatars all who have walked and fought in Ukraine have woven a tale of hardship, endurance and determination to become a a fiercely proud Ukrainian people. Borderland is an en...

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
21 Ratings

21 Ratings

MJ Thayer ,

Excellent host and content!

I've had the pleasure of not only being a guest on Cross Word but also a frequent listener. Michele McAloon is a well-read and well- prepared host. She guides her guests yet gives them the latitude to answer questions fully. I always come away with having learned something new and with an interest to delve more deeply into the topic at hand. The show is a also a generator of great discussion.
-Mary Jo Thayer, award-winning author of Close to the Soul

Buc-ee fan! ,

Easy to listen to.

Started with episode ten, which was interesting and easy to listen too. I didn’t feel like I needed an advanced degree in theology to understand everything - definitely a plus. Now I’m going back to episode one and work my way to ten.

DuncanMcA ,

Great Guests

So interesting to hear about so many different perspectives!

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