Reckoning with Jason Herbert

Jason Herbert

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Looking for cool conversations without the conspiracy theories? Acclaimed historian and cultural commentator Dr. Jason Herbert talks to everyone about everything. A reckoning is coming.

31/12/2024

Episode 11: It's Not the Years, It's the Mileage: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age with Dr. James Chappel

This week Dr. James Chappel drops in to talk about how Americans have conceptualized the process of aging and how ideas about the debts our society owes the elderly have changed over the last century. We also talk about social security, medicare, retirement, and what to expect from the next presidential administration. About our guest:James Chappel is the Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History at Duke University. He works on the intellectual history of modern Europe and the United Stat...

1 giờ 9 phút
17/12/2024

Episode 10: Thumbs Up! The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in America

This week Jack Reid drops in to talk about how hitchhiking came of age in the United States, interactions between people on the road, and some shocking celebrities who have asked for a ride. Check out his new book, Roadside Americans: The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation.

51 phút
11/12/2024

Episode 9: Before We Were Trans: Talking about a New History of Gender with Dr. Kit Heyem

This week Dr. Kit Heyem visits from across the Pond to talk about their new book, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender. This was an awesome conversation to talk nonbinary histories through time and why that is relevant today. About our guest: Dr Kit Heyam (they/them or he/him) is a Leeds-based freelance writer, heritage practitioner, trans awareness trainer and academic. You can find them on Blue Sky at: https://bsky.app/profile/krheyam.bsky.social

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03/12/2024

Episode 8: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America with Dr. Rachel Gross

What are you wearing this fall? Or rather, why are you wearing what you're wearing this fall? Those are the questiond Dr. Rachel Gross and I are pondering in this episode of Reckoning. Dr. Gross joins in to talk about her new book: Shopping All The Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America. We talk about the rise of outfitters as outdoors marketers, and just exactly why I can't decide between Patagonia, L.L. Bean, and Columbia. About our guest:Dr. Rachel Gross is a...

59 phút
26/11/2024

Episode 7: The Employee Advantage with Dr. Stephan Meier

This week Columbia Business School behavioral economist Dr. Stephan Meier drops in to talk about why businesses will profit by switching to an employee-centric model--and how to do it. We talk about a whole range of aspects of business operations, from remote work to pay scales to Legos. Stephan is absolutely amazing and this conversation goes places I never thought possible.About our guest: Stephan Meier is currently the chair of the Management Division and the James P. Gorman Professor of B...

59 phút
19/11/2024

Episode 6: Why Sharks Matter with Dr. David Shiffman

This week we talk with marine biologist Dr. David Shiffman about the importance of sharks in our ecosystem, threats to global shark populations, popular misconceptions about sharks, and how to become a shark researcher. About our guest:Dr. David Shiffman is an interdisciplinary marine conservation biologist who studies sharks and how to protect them. His work has been cited in endangered species act status reviews, and contributed to Florida changing state laws concerning recreational fi...

1 giờ 4 phút
15/11/2024

Episode 4: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos with Dr. Kelsey Johnson

This week astrophysicist Dr. Kelsey Johnson and I talk about how we know what we know, the Big Bang, black holes, and turtles all the way down, all of which can be found in her new book Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos. This is a mind blowing conversation with a brilliant and wonderful human.About our guest:Dr. Kelsey Johnson teaches students both inside and outside of the classroom, using astronomy as a gateway science to nurture curiosity and support sci...

1 giờ 15 phút
11/11/2024

Episode 3: Alaska Native Resilience in World War II with Dr. Holly Miowak Guise

Historian Dr. Holly Miowak Guise talks about how Alaska Natives dealt with both American imperialism and World War II.About our guest:Holly Miowak Guise (Iñupiaq) is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. Her book, Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II focuses on gender, Unangax̂ (Aleut) relocation and internment camps, Native activism/resistance, and Indigenous military service during the war. Her research methods bridge together archives, tribal arch...

1 giờ 1 phút
05/11/2024

Episode 2: It's going to be ok

It's election day. We're tired. We're scared. And it's going to be ok.

6 phút
01/11/2024

Episode 1: The Cowardice of the US National Archives

News broke recently that the National Archives Museum is whitewashing its exhibits in order to pander to white Conservatives, removing references to Martin Luther King, Jr., Dolores Huerta, Native Americans, Japanese Internment, union organizers, birth control, and more. In this first episode, I question what we are doing this for.

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Episode 11: It's Not the Years, It's the Mileage: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age with Dr. James Chappel

Episode 10: Thumbs Up! The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in America

Episode 9: Before We Were Trans: Talking about a New History of Gender with Dr. Kit Heyem

Episode 8: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America with Dr. Rachel Gross

Episode 7: The Employee Advantage with Dr. Stephan Meier

Episode 6: Why Sharks Matter with Dr. David Shiffman

Episode 4: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos with Dr. Kelsey Johnson

Episode 3: Alaska Native Resilience in World War II with Dr. Holly Miowak Guise

Episode 2: It's going to be ok

Episode 1: The Cowardice of the US National Archives

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