Hope, Through History

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Hope, Through History Podcast

Narrated and written by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham, Hope, Through History explores some of the most challenging times in American history, how our nation dealt with the impact of these moments, and how we came through a more unified country. Hope, Through History is an Audacy original in association with Jon Meacham and The HISTORY® Channel.

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  1. Hope, Through History: Slow Walk To War

    EPISODE 1

    Hope, Through History: Slow Walk To War

    At the onset of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt contends with a fierce and at times virulent isolationsist movement in America while Winston Churchill pleads with President Roosevelt to join the fight against Axis forces. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    36 min
  2. Hope, Through History: A New Birth Of Freedom

    EPISODE 2

    Hope, Through History: A New Birth Of Freedom

    Abraham Lincoln arrives in Gettysburg to consecrate a battlefield, and to commit America to fulfilling its original promise that all men are created equal. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    34 min
  3. Hope, Through History: To End A Plague

    EPISODE 3

    Hope, Through History: To End A Plague

    In the midst of a devastating humanitarian crisis, President George W. Bush announces a bold, international plan to turn the tide against HIV/AIDS.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    25 min
  4. Hope, Through History: Death At Sea

    EPISODE 4

    Hope, Through History: Death At Sea

    As World War erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson follows public opinion and stays out of the international conflict. But when a merchant ship carrying American passengers is attacked by a German U-boat, the United States begins to emerge from isolation and establishes itself as a source of possibility in the world.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    27 min
  5. Hope, Through History: Bloody Sunday: A Battle For Justice

    EPISODE 5

    Hope, Through History: Bloody Sunday: A Battle For Justice

    A violent attack on peaceful marchers in Selma, Alabama fuels the fires of progress, leading to a monumental victory for voting rights. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    44 min
  6. Trailer: Hope, Through History, Season Two

    SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Trailer: Hope, Through History, Season Two

    Welcome back to a new season of the C13Originals critically acclaimed Hope, Through History documentary limited series. Narrated and written by Pulitzer Prize Winning and Best Selling Historian, Jon Meacham, Season Two explores some of the most historic and trying times in American History, how this nation dealt with the impact of these moments, and how we came through these moments a more unified nation. Season Two, presented by C13Originals, in association with The HISTORY® Channel, will guide you through the Battle of Gettysburg and its impact on the future of the country, the relationship between FDR and Churchill and America’s slow walk to war, the plan for AIDS relief, the sinking of the Lusitania and events impact on the future of America, and Bloody Sunday and the Voting Rights Act. As Winston Churchill once remarked, “The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope”—the hope that human ingenuity, reason, and character can combine to save us from the abyss and keep us on a path, in another phrase of Churchill’s, to broad, sun-lit uplands. Welcome to Season Two.   To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    2 min
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Narrated and written by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham, Hope, Through History explores some of the most challenging times in American history, how our nation dealt with the impact of these moments, and how we came through a more unified country. Hope, Through History is an Audacy original in association with Jon Meacham and The HISTORY® Channel.

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    Audacy
  • Creator
    Audacy Studios | Jon Meacham | The HISTORY Channel
  • Episodes
    12
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Audacy, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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