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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Episodes: 43

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Vietnamese Independence and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
German Immigrants and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Tea, Tyranny, and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Cyprus and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Scotland and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Did the American Revolution Really Influence Spanish American Revolutions? Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Jefferson and the Intellectual Origins of the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
What Does the "Pursuit of Happiness" Mean? Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
How Did Rum Influence the Declaration of Independence? Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Why Did Americans Remain Loyal to King George? Revolutionary Politics in New York City Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Revolution 250: America's Independence Story at The National Archives Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Creating the Continental Army: Civil-Military Relations in the 1700s Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Johann Ewald's American War Diaries: A Hessian's Memoir of the War for Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Military Strategies from Lexington and Concord to the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Colonial Infrastructure and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The Netherlands and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
France and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Abigail Adams and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?": Black America and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Privateering, Boycotts, and Slavery in the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Impressment and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Why Did Colonial Americans Oppose Standing Armies in Their Cities? Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
"Enemies in War, in Peace Friends": Declaring the First American Civil War Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
"We Pledge Our Fortunes": Money and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Wales, Welsh Identity, Richard Price, and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Ireland and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Creating "THE PEOPLE": Whig Legal Concepts plus Lessons from Ireland and Spanish America Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
African-Americans in Spanish Florida and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Canada's Rejection of Independence, Part 2: The Invasion (or Attempted Liberation) of Canada Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Canada's Rejection of Independence, Part 1: The First Two Letters to the Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Haiti and the Origins of American Diplomacy in the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Hessian Mercenaries and German Reactions to the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Chicagoland in 1776 Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Jewish Life in the Colonies Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Daughters of Liberty: Women and the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The Quartering Act and Homosexuality in the Colonies Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Religion in the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The Importance of Free Trade and Immigration in the Declaration Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Native Americans and The Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson and the Composition of the Declaration Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The Seven Years' War and More: Key Events before the Declaration of Independence Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Teaser Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

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The Trans-Atlanticist

Episodes: 127

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Why Did Some German Immigrants Support the American Revolution and Others Oppose It? The Trans-Atlanticist
The Boston Tea Party and the American Revolution The Trans-Atlanticist
Cypriot Independence and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
The Scots, the Scotch-Irish, and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
The Age of Revolutions in Spanish America and the US Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Natural Law, Natural Rights, and the Historical Origins of the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
The Meaning of Happiness in the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Rum, Slavery, Piracy, and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Who Were the Loyalists? Revolutionary Politics in New York City The Trans-Atlanticist
The Revolution 250 Exhibition at the National Archives The Trans-Atlanticist
The Continental Army The Trans-Atlanticist
A Hessian's Memoir of the War for Independence: Johann Ewald's American War Diaries The Trans-Atlanticist
Military Perspectives from Lexington and Concord to the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Infrastructure and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
The Dutch Republic and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
France and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Abigail Adams: Founding Parent The Trans-Atlanticist
"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The Trans-Atlanticist
Privateering, Boycotts, and the Slave Trade in the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Impressment, Naval History, and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Understanding the Patriots' Opposition to Standing Armies in Their Cities The Trans-Atlanticist
"Enemies in War, in Peace Friends": Was the Revolutionary War the First American Civil War? The Trans-Atlanticist
Mark Twain: An American Classic in Europe The Trans-Atlanticist
Money and the Declaration of Independence: How Revolutionary Financial Ideas Won the Revolutionary War The Trans-Atlanticist
Wales and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Irish Perspectives on the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Creating ONE PEOPLE: Whig Legal Theory Plus Comparisons with Ireland and Spanish America The Trans-Atlanticist
Spanish Florida, African-Americans, and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Canada and The Declaration of Independence, Part 2: The Invasion (or Liberation) of Canada The Trans-Atlanticist
Canada and the Declaration of Independence, Part 1: The First Two Letters to the Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada The Trans-Atlanticist
Early American Diplomacy, Saint-Domingue, and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Hessian Mercenaries plus German Reactions to the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Chicagoland and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Jewish Life in Colonial America The Trans-Atlanticist
Revolutionary Women and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
The Quartering Act of 1774 and Homosexuality in the Colonies The Trans-Atlanticist
The Role of Religion in The Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Immigration and Free Trade in the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Native America and the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Thomas Jefferson and the Composition of the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Introducing Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 250 Years of the Declaration of Independence The Trans-Atlanticist
Ambassador Doug Lute on The Future of the Trans-Atlantic Relationship The Trans-Atlanticist
Analysis of the 2025 German Elections The Trans-Atlanticist
2024 Review and 2025 Preview The Trans-Atlanticist
The German Architects Who Built Chicago: From Mies van der Rohe to Dirk Lohan The Trans-Atlanticist
Germany's Reaction to the US Elections PLUS The Collapse of Germany's Government The Trans-Atlanticist
A German Immigrant's Story: Walter Heinsen's Journey from WWI Battlefields to Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
Edgar Allan Poe: 175 Years after His Death The Trans-Atlanticist
The Diversity of Hispanic Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
US Election Series: Migration, the Border, and the Latino Electorate The Trans-Atlanticist
AfD & BSW Success in Thuringia and Saxony PLUS Who Are Björn Höcke and Sahra Wagenknecht? The Trans-Atlanticist
Analysis of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
An Eye-Witness Account of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1968 The Trans-Atlanticist
A Republic If We Can Keep It - Democracy on the Ballot Since the Very Beginning The Trans-Atlanticist
A Short History of Organized Crime in Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
Literature of Chicago: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) The Trans-Atlanticist
The 2024 European Union Parliamentary Elections The Trans-Atlanticist
Queer Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
The History and Culture of Jewish Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian Chicago and the Hamburg-America Line The Trans-Atlanticist
The History and Culture of Black Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: 2024 European and US Preview The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: 2023 European Year in Review The Trans-Atlanticist
Jane Addams, Advocate for All Part 2: Ideas that Shaped Chicago, the US, and the World The Trans-Atlanticist
Jane Addams, Advocate for All Part 1: Early Life to the Founding of Hull House The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #21: Solastalgia-The Feeling in the Anthropocene The Trans-Atlanticist
History of Chicago Part 4: The Rise and Fall of Germanic Culture (1865-1917) The Trans-Atlanticist
History of Chicago Part 3: The First German Immigrants (1833-1865) The Trans-Atlanticist
History of Chicago Part 2: Resistance, Removal, Erasure The Trans-Atlanticist
History of Chicago Part 1: Native Ground The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #20: My Body Is Not Your Battleground The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: Unrest in France, an AFD Election Win, and 500 Days of War in Ukraine The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #19: Cultivating Democracy Now: A Conversation with Nora Krug The Trans-Atlanticist
NovelRomantics: Literature of Chicago Series: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks The Trans-Atlanticist
US Blunders in Iraq and Afghanistan and Hope for Ukraine The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: Mass Shooting in Hamburg, Feminist Foreign Policy and Ukraine War Update The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #16: Gasp! Gossip's Public Intimacies in the 19th Century The Trans-Atlanticist
A Better Democracy Is Possible Part 2: From Theory to Real World Application The Trans-Atlanticist
A Better Democracy Is Possible Part 1: An Introduction to Sortition and Deliberation The Trans-Atlanticist
Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: 2022 Year in Review The Trans-Atlanticist
NovelRomAntics: Literature of Chicago Series: Stuart Dybek's The Coast of Chicago The Trans-Atlanticist
NovelRomAntics: Literature of Chicago Series: Carl Sandburg's Chicago Poems The Trans-Atlanticist
The Reichsbürger Conspiracy: Understanding Extremism in Modern Germany The Trans-Atlanticist
The US Mid-Term Elections: Republican Failure or Democratic Success? The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #14: Kiss, Kick, Kiss: Indigenous Erotica and Body Sovereignty The Trans-Atlanticist
Reading Slaughterhouse-Five on Kurt Vonnegut's 100th Birthday The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: The Energy War in Europe The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: The Triumph of the Far Right in Sweden and Italy The Trans-Atlanticist
Gratitude, Guilt, and Greed: Understanding Germany’s Relationship with Russia The Trans-Atlanticist
French Presidential Elections and Parliamentary Elections in Hungary The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #12: Art, Science, and the Legacies of Slavery in Esi Edugyan's Washington Black The Trans-Atlanticist
Ukraine, Russia, and the Future of Europe The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #11: From Beyoncé to Sarah Baartman and Back: Celebrity Performance and Black Feminism The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #3: NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names The Trans-Atlanticist
The Politics Podcast: Europe in 2022 The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #10: (Re)reading Little Women for the Holiday Season The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #9: The American Home in Flames: Art vs. Motherhood in Little Fires Everywhere The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #8:Thinking Post-Pandemic Futures in Women’s Novels: The Tiger Flu (2018) and Station Eleven (2014) The Trans-Atlanticist
NovelRomAntics #8: Nghi Vo's The Chosen and the Beautiful The Trans-Atlanticist
German Election Preview The Trans-Atlanticist
9/11 Literature and the Art of the Present in Ottessa Moshfegh's "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" The Trans-Atlanticist
Introduction to US Foreign Policy 20 Years after 9/11 The Trans-Atlanticist
Norwegian Election Preview & the 10-Year Anniversary of the July 22 Terrorist Attack The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction Goes to the Movies: Chloe Zhao‘s "Nomadland“ The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #5: On Electric Women: Reading Margaret Fuller's "Woman in the 19th Century" The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction#4: Poetry by Elizabeth Alexander, Marilyn Nelson and Bettina Judd The Trans-Atlanticist
Europe's COVID Vaccine Crisis The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction #2: Curtis Sittenfeld's American Wife The Trans-Atlanticist
NovelROMANtics #2: Colum McCann's Apeirogon The Trans-Atlanticist
LadyFiction#1: Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents The Trans-Atlanticist
NovelROMANtics #1: Attica Locke's Bluebird,Bluebird and Heaven, My Home The Trans-Atlanticist
Michele Obama and FLOTUS Studies with Dr. Stefanie Schäfer The Trans-Atlanticist
Explaining Trump's Economic Policies with Gabriel Felbermayr The Trans-Atlanticist
The US Mid-Term Elections: The View from Germany with Stephan Bierling The Trans-Atlanticist
The Prague Spring after 50 Years with Historian Thomas Murphy The Trans-Atlanticist
Introduction to Ecocriticism with Alexander Phillips The Trans-Atlanticist
This Month at the EU with Guenter Danner The Trans-Atlanticist
This Month at the EU with Guenter Danner The Trans-Atlanticist
Thoreau and Civil Disobedience with Dieter Schulz The Trans-Atlanticist
Life Lessons from Wilber Olinde The Trans-Atlanticist
This Month at the EU with Guenter Danner The Trans-Atlanticist
Start-up Advice from Silicon Valley Insider Gideon Marks The Trans-Atlanticist
Poster Double Happiness: Gig Posters The Trans-Atlanticist
Reflections on Trump's First Year (from February 2018) The Trans-Atlanticist
The Capitol Riots The Trans-Atlanticist

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ChicagoHamburg30

Episodes: 32

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Series Finale and Highlights ChicagoHamburg30
German Architects in Chicago: From Mies van der Rohe to Dirk Lohan ChicagoHamburg30
Chicago Sports: White Sox, Cubs, Bears, and Bulls plus FC St. Pauli ChicagoHamburg30
From Hamburg to Chicago: A German Immigrant's Story ChicagoHamburg30
Hispanic Chicago ChicagoHamburg30
The 2024 Democratic Convention in Chicago ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #8: Nelson Algren's The Man with the Golden Arm (1949) ChicagoHamburg30
The Democratic National Convention: Chicago 1968 ChicagoHamburg30
The Sound of Chicago #3: Exploring the Legacy of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians ChicagoHamburg30
The Sound of Chicago #2: Anthony Braxton and Kahil El'Zabar ChicagoHamburg30
The Sound of Chicago #1: Great Black Music ChicagoHamburg30
Organized Crime in Chicago: A Short History ChicagoHamburg30
Meatpacking in Chicago and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) ChicagoHamburg30
Chicago: The Midwest's Queer Metropolis ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #7: Studs Terkel, Historian of the People ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #6: Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March (1953) ChicagoHamburg30
Jewish Chicago: City of Opportunity ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #5: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #4: Carl Sandburg's Chicago Poems (1919) ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #3: The House on Mango Street (1983) by Sandra Cisneros ChicagoHamburg30
Jane Addams: Mother of Chicago (Part 2) ChicagoHamburg30
Celebrating Women's History Month: Jane Addams, Mother of Chicago (Part 1) ChicagoHamburg30
Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian Chicago and the Hamburg-America Line ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #2: Richard Wright's Native Son (1940) ChicagoHamburg30
Black Chicago ChicagoHamburg30
Literature of Chicago #1: Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) ChicagoHamburg30
The Rise and Fall of German Chicago: 1865 to WWI (and Beyond) ChicagoHamburg30
The First Germanic Immigrants: 1833 through the Civil War ChicagoHamburg30
Resistance, Removal, Erasure: Indigenous Chicago in the 19th Century ChicagoHamburg30
Native Ground: Indigenous Chicago through the War of 1812 ChicagoHamburg30
Inaugural Episode with Consuls General Michael Ahrens (Chicago) and Jason Chue (Hamburg) ChicagoHamburg30
Chicago-Hamburg 30 Teaser ChicagoHamburg30

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Novel RomAntics

Episodes: 12

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Novel RomAntics: Literature of Chicago Series #5: Aleksandar Hemon's The Lazarus Project Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics: Literature of Chicago Series #4: The House on Mango Street by S. Cisneros Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics Literature of Chicago Series #3: Nelson Algren's The Man with the Golden Arm (1949) Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics Literature of Chicago Series #2: Richard Wright's Native Son (1940) Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics Literature of Chicago Series #1: Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #10: Yaa Gyasi's Transcendent Kingdom Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #9: Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #7: "No One Is Coming to Save Us" by Stephanie Powell Watts Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #6: Willy Vlautin's The Night Always Comes Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #5: Lesley Nneka Arimah's What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #4: Madeline Miller's Circe Novel RomAntics
Novel RomAntics #3: Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future Novel RomAntics

Lady Fiction

Episodes: 4

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Transatlantic Wisdom

Episodes: 7

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Transatlantic Wisdom Finale: The Meaning of Meaning: Friedrich Nietzsche and Wallace Stevens Redux Transatlantic Wisdom
Transatlantic Wisdom #5: Feeling and Thought Together: Bierce, Woolf, Parker, and Canetti Transatlantic Wisdom
Transatlantic Wisdom #4: Solutions Are Dangerous: Karl Kraus and H. L. Mencken Transatlantic Wisdom
Transatlantic Wisdom #3: An Entire Book, An Entire Life: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach and Sarah Manguso Transatlantic Wisdom
Transatlantic Wisdom #2: The Image of Our Mind: Pope, Schlegel, Franklin, and Blake Transatlantic Wisdom
Transatlantic Wisdom #1: Wiping Away the Horizon: Friedrich Nietzsche and Wallace Stevens Transatlantic Wisdom
Introducing Transatlantic Wisdom Transatlantic Wisdom

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