Reckoning with Jason Herbert Episode 164: Archie Bunker for President with Oscar Winberg
This week historian Oscar Winberg joins in to talk about the origins of All In The Family and how the politics of the 1970s were filtered through television's biggest show.
About our guest:
Dr. Oscar Winberg is a postdoctoral fellow at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and the John Morton Center for North American Studies at the University of Turku working on modern political history and mass media. He holds a PhD in history from Åbo Akademi University.
In the United States, he is affiliated with the American Political History Institute at Boston University where he has been fortunate to spend time as a visiting researcher. His work has appeared in PS: Political Science & Politics, European Journal of American Studies, Finsk Tidskrift, Lähikuva, and Wider Screen, as well as popular publications, including The Washington Post, Svenska Dagbladet, Helsingin Sanomat, and Hufvudstadsbladet.
He is a regular analyst of American politics and culture for various media outlets in Finland and Scandinavia.