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Host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of the oldest democracy we have account of, how it started and evolved 500 thousand years ago in ancient Athens. KPFA is offering a limited edition of The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The post KPFA Special – A History of the Athenian Democracy (Part 3): Decline and Fall of the Empire appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of the oldest democracy we have account of, how it started and evolved 500 thousand years ago in ancient Athens. KPFA is offering The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone (limited edition) In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The post KPFA Special – A History of the Athenian Democracy (Part 2): Demagogues, Tyrants, and the People appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich tells the story of the oldest democracy we have account of, how it started and evolved 500 thousand years ago in ancient Athens. KPFA is offering a limited edition of The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The post KPFA Special – A History of the Athenian Democracy (Part 1): The Tyrannicide appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Bart D. Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity. He is a Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of several books, including his  latest Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End. The post Fund Drive Special – On the Biblical Apocalypse: From the Christian Zionism to Waco Texas appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair and is a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author and editor of several prize-winning books including Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 2) appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Edward J. Watts holds the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis endowed Chair and is professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. The author and editor of several prize-winning books, including Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny. The post Fund Drive Special – Ancient Rome: From Republic to Empire Series (Part 1) appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science at Harvard University.  Her books include, The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future, Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, and her latest with historian of science and technology Erik Conway, The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market. The post The Century Long PR Campaign Linking Capitalism to Democracy appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and the author of Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials, Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit: History Since the End of History, and his latest, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World.     The post Palo Alto: A History of California, Innovation & Exploitation appeared first on KPFA.

Part I. Life and Death of Homosexuals under the Nazi Regime Guest: David Fernbach is a freelance writer, editor and translator.  His publications and translations include the three-volume edition of Karl Marx’s Political Writings, The Spiral Path: a gay contribution to human survival, and The Men With the Pink Triangle: The True, Life-and-Death Story of Homosexuals in the Nazi Death Camps. The Men With the Pink Triangle appeared first in 1980 by Gay Men’s Press in which David Fernbach also participated in the publication and translation of the book.   The book is a revolutionary work, and still one of the very few memoirs by a gay victim of Nazism.  Written by Heinz Heger, a pseudonym used by Josef Kohout (1917-1994).   Part II.  Indigenous Justice in Early America Guest: Nicole Eustace is professor of history at New York University.  She is author of Pulitzer-Prize winning Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (2021). The post Life and Death of Homosexuals under the Nazi Regime appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Frank Costigliola is the author of Kennan: A Life between Worlds. He is also a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. The post George Kennan: The Cold War Architect Who Opposed The War appeared first on KPFA.