The Last Archive
Pushkin Industries
The Last Archive is a show about the history of truth, and the historical context for our current fake news, post-truth moment. It’s a show about how we know what we know, and why it seems, these days, as if we don’t know anything at all anymore. The show is written & hosted by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, and was created by the historian Jill Lepore. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
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Jun 4, 2020 • 39min
Unheard
This podcast explores the power of voices in history and literature. It delves into Ralph Ellison's journey as he wrote Invisible Man, the challenge of understanding self-creation in America, the issue of evidentiary injustice, and the connection between Black Lives Matter and capturing evidence.
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May 28, 2020 • 37min
The Invisible Lady
Delve into the mystery of the Invisible Lady exhibit in 1804 and the theories behind her invisibility. Explore the metaphorical meaning of the Invisible Lady and its connection to Victorian fetish for privacy. Discover how the right to privacy originated from Mrs. Bayard's funeral. Explore the themes of hiding and exposing in works of Warren, Brandeis, psychology, and thrillers. Examine the impact of sound and technology on privacy rights. Reflect on the tension between knowledge and privacy in an exposed world.
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May 21, 2020 • 46min
Detection of Deception
In this podcast, James Frye, charged with murder in 1922, puts his trust in a lie detector. The episode explores the lie detector's inventor, William Moulton Marston, and the connection to Wonder Woman. It also touches on the science of testimony, the historical context of social scientists and crime statistics, and Fry's struggle for innocence.
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May 14, 2020 • 43min
The Clue of the Blue Bottle
On a spring day in 1919, a woman’s body was found bound, gagged, and strangled in a garden in Barre, Vermont. Who was she? Who killed her? In this episode, we try to solve a cold case - reopening a century-old murder investigation - as a way to uncover the history of evidence itself. What is a clue? What is a fact? What is a mystery? We put the pieces of the puzzle together: photographs, newspaper articles, a private eye’s notebook, the trial record and, last but not least, a trip to the scene of the crime. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 30, 2020 • 3min
Introducing The Last Archive
Jill Lepore, New Yorker writer, author, and celebrated historian, uncovers the mystery of truth through the hidden door labeled 'The Last Archive' at the library, announcing a new podcast about America's arguments on truth and evidence.
