Give Me a Name

Give Me a Name

By Ben KirschenbaumHistory
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Give Me a Name episodes

  • Tony Accardo with Josh Accardo

    Ben and comedian Josh Accardo (@joshaccardo, Working Classholes podcast) talk about the life and career of one of the central figures in the history of the Chicago Outfit, "Joe Batters" a.k.a. Tony Accardo.

    43 min
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer with Tobin Miller

    Ben and comedian Tobin Miller (@tobinmillercomedy, Baby Shower Comedy) discuss the rise and fall of American physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer.

    48 min
  • Noor Inayat Khan with Prof. Mehnaz Afridi

    Ben and Prof. Mehnaz Afridi discuss the life and death of the princess turned British resistance agent in France during World War II, Noor Inayat Khan.


    Dr. Mehnaz Afridi is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College and the director of the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center. Her courses focus on Islam and the Holocaust. She is also a member delegate for the State Department for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.


    Read Prof. Afridi's story "The Blue Angel and the Holocaust":


    https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b7d51a9358a048a492f5f5031810802c

    35 min

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Comedian Ben Kirschenbaum and a guest have a fun and informative conversation about a historical figure of the guest’s choosing.