Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by historian Neil Lanctot to discuss his new book, The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future. They chat about how the country’s three most prominent progressives—Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Jane Addams—approached the outbreak of the Great War and what they thought America’s role in the conflict should be.

Get the book here:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539530/the-approaching-storm-by-neil-lanctot/

Show Notes:

Atlanta History Center: Author Talks | Neil Lanctot (VIDEO)

Free Library of Philadelphia: Neil Lanctot | The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, & Their Clash Over America’s Future (VIDEO)

New York Journal of Books: Steven Nathans-Kelly – “The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future”

Theodore Roosevelt Center: Erik Johnson – “Interview with author Neil Lanctot, on his new book The Approaching Storm”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Katja Hoyer, Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, to discuss Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire. They chat about how German unification came about, the world-historical figure that is Otto von Bismarck, how the Second Reich collapsed, and whether it achieved anything for Germans to admire.

Get the book here:  http://pegasusbooks.com/books/blood-and-iron-9781643138374-hardcover

Show Notes:

Berliner Zeitung: Maurice Frank – “Blood and Iron - a new look at Germany's Second Empire”

The Critic: Zareer Masani – “The making of a maelstrom”

The Daily Telegraph: Saul David – “Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer review: was the German Empire doomed to fail?”

The Daily Telegraph: “Anchorless Germany is yet to find its place in the 21st century | Katja Hoyer interview” (VIDEO)

Dublin City Libraries: “Blood and Iron: Katja Hoyer in Conversation with Roger Moorhouse - Dublin Festival of History 2021” (VIDEO)

Financial Times: Tony Barber – “Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer — conflicted Germany”

Literary Review: Maurice Frank – “High Prussia Environment”

National Review: Sean Durns – “Germany, Born in Blood and Iron”

The Times: Oliver Moody – “Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer review — Germany: glued together by enemy blood”

Washington Examiner: Robert Gerwarth – “Imperial restraint”

Washington Post: Gerard De Groot – “One man, three wars and the creation of Germany”

Get the book here:  https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250763457/his-greatest-speeches

Show Notes:

American Enterprise Institute: Lincoln’s greatest speeches: A book talk with Diana Schaub (VIDEO)

City Journal: Daniel Kennelly – “America’s Greatest Orator”

Claremont Review of Books: Christopher Flannery – “His Spirit Abides”

Conversations with Bill Kristol: Diana Schaub on Lincoln's Second Inaugural (VIDEO)

Conversations with Bill Kristol: Diana Schaub on Lincoln's Political Thought: The Lyceum Address and The Gettysburg Address (VIDEO)

Law & Liberty: Carson Holloway – “Lincoln's Lessons for Turbulent Times”

National Affairs: Diana Schaub – “Lincoln at Gettysburg”

National Constitution Center: Lincoln’s Speeches and the Refounding of America (VIDEO)

RealClearBooks: Tim Rice – “Lincoln on the Cause of Our Present Discontents”

U.S. National Archives: His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation (VIDEO)

Wall Street Journal: Harvey Mansfield – “‘His Greatest Speeches’ Review: Reading Lincoln With Care”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Mark Bauerlein, professor emeritus of English at Emory University and an editor at First Things, to discuss The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults. They chat about how it’s a mistake to label Millennial activists as socialists, the reading habits of Millennials and its effect on the humanities, and how Millennials are the victims of poor mentorship.

Get the book here:  https://www.regnery.com/9781684512201/the-dumbest-generation-grows-up/

Show Notes:

The American Conservative: Jeremy S. Adams – “Saying What No One Wants To Hear”

C-SPAN: After Words with Mark Bauerlein (VIDEO)

EducationWeek: Rick Hess – “Have We Raised the ‘Dumbest Generation’? (An Author Q&A)”

First Things: Mark Bauerlein – “How Digital Youth Became Unhappy—and Dangerous—Adults”

The Washington Times: Mark Bauerlein – “The age of vindictive and bitter millennials”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Jacob Mchangama, founder and executive director of the Danish think tank Justitia, to discuss Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media. They chat about the legal, political, and cultural history of this idea, why elites fear new communications technologies, and how we have recently departed a Golden Age for free speech and have now entered into a free speech recession.

Get the book here:  https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jacob-mchangama/free-speech/9781541620339/

Show Notes:

Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech (PODCAST)

https://www.freespeechhistory.com/

Areo: Daniel James Sharp – “The First Freedom: Free Speech: A History by Jacob Mchangama”

https://areomagazine.com/2022/03/17/the-first-freedom-free-speech-a-history-by-jacob-mchangama/

Cato Institute: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media (VIDEO)

https://www.cato.org/events/free-speech-history-socrates-social-media

Christian Science Monitor: Tara Adhikari – “Why this author says free speech is needed now more than ever”

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2022/0307/Why-this-author-says-free-speech-is-needed-now-more-than-ever

C-SPAN: Free Speech (VIDEO)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?518005-1/free-speech

Foreign Affairs: Jacob Mchangama – “The War on Free Speech”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2022-02-09/war-free-speech-censorship

The Volokh Conspiracy: Eugen Volokh – “Jacob Mchangama, "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media," and Milton's Curse”

https://reason.com/volokh/2022/02/10/jacob-mchangama-free-speech-a-history-from-socrates-to-social-media-and-miltons-curse/

Wall Street Journal: Jonathan Marks – “‘Free Speech’ Review: How Dare You Say Such Things”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Susan Nagel to discuss Patriotism and Profit: Washington, Hamilton, Schuyler & the Rivalry for America's Capital City. They discuss the warm personal relationships between Washington, Schuyler, and Hamilton as well as the many dreams and schemes of New Yorkers and Virginians to ensure that either New York City or some swamp land along the Potomac River would become the capital of the Empire of Liberty.

Get the book here:  http://pegasusbooks.com/books/patriotism-and-profit-9781643137087-hardcover

Show Notes:

Washington Post: Susan Nagel – “A conflict among the Founders is still shaping infrastructure debates in 2021”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/30/conflict-among-founders-is-still-shaping-infrastructure-debates-2021/

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Irwin F. Gellman to discuss Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960. They chat about Kennedy and Nixon’s friendly relationship before the campaign, how each candidate approached the race, and also whether what we know about the televised debates is actually true. They also discuss whether Gellman believes there was enough fraud in Illinois and Texas to hand the election to Kennedy.  

Get the book here: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300218268/campaign-century

History News Network: Justin P. Coffey – “Irwin Gellman Asks: Did JFK Steal Victory in the ‘Campaign of the Century’?”

Wall Street Journal: Robert W. Merry – “‘Campaign of the Century’ Review: Revisiting Kennedy vs. Nixon”

Washington Free Beacon: Michael Barone – “Was Nixon the One in 1960?”

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by A.J. Baime to discuss White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret. They chat about the impact of Walter F. White on the civil rights movement in the first half of the 20th Century, why he is largely forgotten today, and White’s shocking investigations into lynchings and race riots throughout the country.

Get the book here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/white-lies-a-j-baime?variant=39935639453730

Show Notes:

Literary Hub: “A.J. Baime on Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret” (VIDEO)

Los Angeles Times: Stuart Miller – “He risked his life to become a founding father of civil rights. Why was he forgotten?”

Truman Institute Library: “White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret” (VIDEO)

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Jason L. Riley, senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute and member of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board, to discuss The Black Boom. They discuss how the Trump Administration’s free-market economic policies improved the economic fortunes of blacks to an extent that has not been seen for generations, and why Trump has a far better record on that score than Barack Obama. They also talk, among other things,  about immigration, minimum wage laws, and what is the way forward in advancing the economic progress of black Americans.

Get the book here: https://templetonpress.org/books/the-black-boom/

Show Notes:

Wall Street Journal: Jason L. Riley – “The Trump Boom Lifted Black Americans”