Intelligent Talk

Intelligent Talk

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Intelligent Talk episodes

  • The Majesty of the Mayans
    Dr. Hansen is the Chief Archeologist of the Mayan site of El Mirador in Guatemala. He discusses his groundbreaking discoveries which proved the Mayans were far more advanced at an earlier time, called the Preclassic period, then had been previously known.
    46 min
  • To End Apartheid
    Amb. David Steward is a former South African Ambassador to the United Nations, and Chief of Staff to President F. W. De Dlerk. De Klerk was the last apartheid President of South Africa. He discusses the process which led to the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa in 1994.
    41 min
  • The Rosenstrasse Protest
    Arguably the most successful spontaneous protest in Nazi Germany. This unique protest in February and March of 1943 in Berlin resulted in the release of thousands of Jews by Nazi Germany who were married to Christians.
    51 min
  • Stanley Kubrick
    School of visual arts teacher, and film historian, Vincent Lobrutto discusses his biography of seminal American film director Stanley Kubrick.
    49 min
  • The Rat Line
    Historian Gerald Steinacher discusses his book “Nazi’s On The Run” about how so many German war criminals escaped Europe following WW 2.
    37 min
  • Nixon & Trump
    James Robenalt discusses his book “January 1973” and discusses similarities between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump.
    40 min
  • Tiananmen Square Massacre
    Dr. Timothy Brook discusses his book "Quelling The People" about the June 4th, 1989 killing of thousands of students in, and around, Tianmen Square in Beijing, China.
    44 min
  • The Eichmann Abduction
    The Israeli Abduction of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in 1960 in Argentina, and subsequent trial, is one of the most famous events of the 20th Century. Former Mossad Agent Avner Avraham has had access to the extensive file on the case and shares new information in this revealing interview.
    43 min
  • FDR’s Shadow War
    Author Mark Wortman discusses his acclaimed book "1941 The Shadow War" about President Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts to deter Japan and fight Hitler prior to Pearl Harbor.
    47 min

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