The Allies set up the Nuremberg Trials to bring the Nazis to justice after the devastation of World War II. But the trials also became a turning point in the burgeoning Cold War. How did the aims of the Soviets conflict with what the other three allies wanted from the trials, and what was the result? We'll find out from Francine Hirsch, author of Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg.

Free association, transference—the Oedipus Complex. When he invented psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud also developed therapeutic techniques and concepts that, a hundred years later, are still part of our language. His analysis of dreams as wish fulfillment and his studies of repression led him to develop his theory of the unconscious and his concepts of the three-part structure of the human psyche—the id, the ego, and the super-ego. How well do his ideas about sex, compulsion, hate, death and guilt hold up today?

Professor Emeritus Stanley Temple explores Aldo Leopold's pioneering land ethic and shares some of Leopold's little-known radio shows from "College of the Air" from the 1930s. For a story about Leopold's radio talks and the search for his missing recordings, go to https://www.aldoleopold.org/post/still-searching-leopolds-voice/

Who can sue for libel, what are the defenses against it, and what role does the First Amendment play in settling libel suits? UW-Madison journalism professor Robert Drechsel will guide us through some notable cases.

"Selection" of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in German-occupied Poland

Craig Werner profiles three women who took big risks to become leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.

At the end of World War II, a variety of political and civic virtues helped make it possible for the United States to move decisively in just a few years to turn a defeated Japan into a self-sufficient country compatible with American interests. How much did Japanese civilians know about the outcome of the war? And how did the Japanese receive the American occupation forces? And what did they think of the man in charge of the occupation—General Douglas MacArthur? Look at the occupation of Japan from the viewpoint of someone who experienced it firsthand.

When Hitler came to power, he was quick to apply his anti-Semitic policies to music, getting Jewish musicians removed from German orchestras. The process was so abrupt that conductor Wilhelm Steinberg had his baton taken from him by Nazi thugs who entered the opera house where he was rehearsing. We’ll find out how Wilhelm Steinberg left Germany and became William Steinberg, conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony. And we’ll hear the story of violinist Bronislaw Huberman, who formed an orchestra of exiles in Palestine. Guest Frank Tuerkheimer will go into the personalities and politics that crated a remarkable orchestra of exiles.

We explore the world of the Amish and Mennonites with an expert in Pennsylvania Dutch culture.

Russia is entirely dependent on oil and gas revenues, and desperate for foreign investment, and yet it continues to loom as a major competitor and a threat to US interests. How valid are those concerns? UW-Madison Russia expert David McDonald will fill us in on Russia's current status on the world stage.