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FRDH Podcast with Michael Goldfarb

Host FRDH podcast. Radio essayist and documentarist for the BBC and NPR. Historian and author of Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace and Emancipation.

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Yellow Springs Ohio 1993

Yellow Springs Ohio 1993

This draft of history is from 1993: Race, violence, fear. It was part of my Sony-Award winning series, Homeward Bound. L... Read more

20 Jun 2015

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Clarksdale Mississippi 1995

Clarksdale Mississippi 1995

Draft history. Race in America. A piece from 1995 reported from the Mississippi Delta

26 Nov 2014

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FRDH on the BBC: HIgh Crimes and Misdemeanours

FRDH on the BBC: HIgh Crimes and Misdemeanours

In this BBC programme, originally broadcast in the Archive on 4 slot, FRDH host Michael Goldfarb uses archive sound and ... Read more

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FRDH: No Place of Greater Safety

FRDH: No Place of Greater Safety

There is no place of greater safety for civilians and soldiers wounded in today's wars. In 2016 alone there was nearly o... Read more

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Bible Study for Atheists: Don the Revelator

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John the Revelator is an African-American hymn and Don the Revelator is the current President of the United States. In t... Read more

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FRDH: Republican Party Is Now a Faction How it Happened

The Republican Party has become the people James Madison warned us against: a Faction. In any country, the most dangerou... Read more

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Civility And the Paradox of Tolerance

Civility And the Paradox of Tolerance

America is undergoing a crisis of civility - don't just take FRDH podcast's word for it - and this civility crisis is an... Read more

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America's Decades Long Incivil War

America's Decades Long Incivil War

Since at least 1994 America has been in the grip of an incivil war. That year, led by Newt Gingrich, the Republicans r... Read more

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WHAT IS A NATION? pt 5 From the ashes of Empires

WHAT IS A NATION? pt 5 From the ashes of Empires

National History: Europe - what is "the" nation? What is the "nation-state"?

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WHAT IS A NATION? pt. 2 Kurdistan

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National History: The story of the Kurds, the largest ethnic group in the world without a "nation-state" of their own.

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FRDH Podcast Ep 4: Mind Of The South

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Social History: "Whoever wants to understand the heart and mind of America better know baseball" Jacques Barzun. Not re... Read more

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The Very, Very First Rough Draft of HIstory: What Assyria Can Teach Us

The Very, Very First Rough Draft of HIstory: What Assyria Can Teach Us

FRDH stands for First Rough Draft of History and the very first drafts of history were written in cuneiform in the Akkad... Read more

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Bible Study for Atheists: America, One Nation Under Whose God?

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This Bible study for atheists looks at what Thomas Jefferson meant when he wrote about God in the Declaration of Indepen... Read more

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Year 1 Trump report: Crazy or a member of the Club?

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The big question at the end of Donald Trump's first year in office is: Is he crazy or just typical of his social class? ... Read more

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Mind of the South

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If you want to know America, you have to understand the Mind of the South. If you want to understand the dynamics that d... Read more

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Reality in the age of trump

Reality in the age of trump

What is Reality in the Age of Trump? In this FRDH podcast, Michael Goldfarb speaks with Luke Harding, former Moscow corr... Read more

20 Jun 2018

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Brexit and the British Ambassador

Brexit and the British Ambassador

Brexit has cost the British Ambassador in Washington DC his job. In this FRDH podcast Michael Goldfarb talks to Bronwen... Read more

13 Jul 2019

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Bible Study for Atheists: Jewish Quarrels

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This edition of Bible Study for Atheists looks at today's Jewish quarrels and asks whether the arguments among Jews toda... Read more

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Republic or Empire: Pax Americana?

Republic or Empire: Pax Americana?

Pax Americana is a documentary essay about Republics vs empires and what it means to be a citizen of both. It is about... Read more

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Iran War Fever: a 40-year History

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For the last 40 years there has been Iran War Fever in Washington DC. With the latest bout exhausting talking heads on 2... Read more

18 May 2019

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