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And historian discusses his book an uncommon man, triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was proj...

Of the 1950s as an era of prosperity where america was a world leader and the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth, and its a political construction. The 1950s, in fact was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was ...

Their president ial campaigns. Your book that came out catholicism and American Freedom chl what was the premise behind it . What did you learn . I wanted to look at how american idea of freedom intersected with catholic global tradition. What i learned moment of conflict and overlap. Conflicts over slavery. Not many catholics were abolitionists, for example, but lots of overlap to rempl the economy. Ideas in the 50s about americanization and intention over issues around sexuality, divorce, a lo...

America for making these conversations possible and thank you for joining us on these many platforms. You can find us on twitter. Our first guest is senator tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia, one of only 30 people who has served as mayor, governor, and United States senator. And how is this for a fun fact . Asave been his constituent mayor, governor, and now as my senator. Senator kaine, welcome to axios. Sen. Kaine mike, its great to be back. We talked about how election day is now elec...

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The university of notre dame about how al smith and john kennedy dealt with the issue in their president ial campaigns. John mcgreevy from the university of notre dame, your book which came out a few years ago, whats the premise behind it . What did you learn . I wanted to look at how american ideas of freedom intersected with the catholic global tradition and what i learned is there were moments of conflict and moments of overlap. In the 19th century there was conflict over slavery. But lots of...

Next, on lectures in history, Purdue University professor Kathryn Brownell teaches a class about political advertising in the 1950s, highlighting Dwight Eisenhowers president ial campaigns. She compares radio and early televised ads and examines what components made them successful. Her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan i like ike. This idea that this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 co...

Print things and publish things. It is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. Lectures in history on American History tv on cspan3. Every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lecture s in history is always available as podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. This week on q a, president ial historian Richard Norton smith discusses his book, an uncommon man, the triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard smith, why kdid you call your book you wrote 35 years ago, uncommon ma...

Hearing of judge barrett. The senate will be in session for the next two weeks. What are you looking for . Guest i think we can expect the majority to move forward with all deliberate speed. They will conduct hearings remotely as they have been doing with other nominees. The members who have tested leadive wont need to their quarantine. I expect we will see democratic opposition and republican support and the Movement Forward confirmation sometime this month. Host you think it will happen before...