As the UK Labour Party charts a new direction under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, activists and historians discuss the Left in government in the latest History Workshop Podcast.
History Workshop Podcast
Season 2, Episode 1: Historical Fiction and the Perils of Family Story
Author Emma Darwin discusses trying, and failing, to write a novel about her insanely eminent family.
Episode 8: The Money of the Poor
In this episode of the History Workshop podcast, Rebecca Spang looks back to the era of the French Revolution to explore the power dynamics of decentralized currencies.
Episode 7: Marx’s London
Celebrate Karl Marx’s 200th birthday with 10 stops on a new History Workshop audio tour of Marx’s London
Episode 6: Radical Feminism and 1968 – Interview with Alice Echols
How did demands for the liberation of women emerge from the tumult of radical protest?
Episode 5: Historic Passions – Interview with Nell Irvin Painter
In this episode, the first in a series, we turn to historic passions: the strong and sometimes obsessive pull of curiosity about the past. Hear Marybeth Hamilton’s interview with Nell Irvin Painter, visual artist, author and historian.
Episode 4: The Roots of White Supremacy, Part 1
Professor Richard Drayton explains the intellectual, social and political roots of white supremacy in Britain and the Americas, and how it led to the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum.
