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Interview with Presidential Historian Rick Shenkman

Robin Lindley recently interviewed presidential historian, History News Network founder, and award-winning author Rick Shenkman on the recent tumultuous weeks of the 2024 campaign for president.


JUNE MAGAZINE: COURAGEOUS WORK

June is our work issue. During these contentious times, we are looking at different forms of courage. Some jobs, like First Responders, require greater courage than other forms of work. Another important job that requires infinite courage and a meticulous work ethic are our election workers who serve on the front lines of our democracy. One of our writers, Robin Lindley, sent us Ken Burns’ Commencement Address at Brandeis University, which embodies the essence of courage. Ask yourself an important question: How big a role does courage play in your life?


Robin Lindley Interviews Director Lynn Novick and Senior Producer Sarah Botstein on the Hemingway Documentary

Director Lynn Novick and Senior Producer Sarah Botstein discuss the research and production process for the new Ernest Hemingway documentary, which they worked with Ken Burns to complete. 


Robin Lindley interviews Elizabeth Samet on the Modern Memory of the Good War

World War II left behind the dangerous and seemingly indestructible fantasy that our military intervention will naturally produce (an often underappreciated) good. Each succeeding conflict has led to the reprise and reinvention of the Good War’s mythology to justify or otherwise explain uses of American power. - Elizabeth D. Samet, Looking for the Good War


September 2023

This month we explore education. We are swamped with information, but the problem is we have so little time to filter what is true from what is not true. We spend at least five hours a day on our phones—and that is a conservative estimate. Ten hours a day of screen time is not unusual. In any interaction we have with a white screen, especially with a phone, we are passive recipients of a digital experience. Are we becoming mindless blobs?