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Tim Wu talked about his book, The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, in which he questioned whether “big tech,” big pharma," and other corporations that are “too big to fail”…

Joseph Kelly, literature professor at the College of Charleston, provided a history of the Jamestown colony.

Nathaniel Philbrick provided a history of the Revolutionary War’s Battle of the Chesapeake, which was integral to the Continental Army’s eventual victory.

New York Times Magazine's Jeanne Marie Laskas discussed letters from Americans that President Obama received and responded to while in office. Several Office of Presidential Correspondence s…

Lisa Margonelli explored termites, from their hive and swarm behavior and the over $20 billion dollars of damage they cause each year to military and scientific research to develop artificia…

Bestselling author Steven Johnson argued that people can no longer make decisions and explored the impact that has on military strategy, environmental planning, psychology, and more.

Paleontologist Nick Pyenson explored the evolution of whales, from their anatomy to current migratory patterns.

American University professor Sarah Snyder examined how human rights activism in the 1960s was folded into American foreign policy in the succeeding years.

Benn Steil, director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, chronicled the efforts to rebuild western Europe following World War II.

Hendrick Meijer recalled the political career of Michigan Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg.