Videos

Eric Lichtblau recounted the life of Freddy Mayer, a Jewish German emigre to the U.S. in 1938, who was enlisted by the OSS, to return to Germany, where he impersonated a Nazi officer and Fre…

Journalist Peter Shinkle recalled the life of President Eisenhower’s National Security advisor Robert “Bobby” Cutler. The author, the great-nephew of Robert Cutler, mined the late government…

Political economist William Davies talked about his book, Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason, in which he offered his thoughts on the role facts and emotions play in current…

Contributors to We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health--Stories and Research Challenging the Bio-Medical Model read selections from this book of essays and poems on the me…

Journalist Ed Morales talked about his book, Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico, on the relationship between the U.S. government and Puerto Rico since…

City College of New York Professor Mikhal Dekel talked about her book, Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey, in which she provided a history of the Polish-Jewish refugees who escaped…