# history podcast (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover history podcast. Page: Feed: --- ## [Evangelical roundup for August 26, 2026](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/26/evangelical-roundup-for-august-26-2026/) _2026-08-26 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics?: Tim Barton of Wallbuilders on The Wall Street Journal article about his father, David Barton: My tweet: \*\*\* 80% of white evangelicals support teacher-led prayer in public schools as long as students are permitted to opt out. 53% of all Americans believe this. \*\*\* \[…\] ## [The Author’s Corner with R. Douglas Hurt](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/26/the-authors-corner-with-r-douglas-hurt-2/) _2026-08-26 · rp1292 · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ R. Douglas Hurt is Emeritus Professor of History at Purdue University. This interview is based on his new book, The Country People: An Agricultural History of the American Revolution (University of Georgia Press, 2026). JF: What led you to write The Country People? RDH: I have been interested in the history of the American Revolution \[…\] ## [One of the best things I have read about university civic centers](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/25/one-of-the-best-things-i-have-read-about-university-civic-centers/) _2026-08-25 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Ann Manov’s “Republican Machines,” in the July 2026 Harper’s, is one of the better things I have read on the “civic center” movement in American higher education. If you can get behind the paywall, it is worth your time. Manov is a graduate of the University of Florida, where she studied the humanities. She returns \[…\] ## [Evangelical roundup for August 24, 2026](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/25/evangelical-roundup-for-august-24-2026-2/) _2026-08-25 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics?: The Wheaton Record (Wheaton College student newspaper) remembers the Larycia Hawkins affair ten years later. \*\*\* Joseph Slaughter, a Wesleyan University history professor and an evangelical, on Christian Democrats \*\*\* Are evangelicals benefiting from Trump’s new foreign aid plan? \*\*\* MAGA evangelical Lorenzo Sewell \[…\] ## [Quick thoughts on that David Barton article in the \*Wall Street Journal\*](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/24/quick-thoughts-on-that-david-barton-article-in-the-wall-street-journal/) _2026-08-24 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ If you can get behind the Wall Street Journal paywall, read Christopher Kuo’s and Anvee Bhutani’s article here. A former math and science teacher with no academic training as a historian, Barton has used this vast collection to position himself as the intellectual architect of a movement advancing a conservative agenda in policy and education. \[…\] ## [The Author’s Corner with Terrence J. McDonald](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/24/the-authors-corner-with-terrence-j-mcdonald/) _2026-08-24 · rp1292 · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Terrence J. McDonald is Emeritus Professor of History and Emeritus Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. This interview is based on his new book, Nearly Neighbors: Jane Addams, Johnny Powers, and the Progressive Political Imagination (University of Chicago Press, 2026). JF: What led you to write \[…\] ## [Sunday night odds and ends](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/23/sunday-night-odds-and-ends-817/) _2026-08-23 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ A few things online that caught my attention this week: Patrick Iber reviews David Zirin’s The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn. Rethinking MAGA, rethinking woke. Rich kids love socialism Johann Neem reviews Diane Ravitch, An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else Soda jerks John McWhorter on \[…\] ## [Evangelical roundup for August 21, 2026](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/21/evangelical-roundup-for-august-21-2026/) _2026-08-21 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Young American Christian Zionists travel to Israel. \*\*\* Christian nationalists endorse religious pluralism, but their support for it is “drowned out by perceptions of threats to Christians.” \*\*\* The Christian Post on the “controversial takes” of Adam Hamilton, the Methodist megachurch pastor running for \[…\] ## [Most popular posts of the last week](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/21/most-popular-posts-of-the-last-week-501/) _2026-08-21 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: ## [The Author’s Corner with Jay K. Dow](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/21/the-authors-corner-with-jay-k-dow/) _2026-08-21 · rp1292 · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Jay K. Dow is Professor of Political Science and Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. This interview is based on his new book, The First Elections: The Rise of Electoral Democracy in the Early American Republic (University Press of Kansas, 2026). JF: What led you to write The First Elections? JD: I wrote The \[…\] ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/F8q3SyP4AOCS) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Is states’ rights the answer to our immigration problem?](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/20/is-states-rights-the-answer-to-our-immigration-problem/) _2026-08-20 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ For many American historians, the phrase “states’ rights” makes uneasy. It’s closely tied to the Confederacy, Jim Crow, and decades of opposition to federal efforts to secure fundamental rights for Black Americans. The term calls up figures like John C. Calhoun and George Wallace. But the ideology of states’ rights—an idea used to defend slavery \[…\] ## [Evangelical roundup for August 20, 2026](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/20/evangelical-roundup-for-august-20-2026/) _2026-08-20 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics? Focus on the Family offers spiritual disciplines for “politically weary” evangelicals. \*\*\* Bonnie Kristian, the deputy editor of Christianity Today, has two pieces up today. The first is on religious liberty in Texas. She argues that “if we want to preserve religious liberty for \[…\] ## [The Author’s Corner with Paul A. Sanchez](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/20/the-authors-corner-with-paul-a-sanchez/) _2026-08-20 · rp1292 · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Paul A. Sanchez is Ruth Dickinson Chair of Religion and Assistant Professor of Religion and History at Oklahoma Baptist University. This interview is based on his new book, New Christianity for the New South: William Louis Poteat and Liberal Religion in the Baptist South (University of South Carolina Press, 2026). JF: What led you to \[…\] ## [Random founding father quotes](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/19/random-founding-father-quotes/) _2026-08-19 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ OK, they are not so “random.” They come from William T. Vollmann’s piece, “American Ephemera,” in the July 2026 issue of Harper’s Magazine. There was never a government without force. What is the meaning of government? An institution to make people do their duty. —James Madison, 1788 For I do not conceive that we are \[…\] ## [Evangelical roundup for August 19, 2026](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/19/evangelical-roundup-for-august-19-2026/) _2026-08-19 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics?: Adam Hamilton is a megachurch pastor, United Methodist, Oral Roberts University graduate, and the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in Kansas. He is trying to win over conservative evangelical voters. But will these unearthed sermons help?: \*\*\* Among other things, Albert Mohler \[…\] ## [The Author’s Corner with Marielle Songy](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/19/the-authors-corner-with-marielle-songy/) _2026-08-19 · rp1292 · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Marielle Songy is a freelance journalist and writer. This interview is based on her new book, Coffee Culture New Orleans (LSU Press, 2026). JF: What led you to write Coffee Culture New Orleans? MS: I have been a coffee drinker for over twenty years, and I, in general, really enjoy coffee. It’s an integral part \[…\] ## [The Author’s Corner with Gideon Mailer](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/18/the-authors-corner-with-gideon-mailer-2/) _2026-08-18 · rp1292 · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Gideon Mailer is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota Duluth. This interview is based on his new book, The Character of Freedom: The Scottish Enlightenment and American Slavery (University Press of Kansas, 2026). JF: What led you to write The Character of Freedom? GM: Part of this book was written during a period \[…\] ## [Sam Kriss on the Jason Arday tragedy](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/18/sam-kriss-on-the-jason-arday-tragedy/) _2026-08-18 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ Not familiar with the Jason Arday story? Get up to speed here. Here is a taste of Sam Kriss’s Substack post: If only Cambridge had hired Arday because of the woke mind virus and PC gone mad. Then there would be a solution. Simply turn down the big dial marked REVERSE RACISM; job done. The actual problem \[…\] ## [Evangelical roundup for August 18, 2026](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/18/evangelical-roundup-for-august-18-2026/) _2026-08-18 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ What is happening today at the intersection of Evangelicalism and politics?: Evangelicals do not appear to be commenting on the death of Cambridge University scholar Jason Arday. But Albert Mohler is. Here is a taste: It is so sad that this young man, obviously filled with great promise and clearly incredibly bright, nonetheless just found \[…\] ## [Thoughts on Jason Arday](https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/08/17/thoughts-on-jason-arday/) _2026-08-18 · John Fea · The Way of Improvement Leads Home_ For the last few days, I’ve been trying to figure out what to say about Jason Arday. I’m still not sure I have. For readers who haven’t followed this complicated and tragic story: Arday became, in 2023, the youngest Black professor in the history of the University of Cambridge. Earlier this month, he resigned amid \[…\] ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2qwuIpauDsl2) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [🪏Buried History: 5 Stories Uncovering The Past](https://earbudshistorypodcasts.substack.com/p/buried-history-5-stories-uncovering-the-past) _2026-04-13 · EarBuds Podcast Collective · EarBuds History Podcast Recommendations_ Discover podcasts and stories that uncover stories that were almost swept away or hidden. These worldwide accounts show us that history needs to actively be remembered. ## [5 Podcasts on UNESCO World Heritage Sites for Your Next Adventure 🌍](https://earbudshistorypodcasts.substack.com/p/5-podcasts-on-unesco-world-heritage-sites) _2026-04-02 · EarBuds Podcast Collective · EarBuds History Podcast Recommendations_ Going Somewhere? These podcasts bring you to UNESCO's historical heritage spots around the globe ## [History x True Crime: 5 Stories From The Past](https://earbudshistorypodcasts.substack.com/p/history-true-crime-5-historical-true-crime-podcasts) _2026-03-13 · EarBuds Podcast Collective · EarBuds History Podcast Recommendations_ Podcast recommendations for shows covering older true crime cases. 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