The Whiskey Rebellion

This week, Frank and David are joined by their colleague Dr. Felix Boecking, author of No Great Wall: Trade, Tariffs and Nationalism in Republican China, 1927-1945.

They discuss President Trump's trade war with China and how it fits into the history of US-Chinese economic history and what all this looks like from the Chinese perspective.

Last Drops

Felix: Kissinger Institute at the Wilson Center (@KissingerInst)

Frank: 42nd anniversary of Elvis's death

David: 1619 Project

 

Against the odds, Frank and David made it to 100 episodes. They reflect on the past 100 episodes, the show's future, and take listener questions.

Last Drops

Frank: Listen to the Dirty John podcast, skip the Netflix show

David: Last Seen podcast

 

Building on a discussion at SHEAR and on Twitter (h/t Serena Zabin) and a recent Amicus podcast, Frank and David discuss whether the Constitution has outlived its usefulness, including:

• Whether an 18th century document is appropriate for governing in the 21st century
• How much the Constitution has changed since 1787
• Whether the Senate and the Electoral College can/should be reformed

Last Drops

Frank: David Blight article in NYT on the Party of Lincoln

David: Reconstruction exhibit at Constitution Center

Live from SHEAR, Frank and David talk with Dr. Shira Lurie about Liberty Poles, Canada, and being a public facing historian. A recent UVA PhD, Dr. Lurie will be the University College Fellow in Early American History at the University of Toronto in 2019-2020. 

 

In our periodic sports themed episode, Frank and David discuss the recent Red Sox-Yankee games in London and the US victory in the World Cup.

Last Drops

Frank: SHEAR in Cambridge

David: White Flag in Philadelphia

Joined by Holocaust expert Dr. Tereza Valney, Frank and David discuss whether it's proper to call US immigration detention facilities "concentration camps." We examine Rep. Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez's tweet that opened up this debate and the various responses to it.

Last Drops

Frank: John Adams on July 2 and why the Declaration of Arbroath did not inspire the Declaration of Independence

David: end of the AHA interview

Live from the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Frank and David (mostly Frank) answer questions from a room full of teachers who have been studying this week with Frank in a Gilder Lehrman Institute programme on Thomas Jefferson. In a wide-ranging discussion, they address everything from Jefferson's foreign policy, to reparations, to how to teach Jefferson to high school students.

Over the past few weeks, several states have passed legislation significantly limiting access to abortion in order to challenge the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. Frank and David look at how Supreme Court precedents get overturned to put this recent strategy into some context.

Included in this episode, Frank calls for the repeal of the 11th Amendment.

Last Drops

Frank: book giveaway

David: White Lies podcast on NPR

Today, June 6, marks the 75th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 during World War II. Frank and David discuss what the anniversary means and looks at earlier commemorations of D-Day and other comparable events.

Addendum: David mistakenly said that more British soldiers fought at D-Day than Americans. He meant that Americans were a minority of those Allied soldiers who fought at D-Day and that the combined British and Canadian forces outnumbered the Americans. 

Last Drops

Frank: the death of iTunes

David: the passing of Tony Horwitz

 

President Trump has suggested that he might recognize Memorial Day by pardoning some American soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes. Frank and David look how the United States has dealt with war crimes from the Revolution to today.

Last Drops

Frank: Isenberg and Burstein's The Problem of Democracy

David: discovery of the Clotilda