History Club

Assassination nation

Violence is a long-held American idea—as is the hope that violence will, one day, be eradicated.

Sep 28 • 

Jason Steinhauer

13

3

How A.I. is changing history

History.AI has arrived

Sep 7 • 

Jason Steinhauer

20

11

August 2025

All Good Americans (No Longer) Take Off Their Shoes

New TSA rules have made a once-timely song obsolete

Aug 2 • 

Jason Steinhauer

9

1

3:11

July 2025

A country at a crossroads

As we begin our 250th year, Americans should ask ourselves what we are becoming

Jul 6 • 

Jason Steinhauer

13

2

June 2025

Memes win elections

Zohran Mamdani, social media and the pursuit of political power

Jun 29 • 

Jason Steinhauer

13

2

The government purge of the 1940s & 50s

An interview with journalist Clay Risen of the New York Times

Jun 22 • 

Jason Steinhauer

 and 

Clay Risen

7

3

55:44

May 2025

Weekend listening

My recent appearances on three worthy podcasts

May 25 • 

Jason Steinhauer

4

1

Why is fascism so attractive?

A history of a seductive ideology

May 4 • 

Jason Steinhauer

38

5

April 2025

DOGE comes for the humanities

The shuttering of NEH, IMLS and The Wilson Center brings an ignominious end to a proud American tradition

Apr 6 • 

Jason Steinhauer

22

4

March 2025

The missing one million

More than one million Americans died during the Covid-19 pandemic. Five years later, they remain largely invisible.

Mar 16 • 

Jason Steinhauer

12

3

Should there be a national Covid-19 memorial?

A bonus podcast for paid subscribers

Mar 15 • 

Jason Steinhauer

2

19:05

On Ukraine

A lasting peace requires moral clarity

Mar 2 • 

Jason Steinhauer

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2