Sometimes the news moves so fast, you have to look closely to know if you’ve seen it before. And that’s what this show is about. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. We cover everything from LBJ and the Roman Republic to Donald Trump and the chaos at Columbia. This twice a month show from The Free Press delivers the best historians, authors, and reporters by mining the archives of human experience to figure out the present. George Santayana wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Tune in to Breaking History to resist the repetition.
28 episodes
The Birth of Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything
00:29:328/20/2025
Restless Nation | The Red-Green Alliance: The Making of Modern Iran (Part 2)
01:28:058/6/2025
BONUS | Russiagate: Do The New Documents Support Treason?
01:11:477/30/2025
Restless Nation: The Making of Modern Iran (Part 1)
01:12:557/16/2025
America Has Always Been a Dangerous Idea
00:56:317/3/2025
BONUS: David Albright on Iran’s Nuclear Program
00:49:266/19/2025
The Buckley Stops Here: Trump And The Death of Conservative Civility
00:59:176/18/2025
BONUS: Haviv Rettig Gur on Israel’s Strike and What Comes Next
01:22:086/13/2025
BONUS: Conversations with Coleman & Bari Weiss
01:14:236/11/2025
Partition’s Ghost: How Pakistan Became a Deep State