Carnegie Council Podcasts Podcast Episodes featuring Ted Widmer

The History of the Census & the Citizenship Question, with Ted Widmer

Carnegie Council Podcasts - July 02, 2019 16:12 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 57 ratings
Historian Ted Widmer tells the fascinating story of the United States Census, from its pre-Declaration of Independence origins up to the citizenship question controversy of the 2020 edition. As the Civil War, westward expansion, and new technology changed America, how did it change the Census? A...

Global Ethics Weekly: 1919 & the Modern World, with Ted Widmer

Carnegie Council Podcasts - January 17, 2019 16:28 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 57 ratings
Historian Ted Widmer discusses his new Carnegie Council podcast series "The Crack-Up" and how 1919 has shaped the modern world. He and host Alex Woodson speak about parallels to 2019, Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations, Babe Ruth, the early days of Hollywood, and populism in Europe in the ...

Global Ethics Weekly: The End of World War I & the Future of American Democracy, with Ted Widmer

Carnegie Council Podcasts - December 06, 2018 18:36 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 57 ratings
Historian and Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Ted Widmer looks back to the end of the First World War, and the upheaval that followed it in Europe and the U.S., and forward to a new stage in the Trump presidency. Plus, he and host Alex Woodson discuss ways to improve American democracy and what ca...