Origins at eHistory

75 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago - ★★★ - 4 ratings

Current events in historical perspective. Each issue offers an analysis of a particular current issue, political, cultural, or social, in a larger, deeper context

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Episodes

The Long, Long Struggle for Women's Rights in Afghanistan

September 01, 2009 12:00 - 22 minutes

Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics

August 01, 2009 12:00 - 32 minutes

Building a New Silk Road? Central Asia in the New World Order

July 01, 2009 12:00 - 25 minutes

Pirates of Puntland, Somalia

June 01, 2009 12:00 - 24 minutes

Requiem: Detroit and the Fate of Urban America

May 01, 2009 12:00 - 24 minutes

The Real Marriage Revolution

April 01, 2009 12:00 - 30 minutes

Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future

March 01, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes

'The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis': Understanding the Darfur Conflict

February 01, 2009 12:00 - 32 minutes

With a Little Help from Our Friends?: The Costs of Coalition Warfare

January 01, 2009 12:00 - 37 minutes

Making Sense of the 'Hermit Kingdom': North Korea in the Nuclear Age

December 01, 2008 12:00 - 37 minutes

Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia

November 01, 2008 12:00 - 36 minutes

Punishing the Past: Presidential Elections in Times of Crisis (1932, 1968, 2008)

October 01, 2008 12:00 - 20 minutes

A Tale of Two Fisheries: Fishing and Over-Fishing in American Waters

September 01, 2008 12:00 - 37 minutes

Playing Politics: Olympic Controversies Past and Present

August 01, 2008 12:00 - 18 minutes

What's in a Name?: The Meaning of 'Muslim Fundamentalist'

July 01, 2008 12:00 - 20 minutes

Taiwan's 2008 Elections: A New Direction for the 'Other China'?

June 01, 2008 12:00 - 26 minutes

(Fore)Closing on the American Dream

May 01, 2008 12:00 - 26 minutes

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

April 01, 2008 12:00 - 24 minutes

After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections

March 01, 2008 12:00 - 27 minutes

After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections (in French)

March 01, 2008 12:00 - 27 minutes

The Second Amendment Goes to Court

February 01, 2008 12:00 - 28 minutes

The Politics of International Adoption

January 01, 2008 12:00 - 17 minutes

Conflict Termination: How to End -- and Not to End -- Insurgencies

December 01, 2007 12:00 - 18 minutes

Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World

November 01, 2007 12:00 - 16 minutes

Populism and Anti-Americanism in Modern Latin America

October 01, 2007 12:00 - 20 minutes

Books

Modern Latin America

1 Episode

The Nuclear Age

1 Episode