Category Archives: Political History

Bordewich Replay – Podcast April 6, 2020

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Gary LaMaster

Constitution and the First Amendment. Out of respect for social distancing, Democratic Perspective rebroadcasts some of our best shows of seven years of Democratic Perspective. We begin with Fergus Bordewich discussing the Founders and the Constitutional Convention. https://verdevalleyindependentdemocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dem-Perspective-5-6-19.mp3Podcast: Play in … Continue reading →

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Biggers Interview – Podcast September 16, 2019

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Gary LaMaster

Resistance: The Quintessential American Value. Mike Cosentino welcomes author Jeff Biggers back to the show to discuss his new book: Resistance, Reclaiming an American Tradition. Biggers notes that the greatest American value is dissent, adding that the people who abuse … Continue reading →

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Nair Interview – Podcast April 1, 2019

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Gary LaMaster

Trying To Make Sense Of Violence. Democratic Perspective hosts Steve Williamson, Mike Cosentino and Klaus von Stutterhem welcome professor Sheila Nair from Northern Arizona University. An expert on Southeast Asia, she has studied the effects of the genocide in Cambodia … Continue reading →

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MacLean Interview – Podcast September 17, 2018

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Gary LaMaster

The Billionaire-Led Effort to Destroy America As We Know It. Nancy MacLean, author and professor of history and public policy at Duke University returns to Democratic Perspective to discuss her book Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical … Continue reading →

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Jeff Biggers Interview – Podcast July 2, 2018

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Gary LaMaster

Resistance, Reclaiming an American Tradition. That’s the title of a new book written by this week’s guest. Jeff Biggers is an author, journalist, historian and playwright. During a conversation with Democratic Perspective co-hosts, Steve Williamson and Mike Cosentino, he explains … Continue reading →

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Nancy MacLean Interview — Podcast October 23, 2017

Posted on October 25, 2017 by William Timberman

The Leninist Libertarian: James McGill Buchanan and the Subversion of Representative Democracy.  Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, talks with Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson about the origin and methodology of her new … Continue reading →

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Is There a “New” New Left Emerging? — Podcast August 7, 2017

Posted on August 8, 2017 by William Timberman

They’re Baaack! Why Socialism Is Again a Topic of Serious Discussion Among the Young. Host Steve Williamson and Bill Timberman, Democratic Perspective’s webmaster, discuss what appears to be a growing reluctance on the part of young people to accept at face value the … Continue reading →

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Paul Lenze Interview — Podcast May 15, 2017

Posted on May 17, 2017 by William Timberman

Sorting Out the Threads in the Middle East: Proxy Wars, Ethnic and Sectarian Alignments, Failed States, Realpolitik, and the Agony of Millions of Refugees.  Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson welcome  Dr. Paul Lenze, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Northern Arizona University, back … Continue reading →

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Alice Rothchild Interview — Podcast February 13, 2017

Posted on February 14, 2017 by William Timberman

If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed…If You Wrong Us, Shall We Not Revenge?: Jewish-American Physician Alice Rothchild Addresses the Legacy of Injury And Retribution That a Purely Geopolitical Approach To the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Has Inflicted On the Inhabitants Of the Region. Democratic … Continue reading →

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The Democratic Convention: A Different America — Podcast August 1, 2016

Posted on August 3, 2016 by William Timberman

The Democratic Party Holds Up Its Mirror To an America Which Isn’t Afraid, Isn’t Angry, and Isn’t All White or All Male: Democratic Perspective regulars Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, and Steve Williamson review the Democrats’ vision of the American future. It’s quite a … Continue reading →

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