A 1990s epic becomes a doorway into an 18th-century world. This Public History podcast episode revisits Last of the Mohicans to unpack the real history of the French and Indian War - Fort William Henry, a young George Washington, and the myths that still shape how Americans imagine the frontier. Listen to the episode.
"A House of Dynamite" feels like "The Day After" for our time - twenty minutes to impact, systems failing, human flaws laid bare. I trace its terror, from COG bunkers at Raven Rock to nuclear war scenarios, and why this film should jolt us toward reform like "The Day After" did in the 1980s. Read the full story.
Netflix’s upcoming miniseries Death by Lightning takes on one of America’s most tragic presidential stories—the 1881 assassination of James A. Garfield and the medical blunders that doomed him. Starring Michael Shannon, Nick Offerman, and Matthew Macfadyen and based on Candace Millard’s Destiny of the Republic, this one hits close to home for me. Read the full story.