The New Deal
When FDR came into the presidency he promised to act swiftly in order to help the nation face the dark realities of the moment. FDR wasted no time in implementing his plan for economic recovery, which would come to be known as the New Deal. When we talk of the New Deal we often link it to the 3 Rs …
A New Frontier: 2. For All Humankind?
Matthew Syed continues his four-part mini series exploring the ethics of space exploration, by returning to the origins of the space race, which saw America and the USSR battling for supremacy. He takes a hard look into the reasons why we go to space and whether it has really benefited all humankin…
Neil Maher, "Apollo in the Age of Aquarius" (Harvard UP, 2017)
Neil Maher talks about the social forces that shaped NASA in the 1960s and 70s, connecting the space race with the radical upheavals of the counterculture. Maher is a professor of history at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark. He is the author of Apollo in the Age…
Neil M. Maher, “Apollo in the Age of Aquarius” (Harvard UP, 2017)
In the summer of 1969, two seminal events of the sixties happened within a few weeks of each other: the first man walked on the moon and the Woodstock music festival was held in upstate New York. At first glance, these two events might appear to have little to do with one another. But in his new bo…
The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher
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Between 1933 and 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps enlisted more than three million young men in a project that planted two billion trees, slowed soil erosion on fort…
177: An Epilogue to the New Deal and CCC Deep Dive with Neil Maher
A discussion of the recent HTDS narrative episodes on FDR and the New Deal. Think of it as a book club for additional insights into these latest chapters of the HTDS chronological story of America.
Professor Greg Jackson is joined by Professor Lindsey Cormack to discuss the government's response t…
Episode 2: Apollo in the Age of Aquarius
This episode of Space Power Discussions dives into Apollo in the Age of Aquarius by Neil Maher. Students explore how social movements of the 1960s shaped NASA’s Apollo program, revealing the political and cultural forces behind space exploration—and offering lessons for understanding space power in…
Neil Maher joins Tavis Smiley
Neil Maher, history professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University–Newark, unpacks the complicated relationship between America’s space race and the civil rights movement as Artemis II is piloted back to Earth by a Black astronaut.Become a supporter of this podcast: http…
Moonshot / NASA Apollo missions
With its lavishly funded mandate to put a man on the moon, the Apollo mission promised to reinvigorate a country that had lost its way. But a new breed of activists denounced it as a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home. Neil Maher reveals that there were actually u…
The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher
Between 1933 and 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps enlisted more than three million young men in a project that planted two billion trees, slowed soil erosion on forty million acres of farmland, and enjoyed support across political and geographic divides. In this episode we talk with Neil Maher…
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