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History Behind News Program
by Adel Aali, History Behind News
Others cover the news. We uncover the history behind it. We make in-depth history researched and written by eminent scholars enjoyable and accessible to everyone. Our motto: "bridging scholarly works to everyday news."Adel Aali, podcast host, is a former attorney & healthcare entrepreneur with a long and deep passion for history. Adel started this program to provide a better understanding of news through history.More here: https://HistoryBehindNews.com/Watch this program on YouTube: https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-SubWe appreciate your financial support of our program: https://historybehindnews.
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Socialism in America: Popular Candidates, But No Party in Power | S6E12
Socialist candidates are winning elections as Democrats. And America’s safety net, labor movement, and civil rights movement bear the imprint of socialist activism. But unlike many other democracies, America never developed a socialist party capable of winning national power. My guest, Dr.…
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Why Pakistan Feels Used—and Abandoned—by America | S6E11
Pakistan helped the United States contain Soviet power and wage war in Afghanistan. Yet Pakistanis believe America abandoned them once it was no longer useful. Dr. Sidra Khan calls the relationship “instrumental.” She explains how rivalry with India shapes Pakistan’s foreign policy… why China...
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America's Superpower Status Compared to History's Great Empires | S6E10
In this interview, Dr. Steven Pincus compares America's rise with some of history's greatest empires, including Rome, Britain, Qing China, Spain, France, and the Dutch Republic. He explains why America's emergence as a great power was rare rather than exceptional, how constitutions and…
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When Popes Clash With Politicians - A History | S6E9
For centuries, popes were far more than spiritual leaders. They negotiated treaties, crowned rulers, excommunicated kings, and sometimes reshaped European politics. But when did the papacy reach the height of its political power? Why did that power decline? And why do modern popes still find...
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Cheap Enough Oil - America’s Oil Culture and the Politics of Freedom | S6E8 HbN
Oil helped shape far more than the American economy. In this episode, Dr. Matthew Huber explains how petroleum transformed American life itself… influencing the rise of suburbia, the structure of cities, consumer culture, geopolitics, and even the way many Americans came to think about freedom,...
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Iran's Territorial Integrity: Imperial Memory vs. National Identity | S6E7 HbN
Iran—a nation shaped by imperial memory and modern vulnerability. Not too long ago, Iran was far larger than it is today. European expansion and colonial intervention cut away at its territories—provinces and realms that had long been part of Iran… or were imagined to be. This is the history of…
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The White House - History Of Presidential Renovations
How do presidents pay for White House renovations, furnishings and other expenses? Pres. Trump is building a big beautiful ballroom for the White House. And you will note from this interview, the need for additional space in the executive mansion is not at all new. Many presidents have asked for...
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The Kurdish Question & Why Is Kurdish Nationalism Unique? | S6E5
Consider This: Realization of A Kurdish Country May Require the Simultaneous Collapse of Three Other Countries! In this interview, I discuss the following with Dr. Bajalan: ►Who are the Kurdish people? ►Is Kurdish related to any other Middle Eastern language? ►What religions do Kurdish people...
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Iran's Ayatollahs and Byzantine Government | S6E4
Where are Iran's ayatollahs? The real ayatollahs have not been involved in Iran's government for decades. And Ayatollah Khamenei (son and father) are not real ayatollahs. In this interview, we discuss the following: ►Was Iran's Supreme Leader supposed to be an all-powerful king or a philosopher...
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Who Controls America’s Patent System?| S6E3
Are patents the foundation of America's technological superiority? The answer is yes. But major changes at the U.S. Patent Office are reshaping how patents are challenged, defended, and protected. And these changes may impact innovation, products, prices and more - meaning that they may impact…
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Bail Reform & Controversies in America: History, Impact, and Why It Matters | HbN S6E2
What does “cashless bail” really mean, and why is the federal government suddenly taking notice. From Rikers Island to reform efforts in New Jersey and New York, pretrial detention affects more lives than most people realize, often punishing individuals before trial. In this episode, Dr. Kellen...
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Was 1953 A Coup? Reinterpreting U.S. Interventions in Iran | HbN S6E1
Has Iran experienced more foreign interventions than other countries? What really happened to Iran in 1953? And why are Iranians reinterpreting its history now? 🚩Analyzing American Revolution - a new...
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Bonus | Christmas, Christianity, Controversy & Commercialization
Why Dec. 25? Why so much Christmas conflict & controversy in Christianity's history? Why is Christmas so important to Christianity? And to America? In this episode, I ask my guest, Dr. Carey Roberts, the following questions: ►Why is Christmas such a grand celebration? What does this tell us about...
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S5E54 | From Shoguns to a Female Prime Minister - Japanese Women in the Modern Era
Will Prime Minister Takaichi be a champion for women's rights? 🚩Analyzing American Revolution - a new podcast series by History Behind News Program. 🚩In this interview: ►Women's Nudity in...
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Bonus | Thanksgiving - The Real Story! From 1524 to 1621. And what happened in 1622?
Prof. Silverman describes the first Thanksgiving: an accidental feast between frenemies that was never repeated. How much is our Thanksgiving tradition based on real events that transpired sometime in the fall of 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts? And why does it matter anyway? Don't all nations…
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S5E53 | Gerrymandering: History & Current Political Analysis
How Gerrymandering has backfired on its proponents. 🚩Support My Program 🚩About My 197th Guest Scholar: Dr. Shawn Donahue is a professor of Political Science at the University of Buffalo, where a…
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S5E52 | Who Does New York City Belong To? Mayoral Elections & Crises of Identity
Ed Koch. Donald Trump. Rudy Giuliani. Al Sharpton. Spike Lee. And more. They were the tabloid gods of New York at a pivotal time in the City's modern history - a time when several issues erupted into crises that caused chaos in NYC and made national headlines. And we discuss them in this…
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S5E51 | Irony of US-Venezuela History: Friends to Foes, Democracies to Dictatorships
Venezuela was once a liberal democracy with close geopolitical relations with the United States. So what happened? This is the story of Venezuela's devolution from democracy to dictatorship, and from cooperation with America to coups and open conflict....
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S5E50 | Jimmy Kimmel, Jane Fonda & Flag Burning - First Amendment History
Exceptions to & exapnsions of Freedom of Speech. 🚩Support My Program In this interview: ►Was the First Amendment really the first? ►Why does the First Amendment only mention Congress? ►Did our Founders believe the...
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S5E49 | Is Presidential Democracy An Oxymoron?
Congress, and not the presidency, used to be the predominant power of the U.S. government. In this interview, we discuss the history of how politics, populism and polarization changed the balance of power in our government....
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S5E48 | How US Lost India to USSR: India-US Relations
On-again off again. Hot and cold. That's how I would describe more than 75 years of America's relationship with India. It's a story that seesaws between extremely close cooperation and virtually full ruptures and severe sanctions. And the goal of this interview is to learn from history how Pres....
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S5E47 | US-Brazilian Relations - A History
U.S. interventions in Brazilian politics since the 19th century & Bolsonaro's 27-year prison term. 🚩Support My Program 🚩In this interview: ►How do Brazilians perceive the U.S.? ►Do Brazilians watch American TV shows? Do they...
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S5E46 | Fashion In America - A History
New York Fashion Week is here. But what is fashion? And what is American fashion? 🚩Support My Program 🚩In this interview: ►What can be considered unfashionable? ►In the old days, did kings and queens set fashion trends? ►Do you...
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S5E45 | The White House - History Of Changes Big & Small
How do presidents pay for White House renovations, furnishings and other expenses? Pres. Trump will be building a big beautiful ballroom for the White House. And you will note from this interview, the need for additional space in the executive mansion is not at all new. Many presidents have asked...
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S5E44 | Why is Jane Austen important? A Literary Giant & A Historic Figure
Bath, England, is celebrating Jane Austen - 250 years of her life and legacy. 🚩Support My Program Do any of these titles sound familiar to you? ►"Pride and Prejudice" ►"Sense and Sensibility" ►"Persuasion" ►"Emma" ►"Mansfield Park"...
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S5E43 | Public Broadcasting History - Why Conservatives Dislike PBS & NPR
Public broadcast federal funding has been completely cut. Our federal government will no longer fund public broadcasting. Pres. Trump has ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to cease any funding to PBS or NPR. In addition, he signed Congressional bill that clawed back already...
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S5E42 | Japan's Invasion of America's… Bathrooms
Japan's history of public health, imperial rise and nationalism. And also, story of a Japanese company's commercial invasion of America. 🚩In this interview: ►What does it mean to be modern? ►Japan's 'modernization' - 1860s to 1910s. ►4 requirements for modernization of Japanese toilets ►disease...
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S5E41 |Jeffrey Epstein & Untold History of Presidential Love & Sex Scandals
Why do some presidential sexual relations become major scandals while others don't even make the news? 🚩In this interview: ►Are presidential love affairs different than sexual relations? ►What defines a scandal? The nature of the act or the politics of the moment? ►JFK's sexual relations ►FDR's...
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S5E40 | Who is Putin? And what does he want?
As Pres. Trump and Pres. Putin meet in Alaska to negotiate a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, I speak with scholars of Russia and ask them these questions: ►Who is Putin? ►What event had the biggest impact on his worldview? ►Is he an ideological man? ►Does he love Russia? ►Is he a...
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S5E39 | Forgotten In Russian Occupation: Crimea & Crimean Tatars
As Pres. Trump & Putin meet in Alaska, without Pres. Zelensky, to discuss a peace deal in the Russian-Ukrainian War, it is not at all certain that any land will in fact be swapped for peace, as suggested by Pres. Trump. But one thing is for certain - that Pres. Putin will not, ever, swap Crimea…
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S5E38 | Due Process & Habeas Corpus - Meanings & History
Tower of London to Alligator Alcatraz: how constitutionalism came to America and became Americanized. 🚩In this interview: ►What is due process? Is it a legal right or privilege? ►How are procedural and substantive due process different? ►Is due process in the Constitution? ►Do immigrants have…
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S5E37 | U.S. Alliances, Global Dominance & National Security
Is America undermining the rules-based international order? Are we jeopardizing the stability and predictability of the very system that we built for the world? 🚩In this interview: ►What is national security? ►What is America's "special relationship" with Britain? ►In 1916, why did Britain worry...
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S5E36 | Understanding Autism & Its History
Most Americans hardly knew about autism in the 1980s and '90s. Then, as if suddenly, autism became big news in the 2000s. And the rate of autism has increased since, including diagnosis among adults. But how did this happen? 🚩In this interview: ►What is autism? A disorder? A disease? A…
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S5E35 | Late-Night Talk Show History
"First Responders" of entertainment TV. Why American citizens will miss late-night talk shows. 🚩In this interview: ►What defines a late-night talk show? ►Obsolescence that's in the name! ►Was Carson really the King of Late Night? ►Who is Faye Emerson? ►The Letterman revolution. ►Entertaining in...
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S5E34 | Harvard & History of America's University Endowments
Can Harvard use its huge endowment to make up for the federal funds frozen by Pres. Trump? 🚩In this interview: ►What are university endowments? ►How are endowments different than grants, federal funds and other monies that come into universities? ►How do universities perpetuate their endowments?...
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S5E33 | Jewish Immigration & Success - Ancient Iran To America
Why is America's Jewish community so successful? Why have Jewish diaspora communities been so successful throughout history and across many countries and cultures? 🚩In this interview: ►Jewish migration, immigration and emigration ►Preserving Jewish communities: the challenge of Jewish…
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Bonus | The Story Behind Our Independence Day
What is Decoration Day? Did the South celebrate the 4th of July? As it turns out, the history of the 4th of July is not that straightforward. For example, it took about a century for the recognition of our Independence Day as a federal holiday. And for some 80 years after the Civil war, some…
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S5E32 | U.S. Military Permanently in Middle East - History of How This Happened
For America, 1979 was one of the coldest years of the Cold War. The U.S. lost a friend. Gained a foe. And then its nightmare scenario for the Middle East began to come true. This is the history of how and why the U.S. military now has a permanent presence in the Middle East. 🚩In this interview…
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S5E31 | Kings & Ayatollahs: Iran's National Security Strategy
Alone in the Middle East! Imperial Iran… Safavids, Qajars, and even the Pahlavis - alone in the Middle East. And then, the Ayatollahs. Again, Iran alone in the Middle East. 🚩In this interview: ►What is it about Iran and its history that separates it from the rest of the Middle East? ►Who was…
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S5E30 | Civil-Military Relations - From Whiskey Rebellion To Los Angeles
Riots, rebellions and U.S. armed forces. Civilian supremacy over the military remains inviolate in our history and constitution. But what happens when a civilian Commander in Chief legally deploys the U.S. military or federalized National Guard on American soil? This story is as old as our...
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S5E29 | The German Empire: Lessons For the U.S. and China
Bismarck (left) built an empire. But his Emperor (right) destroyed it. The German Empire's swift rise to world power status frightened Europe and threatened its balance of power. So Bismark convinced Germany's neighbors and other world powers that while Germany was prosperous and powerful, it was...
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S5E28 | South Africa - Why Apartheid's End Hasn't Ushered Prosperity
80% of South Africa's people own only 4% of the land. These are Black South Africans. In contrast, 75% of the land is privately owned by white South Africans, who comprise about 7% of the population. But apartheid ended in 1994. So why hasn't land been more equitably distributed since then? In…
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S5E27 | Kashmir's History - A Podcast Not Possible In India!
Did you know that up to the Partition of India in 1947, Kashmiri Muslims lived in conditions that very much resembled serfdom? Exploitation of Kashmiri Muslims was particularly notable during the Dogra Dynasty, which ruled the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1846 to 1947. Since their...
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S5E26 | "One Big, Beautiful Bill" - Budget Entitlements in U.S. History
Did you know that all of the growth in federal spending as a percentage of the national income is due to the growth of "uncontrollables"? In this interview, we discuss the following: ►What are "uncontrollables"? Why are they 'mandatory'? ►What are entitlements? How are they treated differently…
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S5E25 | El Salvador: A Tiny Country With A Big Prison And High Crime History
Gang membership in El Salvador has a common theme, which is also a potential solution for reducing gang membership and gang violence there. In this interview, I discuss the following with my guest: ►How did El Salvador become the world's most violent country? ►Why is crime so high in El Salvador?...
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S5E24 | Tariffs' History: U.S. Politics & Foreign Policy
What are tariffs really used for? For economic protection? For political gain? For enforcing foreign policy? In this interview, I discuss the following with my guest scholar: ►Why James Madison foresaw tariffs as an inevitable source of conflict? ►In U.S. history, did Americans ever complain that...
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S5E23 | History of the Papacy
How long was the longest conclave? Was St. Peter actually buried in the Vatican? Has the papacy always been in Rome? In this interview, we discuss the following: ►secret excavations in the Vatican ►an ancient Roman cemetery under St. Peter's Basilica ►How did Rome remain the center of…
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S5E22 | Power of the Presidency: What Our Founders Envisioned
Where do our presidents get their powers? Are those powers enumerated in the Constitution? Or are those powers bestowed by Congress? For our Founders, was the presidency essentially an instrument of legislative agenda? Or did they believe that the president possesses some sovereign right distinct...
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S5E21 | Political History of Secularism's Rise and Religion's Retreat
Politically speaking, is America a Christian nation? Is there any country that you would define as a “Christian Nation”? In this interview, I discuss the following with my guest scholar: ►Did Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison believe that America is a Christian nation? ►Is Canada a…
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S5E20 | Tariffs and Taxes - History of U.S. Revenues
Taxes and wars go hand in hand. And as much as our current partisan politics suggest otherwise, it wasn't a Democratic U.S. president that ushered in the income tax. It was a Republican president - Honest Abe! And later, it was during another Republican president's term that the income tax became...
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Others cover the news. We uncover the history behind it. We make in-depth history researched and written by eminent scholars enjoyable and accessible to everyone. Our motto: "bridging scholarly works to everyday news."Adel Aali, podcast host, is a former attorney & healthcare entrepreneur with a long and deep passion for history. Adel started this program to provide a better understanding of news through history.More here: https://HistoryBehindNews.com/Watch this program on YouTube: https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-SubWe appreciate your financial support of our program: https://historybehindnews.
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