FRDH Podcast

This is a meditation on PTSD and Donald Trump and does the shock from PTSD make it impossible to see Trump and his actions clearly. In this FRDH podcast, Michael Goldfarb analyzes whether his experience...

President Trump’s travel ban has now seen more than 100,000 people lose visas to travel to the US. In this FRDH special, Michael Goldfarb discusses the ban with Iranian, Syrian and Iraqi journalists who have...

America, I Ain’t Marchin Anymore Summary | Full Transcript America is undergoing historic political change as Donald Trump is sworn in as President. It is an “un President ed” break with history. No one, not...

The choir of King's College prepares for its Christmas concert

FRDH Special: How America Got This Way 2016 was by any measure an historic year. A different America revealed itself to its own people and to the rest of the world. Donald Trump was unlike...

Paradigm shift Today, A Parable From the Past to Help Understand. Memoir as history. The paradigm in American politics has shifted since the election. It has many people racking their memories for a historical parallel,...

Mass Deportation- Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to deport millions of people who entered America illegally. The history of mass deportation indicates that’s easier said than done.   The FRDH Podcast is hosted by...

Mind of the South | Social History: “Whoever wants to understand the heart and mind of America better know baseball” Jacques Barzun. Not really. They better know the South, the region that more than any...

Class Reclassified | Social History: the reclassification of social classes + the history of wine.  What does middle-class mean any more? Working class? What class are you? It’s time for a re-classification of class.  Which...

You Say You Want a Revolution | Political History: The true price of revolution. The FRDH Podcast is hosted by internationally acclaimed journalist Michael Goldfarb and is about History. The History he has reported on;...

History keeps happening to me. This first episode is a mission statement for a podcast about all kinds of history. the history I've reported and the history I have lived.

Cultural History: A biographical sketch of the philosopher Spinoza and his thought, particularly focused on the relationship between government and religion.

This draft of history - first b'cast on BBC Radio 4 just before the 2016 primaries - looks at the long history of irrational fear being used by American politicians to win office.