White American Liberals, Part 1
On this episode of American Prestige, Kevin Schultz on his new book.
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White American Liberals, Pt 1 w/ Kevin Schultz | American Prestige
Kevin Schultz, Chair of the Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago, joins the program to talk about his new bookWhy Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History. In this first part of the discussion, they get into liberalism’s consistent spirit yet inconsistent character, the transition from progressivism to liberalism in America in the early 20th century, FDR’s use of the word “liberal” as a sort of marketing tool, the height of the “white liberal,” William F. Buckley and the modern American conservative movement, the New Left’s opposition to “the liberal order,” the perception of white liberals in the civil rights movement, and more.
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American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) sits at a desk in front of a series of microphones (two labelled NBC and two CBS) as he delivers a ‘Fireside Chat’ radio broadcast, 1930s.
(Stock Montage / Getty Images)On this episode of American Prestige, Kevin Schultz, chair of the Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago, joins the program to talk about his new book, Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History. In this first part of the discussion, we get into liberalism’s consistent spirit yet inconsistent character, the transition from progressivism to liberalism in America in the early 20th century, FDR’s use of the word “liberal” as a sort of marketing tool, the height of the “white liberal,” William F. Buckley Jr. and the modern American conservative movement, the New Left’s opposition to “the liberal order,” the perception of white liberals in the civil rights movement, and more.
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Welcome to the Crusades, Episode 1: Rome, 1095 | American Prestige
And now for something a little different: American Prestige has released the first two episodes of their standalone miniseries with the crew from We're Not So Different. Get the rest of the episodes here.
Our journey through the First Crusade starts where the Crusaders themselves did: in western Europe with Pope Urban II and the Council of Clermont. We’ll discuss conditions in Latin Christendom in the late 11th century, what prompted the Pope’s call for Crusade, and how it was received by European nobles.
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