Do We Really Need Political Parties?

During World War II, the United States incarcerated more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry. But Japanese Americans weren't the only people imprisoned, relocated, or restricted as suspected "enemy aliens." Thousands of German and Italian immigrants—and some of their America ...  Show more

How accurate is Steven Spielberg's Lincoln? And what did the movie get wrong? Listener Elijah wants to know how closely the 2012 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis matches the real history of Abraham Lincoln—and there may be no better person to answer than Harold Holzer, one of Ameri ...  Show more

The Constitution originally intended to protect liberty, has become the tool by which the government increases its powers and limits freedoms. Today’s guest says, “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people he doesn’t exist; The greatest trick the system ever ...  Show more

Something like 60% of Americans have never fully read the US Constitution. How did such a short document become one of the most important pieces of writing in human history -- and why are some parts of it arguably ridiculous? Ben, Noel and Max welcome returning guest AJ Jacobs, a ...  Show more

The United States Constitution gets a lot of credit for being the first of its kind. The progenitor of democratic constitution making. The spark that started a global fire. Is that the long and short of it, or is there more to the story? Linda Colley, author of The Gun, The Ship ...  Show more