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Iran Protests Explained
Jan 22, 2026Editor's note: The United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran early Saturday, Feb. 28. For current coverage click here. For background context, the story below was published on Jan. 22, 2026. ...
The Deadliest Ally | America in Pursuit
Jan 20, 2026Forget guns and generals — the real victor of the Revolution had wings. This week on America in Pursuit the story of how a deadly swarm of mosquitoes shaped the American Revolution and changed the cou...
Ken Burns and the American Revolution
Jan 15, 2026Ramtin talks with filmmaker Ken Burns about the revolution that made the U.S., and the surprising lessons he thinks it holds for us today. Guests: Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker.To access bonus ep...
Your 15-Minute Guide to 250 Years | America in Pursuit
Jan 13, 2026The anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is just around the corner. Wanna get up to speed on the past 250 years? Check out our new miniseries, "America in Pursuit." Every Tuesday from now un...
El Libertador (Venezuela update)
Jan 08, 2026On January 3rd, the U.S. military apprehended Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. for trial to face federal drug trafficking and weapons charges. Today, we’re bringing you ...
Winter Book Club: Octavia Butler’s Visionary Fiction
Jan 01, 2026Octavia Butler gave us a new kind of science fiction: not only as one of the first writers to use history to talk about the future, and not only as one of the first Black women to do it, but by sendin...
Winter Book Club: Why You'll Love 'Dune'
Dec 30, 2025As a kid, Ramtin fell in love with Frank Herbert's 1965 epic sci-fi novel, Dune. Today, he joins NPR's Books We’ve Loved crew, Andrew Limbong and B.A. Parker, to make the case for why he thinks you'll...
Winter Book Club: A Christmas Carol
Dec 25, 2025Christmas wasn't always a national shopping spree — or even a day off work. But when Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 19th-century London, the holiday went viral. Guests:Leon Litvack, p...
Winter Book Club: The Story of Us?
Dec 18, 2025What if the real story of human history is a story itself? To kick off our winter book club, we talk with bestselling author Tamim Ansary about his book, "The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year His...
Pride, Prejudice, and Peer Pressure
Dec 11, 2025Rund takes Ramtin on a tour of the enduring world of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice... and our two hosts make a bet. Guests:John Mullan, professor of English Literature at University College Londo...