Replay the Rewind

Erin Egan didn't set out to help write the rules for the internet — she was a finance major at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who took one business law class her senior year and fell in love. In this episode, Erin traces the winding path that followed: a moot court win argued before D.C. Circuit judges, a clerkship that taught her what she didn't want, and a big-law career where she co-founde...

Kate Evans sits down with her AP U.S. History teacher, Mr. Woodard, for a wide-ranging conversation about how historians turn evidence into understanding—and why that skill matters far beyond the classroom. They explore the Constitution’s legacy and contradictions, recurring debates over immigration and polarization, the overlooked force of economics, Reconstruction, the pandemic’s long-term impac...

In this episode of Replay the Rewind, host Kate Evans sits down with presidential historian Michael Beschloss to explore how private recordings and sealed interviews reveal the real human beings behind the Oval Office. From childhood trips to Lincoln’s home in Springfield to being the first outsider to hear Lyndon Johnson’s 700 hours of taped conversations, Beschloss shares how he built the trust...

In this episode of Replay the Rewind, host Kate Evans sits down with Dr. Kurt Newman, pediatric surgeon and former president and CEO of Children’s National Hospital, to explore how a love of history shaped his path into medicine and his approach to leadership. Drawing on his early academic training in history and politics, Dr. Newman shares how biographies of past leaders, campus activism during t...

“Art might be older than language itself. That is where images are, where people began to give shape to ideas and to needs and to fears and to powers.” — Dr. Al Acres Guest: Dr. Al Acres, Professor of Art History at Georgetown University, specializing in late medieval and Northern Renaissance art. In this debut episode, host Kate Evans sits down with Dr. Al Acres to explore why art history matters...