Avi Woolf

Avi's Conversational Corner

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Welcome! Here I will talk to a range of people on issues which interest me and I hope you, from religious slogans and wargaming to deeper political ideas to forgotten historical episodes. Bring up a chair, get comfortable, and enjoy! Avi

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Avi Woolf

Episodes

Episode 58 (Stumbling Colossus, 33): Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (Novel)? 14.08.2023 38:29

Episode 57 (Stumbling Colossus, 32): A Glorious and Terrible Aftermath – The Grand Army of the Republic and Civil War Veterans in the Gilded Age 03.07.2023 37:22

Episode 56 (Stumbling Colossus, 31): Electing The Gilded Age Senate – Corrupt Bargain or Anti-Populist Bulwark? 26.06.2023 29:57

Episode 55 (Stumbling Colossus, 30): Anthony Comstock’s Crusade Against Lust – Doomed Madness or Moral Heroism? 29.05.2023 40:50

Episode 53 (Stumbling Colossus, 29): Protecting American Industry – Vital Lifeline or Political Racket? 01.05.2023 24:30

Episode 52 (Stumbling Colossus, 28): Let's Put on a Show, or Gilded Age Vaudeville 24.04.2023 33:16

Episode 52 (Stumbling Colossus, 27): Henry George: Prophet of American Modernity 28.03.2023 56:45

Episode 51 (Stumbling Colossus, 26): The Ever Closing Frontier 20.03.2023 45:24

Episode 50: Why I Love History 14.03.2023 23:48

Episode 49 (Stumbling Colossus, 25): The Last Lincoln Republican? 13.02.2023 58:44

Episode 48: Everett Dirksen's Republicanism 06.02.2023 37:07

Episode 47 (Stumbling Colossus, 24): The Gilded Democrat 30.01.2023 43:00

Episode 46: Robert Taft - Image and Reality 23.01.2023 25:34

Episode 45 (Stumbling Colossus, 23): Horatio Alger's Gilded Virtue 19.12.2022 36:30

Episode 44: Giving Dewey His Due 12.12.2022 30:05

Episode 43 (Stumbling Colossus, 22): The Gilded Midwest 05.12.2022 30:21

Episode 42 (Stumbling Colossus, 21): The Rise of the US Navy 13.10.2022 42:44

Episode 41 (Stumbling Colossus, 20): The Populist Alternative 22.08.2022 37:57

Prof. Charles Postel discusses the image and reality of the American Populist or People's Party - its ambitions and reams, failures and successes.

Episode 40 (Stumbling Colossus, 19): Reed's House Rules 15.08.2022 22:20

Prof. Robert Klotz discusses the impact of Thomas Brackett Reed's majoritarian House rules on American politics.

Episode 39 (Stumbling Colossus, 18): Controlling Urban Chaos 08.08.2022 29:30

Zoning Expert Nolan Gray discusses the good and bad of life before zoning in America - and whether we should go back.

Episode 38 (Stumbling Colossus, 17): Gilded Germans 01.08.2022 29:50

Prof. Kampheofner discusses the trials and triumphs of one of America's lesser known major immigrant communities during the Gilded Age.

Episode 37 (Stumbling Colossus, 16): Show Me the Money 04.07.2022 48:45

Dr. George Selgin discusses how money was issued and provided before, during, and after the Gilded Age.

Episode 36 (Stumbling Colossus, 15): A More Moral Nation 07.06.2022 27:59

Professor Gaines Foster discusses the motives, challenges, successes, and failures of the Christian moral lobbyists during the Gilded Age.

Episode 35 (Stumbling Colossus, 14): Jobbery vs. Snobbery 30.05.2022 37:37

Professor Joe Postell discusses the debate between party control and technocratic control of government during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

Episode 34 (Stumbling Colossus, 13): The Battle of the Classics 27.04.2022 22:27

Prof. Eric Adler discusses the first great debate on the importance of studying "the best that has been thought and said" - and what we can learn about it for today.