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Sparks of History

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 Sparks of History Podcast features insightful and entertaining interviews with renown world historians.   Our experts, including Pulitzer Prize winners, provide deep knowledge and unique perspectives.   Connecting World History with Jewish History.  

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May 12, 2025

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Episodes

Judah Benjamin #5- Did Judah Benjamin face anti-Semitism? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU Author of: City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea. Mr. Traub dis...

Judah Benjamin #4 - What was Judah Benjamin's Personality? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU Author of: City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea. Mr. Traub dis...

Judah Benjamin #3 - Did Benjamin receive a Jewish Education? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU Author of: City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea. Mr. Traub dis...

Judah Benjamin #2 - Early Influences Shaping Benjamin? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU Author of: City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea. Mr. Traub dis...

Judah Benjamin #1 - Interview with author James Traub 26.01.2022

Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU Author of: City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea. Mr. Traub dis...

Karl Marx #13- Did Marx face Anti-Semitism? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #12- What is Marx's Essay on the Jewish Question? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #11- How did Marx View Judaism & Jewish People? 26.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #10 - Private Life versus Writings? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #9- Where Does the Communist Manifesto Rank? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #8- What Was Marx's Personality? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #7- Was Marx a Marxist? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #6- Was Marx an Accomplished Economist? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #5- Was Marx a Prophet? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #4 - Did Marx receive a Jewish Education? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #3 - What Were the Early Influences? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #2 - What is the MEGA Project? 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Karl Marx #1 - Interview Professor Jonathan Sperber 25.01.2022

Join Sparks oh History with Professor Jonathan Sperber Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (Liveright Publishing, 2013) 2014 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography 'absorbing, meticulously researched biography' – New York Times Curator Professor Emeritus of History, University of Missouri Member, German Studies Association Member, American Historical Association Selected works • Popular Catholicism...

Leon Trotsky #2 - Trotsky's Jewish Childhood? 24.01.2022

Joshua Rubenstein presents the life and works of Leon Trotsky Mr. Rubenstein was Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA 1975 - 2012 and is an Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University Mr. Rubenstein's works include: Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life, Jewish Lives series at Yale University Press. Soviet Dissidents, Their Struggle for Human Right...

Leon Trotsky #1 - Interview Author Joshua Rubenstein - INTRO 24.01.2022

Joshua Rubenstein presents the life and works of Leon Trotsky Mr. Rubenstein was Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA 1975 - 2012 and is an Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University Mr. Rubenstein's works include: Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life, Jewish Lives series at Yale University Press. Soviet Dissidents, Their Struggle for Human Right...

Menasseh ben Israel #8 - Helped Jews Readmitted to England? 24.01.2022

Award winning author Professor Steven Nadler Vilas Research Professor and William H. Hay II Professor (Columbia, Ph. D. 1986) Director of UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author: Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam (“Jewish Lives”, Yale, 2018) Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge, 1999; second edition, 2018); The Best of All Possi...

Menasseh ben Israel #7 - Who Was Queen Christina? 24.01.2022

Award winning author Professor Steven Nadler Vilas Research Professor and William H. Hay II Professor (Columbia, Ph. D. 1986) Director of UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author: Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam (“Jewish Lives”, Yale, 2018) Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge, 1999; second edition, 2018); The Best of All Possi...

Menasseh ben Israel #6 - What is the Hope of Israel? 24.01.2022

Award winning author Professor Steven Nadler Vilas Research Professor and William H. Hay II Professor (Columbia, Ph. D. 1986) Director of UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author: Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam (“Jewish Lives”, Yale, 2018) Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge, 1999; second edition, 2018); The Best of All Possi...

Menasseh ben Israel #5- What Kind of a Rabbi? 24.01.2022

Award winning author Professor Steven Nadler Vilas Research Professor and William H. Hay II Professor (Columbia, Ph. D. 1986) Director of UW-Madison’s Institute for Research in the Humanities Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author: Menasseh ben Israel: Rabbi of Amsterdam (“Jewish Lives”, Yale, 2018) Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge, 1999; second edition, 2018); The Best of All Possi...

Albert Einstein #9- How did Einstein view himself? 24.01.2022

Award winning author Professor Steven Gimbel Previous Chair of the Philosophy Department Gettysburg College author of numerous highly acclaimed books including: Isn’t That Clever: A Philosophy of Humor and Comedy Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion Einstein: His Space and Times How did Einstein view himself? • Newton sees himself as historic like Adam, M...

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