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Adam Smith
The Last Best Hope?
Historian and broadcaster Professor Adam Smith explores the America of today through the lens of the past. Is America - as Abraham Lincoln once claimed - the last best hope of Earth?Produced by Oxford University’s world-leading Rothermere American Institute, each story-filled episode looks at the US from the outside in – delving into the political events, conflicts, speeches and songs that have shaped and embodied the soul of a nation.From the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg to fake news...
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4.7 stars from 141 ratings
Consistently intriguing
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“I love the framing of the podcast and the host and his producers bring interesting voices to the show. I have learned new things about American history from every episode. And every one is well organized and very engaging.”
KiraGould via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/03/24
Top Notch
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“A first class podcast. Informed, thoughtful and tells you the things that you don’t already know or hear from mainstream media.
Great to have a historian of Smith’s stature sharing such insights.
One of the very best.”
ipaul321 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/05/24
A superb podcast
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“A must for anyone interested in the history of the United States and indeed it’s future.”
HistorywillsaveUS via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/15/24
Recent Episodes
In this special episode of The Last Best Hope, we bring you a recording of a live event at the Rothermere American Institute in Oxford on Thursday, November 7. Adam Smith and guests discussed why the election turned out the way it did.
The panellists are:
Jason Casellas ABC News election...
Published 11/08/24
Published 11/08/24
The US is in an Age of Polarization. From the 1930s to the 1980s, voter allegiances were more fluid, and presidents sometimes won massive landslides (think Reagan in 1984 or Nixon in 1972). But for the last thirty years, a huge gulf between the parties -- at least rhetorically -- has opened up,...
Published 10/31/24
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