Historians. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Interview with Gerda Lerner on her book A Death of One’s Own

Tricia Del Longo interviews Dr. Gerda Lerner (1920 – 2013), an historian and pioneer in the field of women’s history. She recently published the book “A Death of One’s Own,” about her experiences with death, particularly that of her husband Carl Lerner. She discusses the right to die, the institutional neglect of the dying, her…

August 24, 2025

The Struggle for history / Michael Parenti.

Michael Parenti, political analyst and author, is the featured speaker at a KPFK fundraiser. He starts by defining history as more than an academic discipline, it is also a political act. Historical writing, therefore, must not be left solely to historians. Historians help create the way people think about the world and themselves. He goes…

August 24, 2025

The American revolution as seen by a British historian / Edmund Wright.

Discussion of the American revolution from a British perspective.

August 24, 2025

Impact of the French elections / Ed Berenson, Irwin Wall, and D.J. Fisher ; produced by Clare Spark.

Three historians discuss contemporary French politics; phone-ins.

August 24, 2025

Eric Hobsbawn ; interviewed by Dorothy Healey.

The British Marxist historian discusses politcs and economics.

August 24, 2025

Historian of India / Stanley Wolpert ; interviewed by Jim Berland.

UCLA professor talks about his book on the history of India.

August 24, 2025

A Radical history of the United States / Harvey Wasserman ; interviewed by David Gelber.

On his alternative social history of the United States, 1860-1914.|A RADICAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES / Harvey Wasserman| interviewed by David Gelber. – Harvey Wasserman presents and alternative history of the United States focussuing upon the perioe 1860-1914. He provides a social history of the masses: farmers after the Civil War, forces of immigrant…

August 24, 2025