Season One takes a look at critical moments around the 1918 Flu Pandemic, the Great Depression, World War II, the polio epidemic and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Since the passing of John Mitchum in 2001, his family has maintained efforts to have John’s contribution to films, television, and American culture be recognized by collecting recordings of his many friends and admirers reciting their favorite Mitchum poem set to music, an idea suggested by Ernest Borgnine and AC Lyles. The New Abnormal with Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope with an afterword by John Lewis .
It is known as the most dangerous moment in human history. Season One takes a look at critical moments around the 1918 Flu Pandemic, the Great Depression, World War II, the polio epidemic and the Cuban Missile Crisis.We think we are in new territory in our nation, and in some ways we are, but the difficult themes today are similar and when our media creates fear as it did 80 plus years ago we all need to heed the lessons of history and realize we should not be led by fear and that resolution of our problems can happen when spiritual values of hope and faith in ourselves as individuals and as a nation are followed instead. The expert knowledge and first-hand experiences of Walter Isaacson, David Oshinsky and Geoff Ward, assist Jon Meacham in telling a story which begins with debilitating fear and ends with everlasting hope. Jon Ellis Meacham (/ ˈ m iː tʃ ə m /; born May 20, 1969) is an American writer, reviewer, and presidential biographer.A former Executive Editor and Executive Vice President at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek.He is the author of several books. As though there were no diverse or female leaders of hope. Of Black icons throughout American and world history? We also noticed the creators are all men except for the graphic artist. An influenza virus flourished on European battlefields and rapidly spread among civilians, paralyzing the globe with illness and fear. Harriet Tubman for instance. In a time of #ME TOO and #BLM it’s bizarre to me that it wasn’t considered when making the episode outline. With the help of Pulitzer Prize-winners Doris Kearns Goodwin and David M. Kennedy, along with Allida Black, the Director of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Jon Meacham delivers a vivid and intimate look at a President who countered depression with action, and who conquered fear with hope. The 1918 flu pandemic serves as a poignant reminder that science, cooperation, transparency and leadership can help clear a path to recovery. Where are the stories of women who brought hope? In late October of 1962, American spy planes discovered Soviet missile bases with nuclear capabilities on the island of Cuba. Normalcy was put on indefinite pause as millions of Americans grappled with terrifying idea that at any moment, without warning, their communities and loved ones could be decimated by an atomic bomb. The vicissitudes of history always challenge us in new and often-confounding ways; that’s in the nature of things. He was 82. The Great Depression was ravaging the economy and destroying lives, creating a dire need for bold, honest leadership. RADIO.COM’s Cadence13 announced Thursday the launch of their new podcast, “Hope, Through History.” The podcast will be narrated by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham. From the late 19th to mid 20th centuries, the nation lived in fear of … Often handicapping or paralyzing its victims, sometimes resulting in death, the disease was made all the more frightening by the fact that it preyed on young children.