Jill Lepore

Professor of History at Harvard University and contributor to the New Yorker

Jill Lepore appears in the following:

Jill Lepore on the Past and Present, the Personal and Political

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Jill Lepore talks about her take on history and essay-writing and her new collection, The Deadline.

Rags to Riches Revisited

Friday, April 07, 2023

If America is supposed to be a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility for all, why do so many fall through the cracks?

The Science Fiction Origins of the Metaverse

Friday, April 29, 2022

What if Silicon Valley's tech moguls have been reading Sci-Fi wrong?

The Science Fiction Origins of the Metaverse

Friday, November 05, 2021

Many of Silicon Valley's words, products, and even ideologies come straight from science fiction. But what if they've been reading it wrong?

The Birth of the Modern Campaign

Friday, October 23, 2020

Political consulting and dirty tricks as we know them today can be traced back to a single race — in 1934.

How the Kennedy Campaign Used Tech and Data

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Jill Lepore on the 1950's era precursor to today's big tech marketing companies

Jill Lepore Asks, 'Who Killed Truth?'

Friday, May 15, 2020

Acclaimed historian and author Jill Lepore joins us to discuss her new podcast "The Last Archive."

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Democratic Threats and Renewal

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

A historical look at how threats to Democracy can help renew it.

Can We Govern Ourselves?

Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Can we govern ourselves? John Adams didn't think so. Brooke speaks with Jill Lepore about her book "These Truths."

Jill Lepore Argues for American Patriotism

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Jill Lepore says patriotism shouldn't be a bad thing.

Unforeseen

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

A book of technology predictions makes distressing reading at the end of a year that, a golden anniversary ago, looked positively thrilling.

About Those Self-Evident Truths

Friday, November 09, 2018

Inquiry, fact, principles and good government throughout all of American history, with Jill Lepore.

This America

Monday, November 05, 2018

From a 1958 synagogue bombing in Atlanta to the events of recent weeks, the bloody-mindedness of broken men can be countered only by principle and fortitude.

'Teetering on Revolution': The American Story

Friday, September 21, 2018

Harvard historian Jill Lepore talks about her new take on the full scope of U.S. history in the book, These Truths.

It Was Never Thus

Monday, August 27, 2018

During Watergate, historians helped catalogue accusations made against past Presidents; their findings may be useful again.

Rags to Riches Revisited

Friday, May 11, 2018

If America is supposed to be a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility for all, why do so many fall through the cracks?

When Republicans Wanted Abortion Rights

Friday, January 05, 2018

Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore explains how the intractable political battle came to be.

Inquietude

Monday, October 02, 2017

The fight for the First Amendment, on campuses and football fields, from the sixties to today.

When Republicans Wanted Abortion Rights

Friday, August 04, 2017

Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore explains how the intractable political battle came to be.

One Vote

Monday, November 07, 2016

In our first-ever election special, we set off to find a single vote that made a difference.
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