Sean Wilentz appears in the following:
Has Partisanship Actually Helped the Fight Against Inequality?
Monday, June 20, 2016
Why Partisan Politics is Good For Democracy
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Is 2016 A "Critical Election?"
Friday, May 06, 2016
Can American Presidents Still Do Big Things?
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Do the Motivations of Leakers Matter?
Friday, January 24, 2014
A recent Pew poll found that although 45% of Americans believe Snowden's leak helped the public, 56% wanted criminal charges brought against him. Did he act to protect the rights of Americans, or dismantle what he considers a surveillance state? Does it matter why he acted? Brooke talks to New Republic contributing editor Sean Wilentz about his cover story that asks that very question.
Beacon - Late November
The Columbia Records Story
Monday, November 19, 2012
Historian Sean Wilentz talks about the rich history of Columbia Records, and how the label combined technical and social change to create of some of the greatest albums ever made. In 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story, he tells how Columbia nurtured the careers of legends such as Bessie Smith, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and many more.
Bob Dylan, Fifty Years Later
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Vanished Venues: Gerde's Folk City
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Our series on great concert halls and nightclubs from New York music history continues with a look at Gerde's Folk City, a hub for the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s and ‘70s – and the site of Bob Dylan’s first professional gig.
A Cultural History of Bob Dylan
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Princeton University history professor Sean Wilentz has tackled major topics in books like The Rise of American Democracy and The Age of Reagan. His new book, Bob Dylan in America, explores one of the most complex figures in music.