David Kaiser – States of the Union

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Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> The many, many books of David Kaiser</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=181s" target="_blank">3:01</a> David: Claudine Gay is a symptom, not a cause, of what’s wrong at Harvard</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=369s" target="_blank">6:09</a> Western Civilization and elitism at Harvard</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=603s" target="_blank">10:03</a> Meritorious elitism and luxury elitism</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=755s" target="_blank">12:35</a> Intellectuals in the wild</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=868s" target="_blank">14:28</a> How James Bryant Conant built the modern Harvard …</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=1053s" target="_blank">17:33</a> … and how it was broken</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=1132s" target="_blank">18:52</a> Glenn’s previous conversation with Omer Bartov</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=1452s" target="_blank">24:12</a> Why David thinks the Gaza War falls short of genocide but maybe not ethnic cleansing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=1551s" target="_blank">25:51</a> What Claudine Gay could (and maybe should) have said at her congressional hearing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=1671s" target="_blank">27:51</a> Why David thinks originalists will have a problem rejecting attempts to remove Trump from electoral ballots</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=1958s" target="_blank">32:38</a> David: Mitch McConnell should have impeached Trump when he had the chance</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=2167s" target="_blank">36:07</a> David’s new book, <em>States of the Union</em></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=2463s" target="_blank">41:03</a> Have state of the union addresses always been as boring as they are now?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=2695s" target="_blank">44:55</a> Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, and their legacies</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=3457s" target="_blank">57:37</a> Why Obama didn’t propose a New New Deal after the 2008 financial crisis</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Zx-FXGMwo&#38;t=3661s" target="_blank">1:01:01</a> Biden’s silence</p><p>Recorded January 10, 2024</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Economic-Diplomacy-Origins-Second-World/dp/0691615470" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>Economic Diplomacy and the Origin of the Second World War: Germany, Britain, France, and Eastern Europe, 1930-1939</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Politics-War-European-Conflict-Philip/dp/0674688155" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>Politics and War: European Conflict from Philip II to Hitler</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Tragedy-Kennedy-Johnson-Origins/dp/0674006720" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Road-Dallas-Assassination-John-Kennedy/dp/0674034724" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Road-Dallas-Assassination-John-Kennedy/dp/0674034724" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>Baseball Greatness: Top Players and Teams According to Wins Above Average, 1901-2017</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/NFL-1965-Most-Exciting-Season/dp/1476686459" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>NFL 1965: The Most Exciting Season</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-History-David-Kaiser/dp/1732874506" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>A Life in History</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/States-Union-David-Kaiser/dp/1732874530" target="_blank">David’s book, </a><em>States of the Union: A History of the United States through Presidential Addresses, 1789-2023</em></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/a-life-in-history-glenn-loury-and-832" target="_blank">Glenn’s previous conversation with David</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXob1BvrseI" target="_blank">Fareed Zakaria on elite universities</a></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/omer-bartov-israels-hard-right-turn" target="_blank">Glenn’s conversation with Omer Bartov</a></p><p><a href="https://historyunfolding.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">David’s blog, </a><em>History Unfolding</em></p><p><a href="https://historyunfolding.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-fourteenth-amendment-section-3.html" target="_blank">David’s blog post about the Fourteenth Amendment</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States/dp/0062397346" target="_blank">Howard Zinn’s book, </a><em>A People’s History of the United States</em></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BEhKgoA86U" target="_blank">John F. Kennedy’s June 11, 1963 address on segregation</a></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>