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Realms of Memory

Realms of Memory is a podcast that looks at how countries confront their darkest chapters, what they gain by doing so, and what happens when they fail to take up this challenge. We feature the insights of leading experts on a wide range of difficult national memories.

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1:40

Mr. Nobody Against Putin with Katya Haskins

Realms of Memory ·

2026/04/21

The horrors Russia has been inflicting on Ukraine have sadly become a familiar sight on the daily news. Far less attention has been paid to the consequences of the war for the Russian people. This is the subject of the 2026 Oscar award winning documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin. It is the story of an ordinary teacher who risks everything to show the world how the war and Putin’s education policies are destroying the lives of Russia’s youth. To discuss the documentary Katya Haskins will be

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55:41

George Washington's Legacy of Slavery

Realms of Memory ·

2026/04/07

Americans are divided over most things and the past is no different. We disagree about whether to celebrate or question the past. We’re at odds over whether history indoctrinates or educates and whether young minds are harmed or helped by exposure to the complexity of the past. Historian John Garrison Marks argues that the real problem is that Americans dislike ambiguity. There is no better example of this dilemma than George Washington. Responsible for the creation of a new American political

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80:16

Holocaust Distortion in Poland

Realms of Memory ·

2026/03/03

99% of Poland’s pre-war Jewish population, the largest in Europe, perished during the Holocaust. Polish native and Canadian historian Jan Grabowski argues this death toll is inconceivable without the collusion of the general Polish population. Yet for decades Polish authorities have denied all responsibility. Instead, they have used the considerable resources of the state to posit that Poles suffered equally or even more than the nation’s Jewish community. In what Grabowski labels as Holocaust

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2:19

Holocaust Distortion in Poland

Realms of Memory ·

2026/02/17

Deeply flawed accounts of the Holocaust persist throughout Central and Eastern Europe. University of Ottawa historian Jan Grabowski argues that nowhere are the distortions of the Holocaust more glaring than in Poland. The almost complete eradication of the Jewish population in Poland, the second largest in the world, was simply not possible without the active and willing participation of Polish gentiles. Yet the Polish state continues to use its considerable resources to present Poles as either

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3:04

Remembering the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona

Realms of Memory ·

2026/01/20

Ninety years after the start of the Spanish Civil War the past is not past, it’s not even over. Nick Lloyd, who moved from Britain to Barcelona over three decades ago, explains that the left and right in Spain remain profoundly divided over the memory of the Civil War and these divisions have only deepened in recent years. Described by renowned television and travel personality Rick Steves as the “crescendo” of his visit to Barcelona, Nick has made his living over the past twenty-five years

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1:31

Forgetting the Victims: 2003 Paris Heat Wave

Realms of Memory ·

2025/12/16

In his study of the 2003 heat wave in Paris, historian Richard C. Keller reveals the myriad ways we forget the victims of natural disasters. We relegate marginalized and vulnerable populations to the most precarious housing then blame them for the inevitable outcome of their own life choices. We formulate categories of susceptible, at-risk populations whose subsequent deaths become unsurprising, anticipated, and less memorable. From the architecture of modern cities to the science of deciphering

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61:21

The Anne Frank Phenomenon

Realms of Memory ·

2025/12/02

How can we understand the extraordinary scope and magnitude of global fame and notoriety achieved by Anne Frank? The Anne Frank diary has been translated into over sixty languages and sold over twenty million copies. It has inspired everything from graphic novels and Japanese anime to movies and off-Broadway musicals. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam has become a major tourist destination attracting over 1.2 million tourists in 2019. Dutch historian David Barnouw, world renowned Anne Frank

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2:08

The Anne Frank Phenomenon

Realms of Memory ·

2025/11/18

How did the diary of a thirteen year old girl transform Anne Frank into an international memory sensation? Dutch historian David Barnouw, the world’s leading Anne Frank memory expert, has spent his career explaining the Anne Frank phenomenon. Find out more on the December 2nd episode of the Realms of Memory podcast.

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73:01

Memory, Forgetting and the Planet in Peril

Realms of Memory ·

2025/11/04

From global warming to mass species extinction we are now living in what Alan Weisman describes as the make or break century. What decisions we make now will determine how we come out on the other side. For the past quarter century Alan has traveled the globe reporting on the crises that imperil the planet. In The World Without Us (2007), which became a New York Times bestseller, he chronicles what would become of our environmental impact if we suddenly vanished from the planet tomorrow. In Count

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2:35

Memory, Forgetting and the Planet in Peril

Realms of Memory ·

2025/10/28

For the past quarter century journalist and non-fiction writer Alan Weisman has traveled the globe to write about the existential crises that now imperil the planet. In The World Without Us (2007), which became a New York Times bestseller, he kills off humanity in the opening pages to help us imagine what would become of our environmental impact after we’re gone. In Count Down: Our Last Best Hope for a Future on Earth (2013), he chronicles the causes and responses to the population explosion that

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73:57

Remembering Intimate Partner Violence

Realms of Memory ·

2025/10/21

Most cases of intimate partner violence are never made and the stories never told. Joy Neumeyer did both. The victim of an abusive relationship while a graduate student at Berkeley, Joy succeeded in having her former boyfriend and fellow graduate student expelled through the Title IX process. Equality important, she gained recognition for the truth of the physical and emotional harm she suffered. Through the lens of her training as a historian of the Soviet Union, Joy finds parallels with her

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84:55

Joel Waldman on Family Memory & True Crime

Realms of Memory ·

2025/10/07

As the host of the hit true crime podcast, Surviving the Survivor, Joel Waldman spends his days airing commentary on the nation’s most heartbreaking and horrific crime stories. Yet Joel grew up knowing very little about how his own mother Karmela, or Karm as he affectionately calls her, survived the Holocaust while her father and grandfather were gassed at Auschwitz. Joel’s book, based on interviews with his mother, Surviving the Survivor: A Brutally Honest Conversation about Life (& Death)

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