| 1. |
Introducing Now & Then |
May 14, 2021 |
| 2. |
Entangling Alliances |
June 1, 2021 |
| 3. |
Investigating Democracy |
June 8, 2021 |
| 4. |
Battling Over Critical Race Theory |
June 15, 2021 |
| 5. |
QAnon, Cults, and Cutlery |
June 22, 2021 |
| 6. |
Corrupting the Commonwealth |
June 29, 2021 |
| 7. |
Creating Federal Holidays, July 4th to Juneteenth |
July 6, 2021 |
| 8. |
Judging the Supreme Court |
July 13, 2021 |
| 9. |
Culture Wars |
July 20, 2021 |
| 10. |
The Human Toll of Infrastructure |
July 27, 2021 |
| 11. |
Projecting America at the Olympics |
Aug. 3, 2021 |
| 12. |
A Backstage Peek |
Aug. 10, 2021 |
| 13. |
Treason(ish) |
Aug. 17, 2021 |
| 14. |
Afghanistan & American Styles of War |
Aug. 24, 2021 |
| 15. |
Attacking and Defending Voting Rights |
Aug. 31, 2021 |
| 16. |
Climate Control |
Sept. 7, 2021 |
| 17. |
Abortion: Whose Choice? |
Sept. 14, 2021 |
| 18. |
New York, New York |
Sept. 21, 2021 |
| 19. |
Government Debt Roulette |
Sept. 28, 2021 |
| 20. |
Split Party Politics |
Oct. 5, 2021 |
| 21. |
Speakers of the House: Velvet Gloves and Iron Fists |
Oct. 12, 2021 |
| 22. |
The Rise of Bully Politics |
Oct. 19, 2021 |
| 23. |
Voting Rights: The Big Picture (ft. Carol Anderson) |
Oct. 26, 2021 |
| 24. |
Gastropod: Trick or Treat: Soul Cakes, Candy Corn, and Sugar Skulls Galore! |
Oct. 29, 2021 |
| 25. |
Democracy Is In the Mail |
Nov. 2, 2021 |
| 26. |
Associations: From the Masons to the Mob |
Nov. 9, 2021 |
| 27. |
Mill ‘Girls,’ Company Men, & the Great Resignation |
Nov. 16, 2021 |
| 28. |
Thanksgiving Wars |
Nov. 23, 2021 |
| 29. |
Encore: Creating Federal Holidays, July 4th to Juneteenth |
Nov. 30, 2021 |
| 30. |
Disinformation and Democracy |
Dec. 7, 2021 |
| 31. |
God & Morality in American Politics |
Dec. 14, 2021 |
| 32. |
Historians Have Their Heroes |
Dec. 21, 2021 |
| 33. |
The Lure of Political Outsiders |
Jan. 11, 2022 |
| 34. |
Restitution & Reparations |
Jan. 18, 2022 |
| 35. |
When Americans Can't Turn Away |
Jan. 25, 2022 |
| 36. |
CAFE Insider Special 1/27: Breyer Retires |
Jan. 27, 2022 |
| 37. |
The Culture of Cash |
Feb. 1, 2022 |
| 38. |
Bans, Schools, & Power: Book Panics |
Feb. 8, 2022 |
| 39. |
Bans, Schools, & Power: Public Education |
Feb. 15, 2022 |
| 40. |
Bans, Schools, & Power: False Majorities |
Feb. 22, 2022 |
| 41. |
Defining the State of the Union |
March 1, 2022 |
| 42. |
Heather Cox Richardson's Interview with President Biden |
March 4, 2022 |
| 43. |
Avatars of Democracy: Zelensky & More |
March 8, 2022 |
| 44. |
Women Warriors: Ukraine & Beyond |
March 15, 2022 |
| 45. |
Statecraft, Secrets, and Lies |
March 22, 2022 |
| 46. |
War Crimes & War Codes |
March 29, 2022 |
| 47. |
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Criminal Justice, & Public Defense |
April 5, 2022 |
| 48. |
Don’t Say Gay: A Queer History |
April 12, 2022 |
| 49. |
Tax Dollars and Tech Dollars: Who Supports Society? |
April 19, 2022 |
| 50. |
American Jews and the American Story |
April 26, 2022 |
| 51. |
A Disability Discourse |
May 3, 2022 |
| 52. |
The Weeds: How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Ended |
May 10, 2022 |
| 53. |
Free Speech: The Government and Us |
May 17, 2022 |
| 54. |
Free Speech: The Power of an Independent Press |
May 24, 2022 |
| 55. |
Free Speech: What IS Cancel Culture? |
May 31, 2022 |
| 56. |
The Mirage of Money (or, NFTs, WTF?) |
June 7, 2022 |
| 57. |
Nostalgia & Political Power |
June 14, 2022 |
| 58. |
Encore: Investigating Democracy |
June 21, 2022 |
| 59. |
Processing Roe’s Reversal in Real Time |
June 25, 2022 |
| 60. |
Alcohol in American Politics |
July 5, 2022 |
| 61. |
Racism and the Second Amendment (with Carol Anderson) |
July 12, 2022 |
| 62. |
Militia Movements |
July 19, 2022 |
| 63. |
Gastropod: The Milk of Life |
July 26, 2022 |
| 64. |
Tracking History's Mysteries |
Aug. 2, 2022 |
| 65. |
Does Anyone Love Taxes? |
Aug. 9, 2022 |
| 66. |
From Monopoly to Mystery Date |
Aug. 16, 2022 |
| 67. |
Vacation Nation |
Aug. 23, 2022 |
| 68. |
Encore: Abortion: Whose Choice? |
Aug. 30, 2022 |
| 69. |
Forgiving (and Unforgiving) Debts |
Sept. 6, 2022 |
| 70. |
When Parties Push Back |
Sept. 13, 2022 |
| 71. |
Mad About Monarchy |
Sept. 20, 2022 |
| 72. |
Immigration: Defining ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ |
Sept. 27, 2022 |
| 73. |
Puerto Rico Has Stories to Tell |
Oct. 4, 2022 |
| 74. |
The Meaning of Madison’s Flute: Who Owns Music? |
Oct. 12, 2022 |
| 75. |
Educating a Nation: Higher Ed in Peril (with Will Bunch) |
Oct. 19, 2022 |
| 76. |
Fat Cats and Hidden Hands in Politics |
Oct. 26, 2022 |
| 77. |
Fascism: Meanings and Methods |
Nov. 2, 2022 |
| 78. |
Power, Polling, & Public Opinion |
Nov. 8, 2022 |
| 79. |
The Power of the Youth Vote |
Nov. 16, 2022 |
| 80. |
Now & Then Live! The Unsung Voices Episode |
Nov. 23, 2022 |
| 81. |
Encore: Speakers of the House: Velvet Gloves and Iron Fists |
Nov. 30, 2022 |
| 82. |
FTX, Con Men, and the Power of Grift |
Dec. 7, 2022 |
| 83. |
Why "Terminating" the Constitution Matters |
Dec. 14, 2022 |
| 84. |
Georgia (Voting Rights) On My Mind (with Carol Anderson) |
Dec. 21, 2022 |
| 85. |
Encore: From Monopoly to Mystery Date |
Dec. 28, 2022 |
| 86. |
Things Are Looking Up? A New Year’s Show |
Jan. 11, 2023 |
| 87. |
Horses, Cats, and Chickens: Animal Power and Us |
Jan. 18, 2023 |
| 88. |
The 'Constitutional Sheriff' Myth |
Jan. 25, 2023 |
| 89. |
Advisors and Chiefs of Staff: The Powers of the President’s People |
Feb. 1, 2023 |
| 90. |
Asian American Identities: A National Story (with Mary Lui) |
Feb. 8, 2023 |
| 91. |
Congressional Committees…and Power |
Feb. 15, 2023 |
| 92. |
What UFOs Say About Us |
Feb. 22, 2023 |
| 93. |
Women Change Makers: Three Legal Battles |
March 1, 2023 |
| 94. |
Trash and Pollution: Who Pays? |
March 8, 2023 |
| 95. |
Women Journalists and Their Fight to Be Heard |
March 15, 2023 |
| 96. |
Now & Then Backstage 3/15: Women Journalists and Their Fight to Be Heard |
March 17, 2023 |
| 97. |
Why Americans Hate (and Love) Banks |
March 22, 2023 |
| 98. |
District Attorneys: Where the Rubber Meets the Road |
March 29, 2023 |
| 99. |
Canada and the One-Way Mirror |
April 5, 2023 |
| 100. |
Hostages as Messages |
April 12, 2023 |
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