feed01.fireside.fm Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:47:17 -0600 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Avi's Conversational Corner https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:45:04 -0500 Welcome! Here I will talk to a range of people on issues which interest me and I hope you, from religious slogans and wargaming to deeper political ideas to forgotten historical episodes. Bring up a chair, get comfortable, and enjoy! Avi en-us © 2026 Avi's Conversational Corner episodic A podcast on culture, history, and politics in a broad perspective Avi Woolf Welcome! Here I will talk to a range of people on issues which interest me and I hope you, from religious slogans and wargaming to deeper political ideas to forgotten historical episodes. Bring up a chair, get comfortable, and enjoy! Avi false Avi Woolf opdycke1861@gmail.com yes Episode 86 (Stumbling Colossus, 56): Rising Tide, Rising Crime https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sclatzercrime 1b2ea5cf-2f15-47b0-a6ac-90b5f565970b Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Barry Latzer discusses the origins and causes of crime and its absence in Gilded Age America. 51:52 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+G8v6LysS ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 85 (Stumbling Colossus, 55): The Chinese Challenge https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scchenchinese 095dec1f-df2f-4325-9f69-07ba0889fef7 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Yong Chen discusses the triumphs and challenges of the Chinese immigrants to the United States during the Gilded and Progressive Ages. 41:56 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+lPGbsUUd ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 84 (Stumbling Colossus, 54): The Italian Masses https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sccannatoitalians 5c7bd099-795b-40f4-b960-90bbaea344b2 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Vincent Cannato explains the contribution and controversy of Italian immigration in the Gilded Age. 28:57 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+WAERLI0- ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 83 (Stumbling Colossus, 53): The Irish "Leaders Of The Outs" https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scirishmeagher c51670aa-3257-4c0f-a860-a0ee3ab08662 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Timothy Meagher explains how Irish Americans found their place in post-Civil War America amid new waves of immigrants and new challenges. 40:13 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+xJcPyz7g ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 82 (Stumbling Colossus, 52): Immigration Nation: Streets Of Gold? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scboustan c14fb849-ef25-4c86-8a54-fe957f371e08 Mon, 12 May 2025 15:15:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Leah Boustan examines the myths and the reality of immigrant success in the Gilded Age. 28:39 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+sOfWVMzY ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 81 (Stumbling Colossus, 51): Immigration Nation: Selling America https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sczieglermcpherson b2c47530-8f0f-4efb-bcfd-6fefc1bb039c Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Ziegler-McPherson discusses who decided to try and sell America to prospective immigrants and why. 31:54 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+02w0faXT ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 80 (Stumbling Colossus, 50): Immigration Nation: 100% Americanism https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scgoldmanamericanism 53ac9eb5-f4bf-4a51-8a29-5a6f916eae47 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Samuel Goldman discusses how native-born Americans contended with the flood of immigration to the United States in the Gilded Age, and how it reshaped American identity itself. 47:23 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+FIoWPyOl ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 79: American Bureaucracy - Take It Or Leave It? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/hawickhorstbureaucracy 7e4b4cc1-e7f5-4d75-b5aa-594629972494 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Bureaucracy expert Kevin Hawickhorst discusses the history - both good and bad - of the institution Americans all hate, but cannot do without: bureaucracy. 43:24 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+I5gY5p8C ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 78 (Stumbling Colossus, 49): When The Circus Came To Town https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scstandifordcircus d76aec7e-3e5e-4983-9e75-32bc53d12ce4 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Les Standiford explains the attraction, rise, and fall of the American circus. 35:07 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+jinUsc5Y ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 77 (Stumbling Colossus, 48): Was the Gilded Age "too democratic"? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scgrinspandemocracy 3f290588-1e4b-474c-85e7-36a78517bdf6 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Jon Grinspan discusses the good and the bad of the political culture of the Gilded Age - and how and why it was changed. 26:40 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+ihKvBbkL ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 76 (Stumbling Colossus, 47): Recovering the Lost Constitution https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scbarnettfourteenthamdt 181b07b3-65ff-4921-b1db-0d0717c16f95 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Randy Barnett discusses the often misunderstood fourteenth amendment, how it was neutered, and what it means today. BONUS: Professor Barnett discusses his memoir describing his life as a prosecutor, libertarian intellectual and legal scholar. 1:00:55 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+Z-VLa4ka ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 75 (Stumbling Colossus, 46): Americans and Railroads – A Stormy Relationship https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scrailroadshuffard 3c57373a-0aad-4b42-aa10-910293a89955 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Scott Huffard discusses American attitudes towards the railroads during and after their heyday in the Gilded Age. 23:28 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+4uMP8Qk0 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 74 (Stumbling Colossus, 45): The Rise and Fall of Saloon Culture https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scsismondosaloons 68aeb48c-17ba-41fe-9aab-5e57a42b87d3 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Christine Sismondo discusses the good and the bad of one of the Gilded Age's most important social institutions - the saloon. 40:19 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+ho8S-L1y ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 73 (Stumbling Colossus, 44): The Railroad's Color Line https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scarnesenbrotherhoods 237f7ad5-ae95-4a00-bb6f-a841eda7f269 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Eric Arnesen discusses the good and the bad of the Black American railroad worker experience. 40:58 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+EBkbam56 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 72 (Stumbling Colossus, 43): The Golden Age of the "Hated" Railroads https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scwolmarrailroads b34e897e-f69a-421e-831b-bac9a3232250 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf International railroad expert Christian Wolmar discusses the good and the bad of the machine that defined the Gilded Age. 35:35 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+WrZNaayF ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 71 (Stumbling Colossus, 42): Did the “poor get poorer” while the “rich got richer”? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scavirichpoor 0e05c75e-e895-45ee-9f7a-58fd57faddc2 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf In another solo episode, I unpack the complications of this common misconception of the Gilded Age. 35:05 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+T-IVg2DY ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 70 (Stumbling Colossus, 41): Making a Nation Into a Neighborhood https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sctelegraphtelephonejohn c69010e7-d54c-4efc-86dc-31063a6591ab Mon, 26 Feb 2024 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Richard John returns to discuss how telegraph and telephone networks connected and shaped Gilded Age America. 31:02 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+qzZFtN0y ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 69 (Stumbling Colossus, 40): Ragtime https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scberlinragtime 697c1b6a-e58f-4b1e-9943-80c3e1689c48 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Musical historian Ed Berlin discusses the rise and power of ragtime, the precursor to jazz and one of America's great musical inventions. 25:26 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+s7-STTjm ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 68 (Stumbling Colossus, 39): Poetry for a Society in Motion https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scsearspoetry 82956a7d-592e-43fd-9443-fcaa01a77acd Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Ben Sears discusses some of the main influences and trends in American poetry in the Gilded Age. 28:55 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+OJ8EkX69 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 63 (Pop Goes the Culture, 1): Video Game Music https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/popculturevidgamemusicjia 68fcd0b4-0799-4a9d-93d4-1922ebfa52b2 Tue, 26 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Cultural commentator Oliver Jia discusses the beginnings, birth pangs, and development of video game music, and what makes it unique compared to other forms of music. 15:25 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+KUQWjpfJ ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 62 (Stumbling Colossus, 38): Gilded Age America – Democracy? Republic? Something Else? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/screpubliccost ee8b8d2f-f657-4f94-8b8c-0e60cce16564 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Jay Cost discusses the challenges and questions America faced as a republic and democratic civil society during the Gilded Age. 48:44 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+jrbLV0bG ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 61 (Stumbling Colossus, 37): And the Band Went Marching On https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scprokschmarchingbands 3164ae19-3a2d-4522-b015-aea9a2905726 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Bryan Proksch looks at the overwhelming popularity of marching bands in the Gilded Age - who played, what they played, why they rose and why they fell. To read Professor Proksch's full documentary history, click here to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-American-Bands/dp/1622776275 48:03 false Professor Bryan Proksch looks at the overwhelming popularity of marching bands in the Gilded Age - who played, what they played, why they rose and why they fell.

To read Professor Proksch's full documentary history, click here to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-American-Bands/dp/1622776275

]]> Professor Bryan Proksch looks at the overwhelming popularity of marching bands in the Gilded Age - who played, what they played, why they rose and why they fell.

To read Professor Proksch's full documentary history, click here to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-American-Bands/dp/1622776275

]]> Professor Bryan Proksch looks at the overwhelming popularity of marching bands in the Gilded Age - who played, what they played, why they rose and why they fell.

To read Professor Proksch's full documentary history, click here to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-American-Bands/dp/1622776275

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+njD3Xeo7 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 60 (Stumbling Colossus, 36): The Mail Must Get Through https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scjohnmail f68b3577-21e6-4aaf-9b63-1b4471723477 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Richard John discusses the development, challenges, and partisan and political politics of the federal government's most important service in the Gilded Age. 25:19 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+M0-2OIoQ ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 59 (Stumbling Colossus, 35): Growing Small Town America https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/schurtmidwestfarming ddea27e0-fbfc-4a21-9c4e-9367ecdee538 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. R. Douglas Hurt discusses the successes and challenges of farmers in the American Midwestern heartland. 24:35 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+fk5Umjxz ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 58 (Stumbling Colossus, 34): Gustav Mahler's Musical New York https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scmahlerhorowitz 61f273a8-38d2-41be-89cc-bc5a0439097f Mon, 28 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Acclaimed American classical music historian Joseph Horowitz discusses the personalities and musical creativity that burst forth in Gilded Age America, with a focus on acclaimed composer and conducter Gustav Mahler. 31:36 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+h-jFlLUV ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 58 (Stumbling Colossus, 33): Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (Novel)? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sckernsdimenovel 681c2150-ef57-4f02-96b4-3aa40954e700 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Award winning author Matthew Kerns talks about the origins, popularity, mythology, and legacy of the dime novel, America's proto-comic book. 38:29 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+wpiMN_fM ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 57 (Stumbling Colossus, 32): A Glorious and Terrible Aftermath – The Grand Army of the Republic and Civil War Veterans in the Gilded Age https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scgargannon 8c74442f-43b0-4f85-9d01-a6ddd5698df0 Mon, 03 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Barbara Gannon breaks down the role of the largest Civil War veterans association in commemorating the past, helping veterans in the present, and its place in America's future generations. 37:22 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+6NpCCCsI ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 56 (Stumbling Colossus, 31): Electing The Gilded Age Senate – Corrupt Bargain or Anti-Populist Bulwark? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scschillersenate 231f1ccb-5360-498b-a7a3-e392c535ce54 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Wendy Schiller discusses the good and the bad of how Senators were chosen before and after the 17th amendment to the constitution creating direct election of Senators. 29:57 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+LQnp2br- ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 55 (Stumbling Colossus, 30): Anthony Comstock’s Crusade Against Lust – Doomed Madness or Moral Heroism? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sccomstock b9ff35dd-93be-4268-92f2-a07d2f37dd8f Mon, 29 May 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf I discuss the life and work of one of America's most energetic - and controversial - moralizing crusaders. 40:50 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+HFXmA0ks ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 53 (Stumbling Colossus, 29): Protecting American Industry – Vital Lifeline or Political Racket? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sctradeirwin d15c47ff-d201-4aab-b0ec-3edea8058396 Mon, 01 May 2023 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Douglas Irwin discusses the politics and economics of American trade policy in the Gilded Age. 24:30 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+SgaGHxCf ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 52 (Stumbling Colossus, 28): Let's Put on a Show, or Gilded Age Vaudeville https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sctravsdvaudeville 7eedf515-8f33-4946-bf70-eb7ea04ebb07 Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Cultural polymath Trav S.D. discusses the rise, fall, and importance of vaudeville as one of America's great forms of entertainment and enterprise. 33:16 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+Wmwx8pws ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 52 (Stumbling Colossus, 27): Henry George: Prophet of American Modernity https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sclarsgeorgism e67e0048-a33b-4343-bf53-4f2049e15f27 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Lars Doucet discusses the history and practice of one of the great pioneers of governing ideas in the American Gilded Age. 56:45 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+rNPzTsSN ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 51 (Stumbling Colossus, 26): The Ever Closing Frontier https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scwrobelfrontier 72463094-06b9-43ad-b6cd-f5b3e2b60d87 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Western Historian Prof. David Wrobel discusses the ways in which Americans understood and shaped the American frontier, and how they reacted when they thought it physically "closed." 45:24 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+MOv16Cw7 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 50: Why I Love History https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/fiftiethepisode 94f8b1d1-fd9d-4f86-b435-3ae46f9a724d Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf A conversation with myself about why I do this. 23:48 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+xwfwOcQz ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 49 (Stumbling Colossus, 25): The Last Lincoln Republican? https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scarringtongarfield 9a0bfcd8-e799-4f25-b5bc-60016292a26a Mon, 13 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Todd Arrington discusses the life and lost potential of James Garfield, the assassinated President who won the 1880 election. 58:44 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+Nlj4SlgJ ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 48: Everett Dirksen's Republicanism https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/whitedirksen 906c9100-d829-4652-968b-1ae5782342e2 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dirksen Center Director Tiffany White talks about the personality and politics of one of the most pivotal Republican legislators of the 1950s and 1960s. 37:07 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+2iUT24AN ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 47 (Stumbling Colossus, 24): The Gilded Democrat https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scsenikcleveland 3bd1dae6-92af-4067-81f2-edd5f13a7acf Mon, 30 Jan 2023 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Author Troy Senik discusses the enigma of the only Democrat to win the White House in our era, and why he mattered and matters. 43:00 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+kH-mx4tz ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 46: Robert Taft - Image and Reality https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/pattersontaft 88090c46-95b7-40b0-8fcc-16d71b0dd9bf Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Taft biographer James T. Patterson discusses the ins and outs of one of the Republican Party's most effective legislators. 25:34 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+9gj1bmQb ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 45 (Stumbling Colossus, 23): Horatio Alger's Gilded Virtue https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scnackenoffhoratioalger d879c9ef-8d51-480a-8376-e18b3d7d95e7 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Carol Nackenoff discusses the views, ideas, and failings of one of America's most well-known advocates of civic virtue and self-help. 36:30 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+4_3ww26U ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 44: Giving Dewey His Due https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/kennedydewey 72b52dbe-4e3a-4d70-a766-33f7ebb43923 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 14:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Joshua Kennedy explains Thomas Dewey from his point of view, as well as his importance for the Republican Party and his clashes within the party and with the Democrats. 30:05 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+klXcqjge ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 43 (Stumbling Colossus, 22): The Gilded Midwest https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sclauckmidwest df6c240b-6ede-4156-a283-1d1fb6ed371c Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Jon Lauck discusses the triumphs and struggles of the country's most populous region in the Gilded Age. 30:21 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+dMhjXGgm ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 42 (Stumbling Colossus, 21): The Rise of the US Navy https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/screntfrownavy 1d9b1552-4384-40b0-88f9-4fb7de0fb7fc Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. James Rentfrow explains the growth, challenges, and direction of the US Navy as America became a rising power. 42:44 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+NrOjxWj2 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 41 (Stumbling Colossus, 20): The Populist Alternative https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scpostellpopulism a9d89235-eeb7-4e7f-a716-f6eb765c511b Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf 37:57 false Prof. Charles Postel discusses the image and reality of the American Populist or People's Party - its ambitions and reams, failures and successes.

]]> Prof. Charles Postel discusses the image and reality of the American Populist or People's Party - its ambitions and reams, failures and successes.

]]> Prof. Charles Postel discusses the image and reality of the American Populist or People's Party - its ambitions and reams, failures and successes.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+FfcM1wDO ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 40 (Stumbling Colossus, 19): Reed's House Rules https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scklotz dd86cc9b-b922-4468-967a-a0e9a33c9129 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Robert Klotz discusses the impact of Thomas Brackett Reed's majoritarian House rules on American politics. 22:20 false Prof. Robert Klotz discusses the impact of Thomas Brackett Reed's majoritarian House rules on American politics.

]]> Prof. Robert Klotz discusses the impact of Thomas Brackett Reed's majoritarian House rules on American politics.

]]> Prof. Robert Klotz discusses the impact of Thomas Brackett Reed's majoritarian House rules on American politics.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+iXhrANJ1 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 39 (Stumbling Colossus, 18): Controlling Urban Chaos https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scgray d249c93e-9a30-4e7b-9390-adee88c7a04b Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Zoning Expert Nolan Gray discusses the good and bad of life before zoning in America - and whether we should go back. 29:30 false Zoning Expert Nolan Gray discusses the good and bad of life before zoning in America - and whether we should go back.

]]> Zoning Expert Nolan Gray discusses the good and bad of life before zoning in America - and whether we should go back.

]]> Zoning Expert Nolan Gray discusses the good and bad of life before zoning in America - and whether we should go back.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+XEdPU6nz ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 38 (Stumbling Colossus, 17): Gilded Germans https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sckampheofner 1bdcfb1b-bd56-41dc-ac42-fa4058124d7c Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Kampheofner discusses the trials and triumphs of one of America's lesser known major immigrant communities during the Gilded Age. 29:50 false Prof. Kampheofner discusses the trials and triumphs of one of America's lesser known major immigrant communities during the Gilded Age.

]]> Prof. Kampheofner discusses the trials and triumphs of one of America's lesser known major immigrant communities during the Gilded Age.

]]> Prof. Kampheofner discusses the trials and triumphs of one of America's lesser known major immigrant communities during the Gilded Age.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+wtnRCVFn ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 37 (Stumbling Colossus, 16): Show Me the Money https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scselgin 871bffa9-c4e3-4eaf-8a66-806bce36180e Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. George Selgin discusses how money was issued and provided before, during, and after the Gilded Age. 48:45 false Dr. George Selgin discusses how money was issued and provided before, during, and after the Gilded Age.

]]> Dr. George Selgin discusses how money was issued and provided before, during, and after the Gilded Age.

]]> Dr. George Selgin discusses how money was issued and provided before, during, and after the Gilded Age.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+CiTGDO5J ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 36 (Stumbling Colossus, 15): A More Moral Nation https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scfoster c969eabe-dcdc-441f-8eac-75dde75b8598 Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Gaines Foster discusses the motives, challenges, successes, and failures of the Christian moral lobbyists during the Gilded Age. 27:59 false Professor Gaines Foster discusses the motives, challenges, successes, and failures of the Christian moral lobbyists during the Gilded Age.

]]> Professor Gaines Foster discusses the motives, challenges, successes, and failures of the Christian moral lobbyists during the Gilded Age.

]]> Professor Gaines Foster discusses the motives, challenges, successes, and failures of the Christian moral lobbyists during the Gilded Age.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+1fvYbpkU ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 35 (Stumbling Colossus, 14): Jobbery vs. Snobbery https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scpostell 415d267b-cd64-47aa-961c-4f59f37bd2f1 Mon, 30 May 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Joe Postell discusses the debate between party control and technocratic control of government during the Gilded and Progressive Ages. 37:37 false Professor Joe Postell discusses the debate between party control and technocratic control of government during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> Professor Joe Postell discusses the debate between party control and technocratic control of government during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> Professor Joe Postell discusses the debate between party control and technocratic control of government during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+U2FIEbql ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 34 (Stumbling Colossus, 13): The Battle of the Classics https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scadler 9a3de2e0-d50d-40db-8343-809c36c89b3e Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Prof. Eric Adler discusses the first great debate on the importance of studying "the best that has been thought and said" - and what we can learn about it for today. 22:27 false Prof. Eric Adler discusses the first great debate on the importance of studying "the best that has been thought and said" - and what we can learn about it for today.

]]> Prof. Eric Adler discusses the first great debate on the importance of studying "the best that has been thought and said" - and what we can learn about it for today.

]]> Prof. Eric Adler discusses the first great debate on the importance of studying "the best that has been thought and said" - and what we can learn about it for today.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+iI3bbCak ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 33 (Stumbling Colossus, 12): Gilded Mutual Aid https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scbeito c65340a0-14f4-4d67-9be0-3b9d789fbbab Mon, 18 Apr 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. David Beito discusses the ways in which Gilded Age Americans of all classes helped each other out when the government stood aside. 24:52 false Dr. David Beito discusses the ways in which Gilded Age Americans of all classes helped each other out when the government stood aside.

]]> Dr. David Beito discusses the ways in which Gilded Age Americans of all classes helped each other out when the government stood aside.

]]> Dr. David Beito discusses the ways in which Gilded Age Americans of all classes helped each other out when the government stood aside.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+xTvppKKV ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 32 (Stumbling Colossus, 11): TR's Wars https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scpietruszatr 27731428-d250-4b1f-91f3-769ab6d9e51e Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. David Pietrusza is back to discuss Theodore Roosevelt's single minded focus on war - and his paradoxical avoidance of the same at critical moments. 28:24 false Dr. David Pietrusza is back to discuss Theodore Roosevelt's single minded focus on war - and his paradoxical avoidance of the same at critical moments.

]]> Dr. David Pietrusza is back to discuss Theodore Roosevelt's single minded focus on war - and his paradoxical avoidance of the same at critical moments.

]]> Dr. David Pietrusza is back to discuss Theodore Roosevelt's single minded focus on war - and his paradoxical avoidance of the same at critical moments.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+Q5Wvot-n ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 31 (Stumbling Colossus, 10): US Shipping and the Jones Act https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scgrabow dcb891df-7d80-4d89-817e-e91113b4989f Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Colin Grabow of the CATO Institute discusses the law, history, and future of American internal shipping, from the Gilded Age to today. 29:54 false Colin Grabow of the CATO Institute discusses the law, history, and future of American internal shipping, from the Gilded Age to today.

]]> Colin Grabow of the CATO Institute discusses the law, history, and future of American internal shipping, from the Gilded Age to today.

]]> Colin Grabow of the CATO Institute discusses the law, history, and future of American internal shipping, from the Gilded Age to today.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+KxxQgO3E ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 30 (Stumbling Colossus, 9): Gilded Age Education https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scellard 77dd1f2b-3f9c-4d44-8b43-e7e7756f608a Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Independent historian Kerry Ellard discusses the chaos and order in America's emerging public school system during the Gilded and Progressive Ages. 37:21 false Independent historian Kerry Ellard discusses the chaos and order in America's emerging public school system during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> Independent historian Kerry Ellard discusses the chaos and order in America's emerging public school system during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> Independent historian Kerry Ellard discusses the chaos and order in America's emerging public school system during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+9-WVKusq ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 29 (Stumbling Colossus, 8): Rome and America https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scpatterson f6b9242a-c526-4883-8084-b60fe3e5cb73 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor James Patterson discusses the trials and triumphs and divisions within American Catholicism during the Gilded Age. 58:52 false Professor James Patterson discusses the trials and triumphs and divisions within American Catholicism during the Gilded Age.

]]> Professor James Patterson discusses the trials and triumphs and divisions within American Catholicism during the Gilded Age.

]]> Professor James Patterson discusses the trials and triumphs and divisions within American Catholicism during the Gilded Age.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+C9yOMxDX ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 28 (Stumbling Colossus, 7): Gilded Age Jews https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scsarna e7eb2dc4-fafc-418a-91a7-5352a5836725 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Jonathan Sarna discusses the profound changes in Jewish life, culture, politics, and demographics during the Gilded Age and beyond. 36:05 false Professor Jonathan Sarna discusses the profound changes in Jewish life, culture, politics, and demographics during the Gilded Age and beyond.

]]> Professor Jonathan Sarna discusses the profound changes in Jewish life, culture, politics, and demographics during the Gilded Age and beyond.

]]> Professor Jonathan Sarna discusses the profound changes in Jewish life, culture, politics, and demographics during the Gilded Age and beyond.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+0RY6OBb5 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 27 (Stumbling Collosus, 6): The Gilded Supreme Court https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scbernstein e8bf3f6b-c52f-4176-83c9-776afca10885 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor David Bernstein discusses the legal thinking of an often misunderstood Supreme Court ruling, and the "road not taken" in constitutional jurisprudence. 32:31 false Professor David Bernstein discusses the legal thinking of an often misunderstood Supreme Court ruling, and the "road not taken" in constitutional jurisprudence.

]]> Professor David Bernstein discusses the legal thinking of an often misunderstood Supreme Court ruling, and the "road not taken" in constitutional jurisprudence.

]]> Professor David Bernstein discusses the legal thinking of an often misunderstood Supreme Court ruling, and the "road not taken" in constitutional jurisprudence.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+v3HcZ4hP ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 26 (Stumbling Collosus, 5): The US Army https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/schsieh c5e00f7f-83c2-40ae-babd-33e552d35dd7 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Wayne Hsieh discusses the importance and struggles of the American Army throughout our era, including funding, training, and different kinds of missions. 36:31 false Professor Wayne Hsieh discusses the importance and struggles of the American Army throughout our era, including funding, training, and different kinds of missions.

]]> Professor Wayne Hsieh discusses the importance and struggles of the American Army throughout our era, including funding, training, and different kinds of missions.

]]> Professor Wayne Hsieh discusses the importance and struggles of the American Army throughout our era, including funding, training, and different kinds of missions.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+H07PnUwr ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 25 (Stumbling Colossus, 4): Gold in the Hills https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/schutton 382bb7dd-4fc0-4163-8acb-321f3a1d06d9 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Bob Hutton discusses the politics, society and economy of Appalachia in the Gilded and Progressive Ages. 50:22 false Dr. Bob Hutton discusses the politics, society and economy of Appalachia in the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> Dr. Bob Hutton discusses the politics, society and economy of Appalachia in the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> Dr. Bob Hutton discusses the politics, society and economy of Appalachia in the Gilded and Progressive Ages.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+lCIdO8Dh ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 24 (Stumbling Colossus, 3): Gilded, Dusty Texas https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sccervantez 78b43270-edf1-41ae-85ba-e3ffc3158808 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Brian Cervantez discusses the diversity and change, ethos and mythos of Gilded and Progressive Age Texas. 52:15 false Dr. Brian Cervantez discusses the diversity and change, ethos and mythos of Gilded and Progressive Age Texas.

]]> Dr. Brian Cervantez discusses the diversity and change, ethos and mythos of Gilded and Progressive Age Texas.

]]> Dr. Brian Cervantez discusses the diversity and change, ethos and mythos of Gilded and Progressive Age Texas.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+uEGSyiBj ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 23 (Stumbling Colossus, 2): For God and Country https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scmiles 7f60fc3e-d0e3-4d4d-b254-15271ef38980 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Miles Smith discusses how Protestant America went from elation at the end of the Civil War to dread over their future at the end of WWI. 42:44 false Dr. Miles Smith discusses how Protestant America went from elation at the end of the Civil War to dread over their future at the end of WWI.

]]> Civil War, WASP, Social Gospel, Immigration, High Church Dr. Miles Smith discusses how Protestant America went from elation at the end of the Civil War to dread over their future at the end of WWI.

]]> Dr. Miles Smith discusses how Protestant America went from elation at the end of the Civil War to dread over their future at the end of WWI.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+lvXwBzrH ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 22 (Stumbling Colossus, 1): The WASPs https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/scgoldman cbd70d76-03be-491b-a02f-20b266dac2a4 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Samuel Goldman discusses the rise, fall, and legacy of one of America's great self-appointed elites. 1:02:39 false Professor Samuel Goldman discusses the rise, fall, and legacy of one of America's great self-appointed elites.

]]> Civil War, WASP, Reconstruction, Reform Professor Samuel Goldman discusses the rise, fall, and legacy of one of America's great self-appointed elites.

]]> Professor Samuel Goldman discusses the rise, fall, and legacy of one of America's great self-appointed elites.

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+TvOh7Z_i ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 21: Teaching the Founding Fathers https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/jaycost 48e927d4-6461-4d26-887a-d75d8d9139f5 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Jay Cost discusses the pros and cons of the Founding Fathers and the American experiment more generally. 1:01:12 false History, America, Parties, Education https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+2z5Hqgkf ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 20: Conservatives and the University https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/patterson ef86b7bd-be74-4281-9478-5a03e80a1516 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor James Patterson discusses the challenges of conservative teachers and students in existing and potentially new universities. 44:03 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+8g7ddbTf ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 19: Obedience in Our Time https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/kaurinshanks 7a2c5f56-998d-4446-aa2c-669b236ecd57 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin discusses the meaning and imperative of obedience and morality in a postmodern age. 44:59 false Eddie Gallagher, My Lai, Vietnam, Crimson Tide, A Few Good Men https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+m612VCp2 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 18: The Life, Death, and Future of Small Town America https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/davidpietrusza 6ee986b1-8560-40b1-b296-3dfd202a423d Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Historian David Pietrusza discusses his hometown of Amsterdam, NY from its heyday to its decline to its possible revival. 30:02 false Rust Belt, Polish Americans, Nelson Rockefeller, Upstate New York https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+mVf8oXdg ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 17: West Virginia - Past, Present, Future https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/andrewdonaldson b19a1f03-143a-48be-a60e-342f37e51b57 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Andrew Donaldson, West Virginia native, comes on to discuss the much misunderstood state, its problems and its prospects. 37:46 false West Virginia, Kevin Williamson, Opioids, Trump https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+j0-g28IF ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 16: Charlie Brown's America https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/blakescottball 2e34a101-7bf6-417e-b045-728fe6b046eb Mon, 24 May 2021 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Professor Blake Scott Ball discusses how Charles Schulz understood America - and how America understood his work in Peanuts. 47:41 false Peanuts, WWII, Franklin, Lucy, Nineties, Middle America https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+f_ipsYgA ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 15: Teaching in America https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/danielbuck d90bd5f8-4ceb-4a48-8350-7c89ca325921 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Teacher and writer Daniel Buck discusses the challenges and promise of teaching in America from multiple perspectives. 48:17 false education, teaching, vouchers, unions, literature https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+Nnj6_FHi ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 14: Power, Freedom, and Jews https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/sharanskytroy 2d9f8e99-da48-4521-891e-7d2e1cc837d8 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf I talk with Nathan Sharansky and Gil Troy about their new book Never Alone, a memoir and musing on power and freedom around the world and among Jews. 1:38:19 false Soviet Union, Iraq, Israel, Jews, Democracy https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+PNPPbmHC ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 13: New Media - Promise and Peril https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/chrishutton 37054db3-6b8f-489a-968a-10124269cbd9 Tue, 11 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Tech journalist and sociology grad student Hutton discusses the good and bad of political social media, gaming communities, podcasts, and more. 54:43 false social media, gaming, Joe Rogan, PragerU https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+J3LnXblx ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 12: Evangelicals - The Next Generation https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/josh 062e7ee0-1efb-4111-badb-181fc808628b Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Josh, a medical student and young Evangelical, discusses the past, present, and future of Evangelical Christianity 42:49 false Evangelical, Christianity, LGBT, Billy Graham, Race https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+ez3lHEu7 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 11: Jews and the Military (Yagil Henkin) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/yagilhenkin 8879be49-2f38-43cc-a7c6-e1c96ea89fae Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Yagil Henkin discusses the evolving attitudes of the Jews towards military force and the use thereof. 49:15 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+4hCqDan2 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 10: The Agony of the Kresy https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/timbucknall bae2fa66-215e-4110-874d-1b92462501d1 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Tim Bucknall discusses the destruction and rebuilding of the Polish borderlands and its community in WWII and beyond. 37:34 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+tXl0ywcF ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 9: Spaceship Paganism and Transgender Souls https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/tzvikilov 09689434-e8af-4f15-aca9-7dbd3c1c3251 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 07:00:00 -0500 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Rabbi Tzvi Kilov discusses the great potential of technology to reach into the beyond, the world of spirits and souls and God. 39:40 false https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+FxXFZQnk ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 8: Conservative Orders and Hispanic Americans (Jos. Laughon) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/joelaughon 5a0c63cc-7401-4ec7-b933-36333971fa61 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Joseph and I discuss the relevance of Russel Kirk, LA city traditions present and (possibly) future, and why Hispanic Americans are not the bogeyman the right claims it to be. 47:08 false conservatism, hispanic, los angeles, cities, republicans https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+7RafGP8W ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 7: Cities and Transport https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/nathanielhoradam 6b7a30b5-da21-4807-a31f-c0936a64db44 Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Nathaniel discusses the past and present of cities and how to get around them, with an emphasis on Uber, Lyft, and other technological proposals. 47:28 false uber, lyft, automation, cities, silicon valley, atlanta https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+KT5Kqtes ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 6: Public Defense https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/zekewebster 9d3dcc0a-f9fa-4768-af80-759d2a699ba4 Mon, 05 Aug 2019 07:15:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Zeke Webster discusses the good, the bad, and the crazy of being a public defender in the US. 36:21 false criminal justice, public defender, school resource officer, traffic tickets, legal aid https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+VN5JCs56 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 5: Settlers and Religious Anthropology (Nehemia Stern) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/nehemiastern f3648116-eb51-48f2-b9a3-0651266d764b Mon, 22 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Dr. Nehemia Stern discusses the challenges and nuances in taking religion and Israeli settlers seriously as a scholarly subject and as part of Israeli society. 48:59 false anthropology, religion, settlers, Israel, Palestine, academia https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+sJS72LEs ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 4: Building Boys (Jennifer Fink) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/jenniferfink 28310852-f4e7-42f1-a385-8124d00d622b Mon, 08 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf In this episode, I and Building Boys website creator Jennifer Fink discuss some of the most common misunderstandings of how and why boys do what they do, and positive ways to adapt and help them grow into good men. 41:42 false boys, education, metoo, recess, college, video games https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+InEnyRhg ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 3: The Jews of Vilna in WWI (Andrew Koss) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/andrewkoss 9f3727db-3547-4451-89d1-c7565fa9c070 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf Andrew Koss and I discuss the fate and struggles of the Jews of the Russian Empire, using the community of Vilna (Vilnius) as an example. 1:09:45 false WWI, Russian Civil War, Vilna, Jews, Germans, Communism https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+9Yx3KHI5 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 2: Wargaming and History (Zach St. Clair) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/zachstclair 09debd80-f047-4823-be97-f083b5331f64 Tue, 28 May 2019 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf I talk with Zach (Fuss to his Twitter friends) about the attraction and educational value of wargaming, including on the subjects of morality, history, and civics. Enjoy! 42:04 false Wargaming, Chinese Civil War, WWII, Civics, Russian Civil War, RPG https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+jucWeLD2 ]]> Avi Woolf Episode 1: Sacred Slogans (Rabbi Joshua Yuter) https://avisconcorner.fireside.fm/yuter 3afe44a5-da24-4f86-8bfb-72507739697b Tue, 21 May 2019 07:00:00 -0400 opdycke1861@gmail.com (Avi Woolf) full Avi Woolf A conversation with Rabbi Joshua Yuter about the use and abuse of religious slogans for political purposes, as well as the good and bad of social media pedagogy. 47:40 false religion, tikkun olam, slogans, twitter, politics https://fireside.fm/player/v2/RKQ05VW4+K2Dbef5F ]]> Avi Woolf