
Donovan Hohn, the acting editor of Lapham's Quarterly, interviews historians, writers, and journalists about books that bring voices from the past up to the microphone of the present. New episodes are released bi-weekly.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 143 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | History | |||

This bonus episode of The World in Time brings together a pair of conversations, one about the making of a movie, another about the making of an archive. Director John Kirby and producer Libby Handros talk to acting editor Donovan Hohn about their co... more
“Before he was twenty, George Washington had bought and sold and parlayed himself into nearly three thousand acres of prime land,” William Hogeland writes in Autumn of the Black Snake: George Washington, Mad Anthony Wayne, and the Invasion That Opene... more
“He’s an intuitive ethnographer,” Andrea Wulf says of George Forster, the subject of her new book, on this week’s episode of The World in Time. “As they travel across the South Pacific and stop at all these different islands, he records the islanders... more
Two years ago today, Lewis Lapham’s voice joined all those other departed voices of the past. This summer we’ve been welcoming his voice back to the microphone of the present, and today, in commemoration of the anniversary of his death, we are sharin... more
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Thank you for honouring the great man at last.
I understand Mr. Latham passed away. I missed his great podcast. His website had excellent articles from different topics and reputable sources. I hope his online magazine can continue as well as his podcast. It seems there is a foundation behind the publication. My condolences to his family and friends. He will be greatly missed.
Lewis Lapham's The World In Time: Please send us more. LTF
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A history- and culture-forward show that centers in-depth conversations with historians, writers, and public intellectuals. Episodes commonly thread together grand arcs—colonial expansion, revolutions, the making of nations, and the cultural life that surrounds them—through archival material, literary analysis, and cross-disciplinary perspectives. Notable is the consistent pairing of scholarly guests with a host who situates each interview within larger questions about memory, public humanities, and how past ideas shape present-day understanding. The format often blends narrative storytelling with rigorous historiography, offering listeners a mix of new archival access, book discussions, and thoughtful commentary on how civilizations rememb... more
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