New York Fashion Week is here. But what is fashion? And what is American fashion? 🚩Support My Program🚩In this interview: ►What can be considered unfashionable? ►In the old days, did kings and queens set fashion trends? ►Do you have a fashion group? ►Did you say you don't think about clothes? If yes, then you do! ►Is fashion aspirational? ►Ralph Lauren ►Fashion during the Industrial Revolution ►How is American fashion different than French fashion? ►Is fashion art? ►Can we point to an early expression of American fashion? ►How has social media affected the fashion industry? ►Does New York Fashion Week reflect fashion trends or set fashion trends? ►What is the House of Worth? ►What are the 4 reasons that Adel, HbN host, is interested in fashion history? 🚩About My 188th Guest Scholars:Prof. Nancy Deihl is Chair of the Department of Art and Art Professions at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University (NYU). She is a historian of fashion specializing in the period from the mid-19th century to the present and concentrating on the American fashion industry. She is particularly interested in connections between fashion and art practices. Before NYU, Prof. Deihl taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology.She has published widely on fashion, including the following two books: she has co-authored "The History of Modern Fashion", and is the editor of "The Hidden History of American Fashion: Rediscovering 20th-century Women Designers". 🚩Other Interviews: ►S5E45: Jane Austen 250►S5E40: Putin and the War in Ukraine ►S5E30: National Guard in U.S. Cities 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? More than 200 scholar interviews and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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The White House - History Of Changes Big & Small | S5E45
How do presidents pay for White House renovations, furnishings and other expenses? Pres. Trump will be building a big beautiful ballroom for the White House. And you will note from this interview, the need for additional space in the executive mansion is not at all new. Many presidents have asked for it. 🚩Support My Program🚩In this interview: ►Who manages the White House? ►Who funds White House maintenance and projects? ►Why did some presidents sell White House furniture, furnishing & tableware? ►Why does the White House have eclectic styles? ►What was Mary Todd Lincoln's for future First Ladies? ►What was Jacqueline Kennedy's contributions to the White House? ►Which president embarked on the biggest 20th century renovation and why? ►How was White House security in the old days? ►Why was the Oval Office moved? ►How did TR and FDR change the White House? ►Does the White House have hidden passages? ►What are some major White House changes that Congress rejected? ►What are some unpopular White House changed that we have come to love? 🚩About My 187th Guest Scholars:Dr. Matthew Costello was named the Chief Education Officer of the White House Historical Association, where he is Chair in White House History and Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History. 🚩Other Interviews: ►S5E41: Presidential Love Affairs, Sexual Relations & Scandals. ►S3E49: America's First Ladies►S4E8: America's Conspiracy Theories 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? More than 200 scholar interviews and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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Why is Jane Austen important? A Literary Giant & A Historic Figure | S5E44
Bath, England, is celebrating Jane Austen - 250 years of her life and legacy. 🚩Support My ProgramDo any of these titles sound familiar to you? ►"Pride and Prejudice"►"Sense and Sensibility"►"Persuasion" ►"Emma"►"Mansfield Park"►"Sanditon"If so, you definitely want to hear this interview - the stories and history of Jane Austen's life and legacy. 🚩About My 186th Guest Scholars:Prof. Kathryn Sutherland of St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, is the Patron of Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, a member of the Advisory Board for the British Library's 'Discovering Literature' project and Chair of the Advisory Board of the Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens. She has published extensively, including the following books that we discuss in this interview: "Jane Austen in 41 Objects""Jane Austen: Writer in the World""Why Modern Manuscripts Matter"🚩Celebrating Jane Austen: Here is the website for Bath's Jane Austen Festival 2025. 🚩Relevant Interview: S2E31: my 2022 interview with Dr. Mehrkens about monarchy and middle class🚩History Behind This Week's News: ►S3E8: China's military history ►S5E33: Presidential sex and love scandals ►S5E30: U.S. National Guards ►S3E9: U.S. antitrust history 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? More than 200 scholar interviews and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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Public Broadcasting History - Why Conservatives Dislike PBS & NPR | S5E43
Public broadcast federal funding has been completely cut. Our federal government will no longer fund public broadcasting. Pres. Trump has ordered the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to cease any funding to PBS or NPR. In addition, he signed Congressional bill that clawed back already approved CPB funding. 🚩Support My Program🚩In this interview: ►What defines public broadcasting? ►Radio's evolution from a public to commercial medium►Educational broadcasting or public broadcasting? ►Nonprofit vs. noncommercial►How is public broadcasting funded? ►How is Sputnik relevant to public broadcast? ►Why the South liked public broadcast►NAACP and public broadcast ►How did the Carnegie Corp. impact public broadcast? ►Why don't conservatives like public broadcast? ►Pres. Johnson, Nixon and Reagan and public broadcast 🚩About My 185th Guest Scholars:Dr. Allison Perlman is a professor of film and media studies in the School of Humanities at University of California, Irvine. Her research interests include history of broadcasting, American social movements, media law and policy, media activism, popular memory. Her publications include the following books: Flow TV: Television in the Age of Convergent Media, and Public Interests: Media Advocacy and Struggles Over US Television, a book that we discuss in this interview. It's also the winner of the Outstanding Book Award by the International Communication Association. 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? More than 200 scholar interviews and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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Japan's Invasion of America's… Bathrooms | S5E42
Japan's history of public health, imperial rise and nationalism. And also, story of a Japanese company's commercial invasion of America. 🚩In this interview: ►What does it mean to be modern? ►Japan's 'modernization' - 1860s to 1910s. ►4 requirements for modernization of Japanese toilets ►disease prevention, e.g., cholera in Japan ►Japan - the rise of a 'clean' empire ►Is Japan's history of cleanliness true? ►Black Gold: Japan's centuries-old "night soil system" ►Gen. Douglas MacArthur's toilet ►squat vs. sit down toilets - Japan in the 1980s ►cleanliness and Japan's nationalism 🚩New York Times: "The Rise of the Japanese Toilet"🚩About My 184th Guest Scholars:Dr. Kerry Shannon of California State University, Dominguez Hills, is a historian of modern East Asia, and his broader research and teaching interests include the intellectual and social history of public health. His forthcoming book, which we discuss in this interview, is tentatively titled "Going to the Bathroom for the Nation: a History of the Modern Japanese Toilet".🚩My Recommendation: S5E11: Japan's modern history - from pacificism to realism, story of how Japan works. 🚩Adel Aalihost & producer☑️Where to find my program:Home:https://historybehindnews.com Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub Adel on Facebook and X.com🚩Support My Program: 🚩Click here and join our other supporters of the History Behind News podcast. Thank you. 🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Scholars in Your Inbox? More than 200 scholar interviews and counting! So don't miss HbN guest scholars’ weekly takes on the history behind our news.
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