The Essay Episodes Available now
The Milkman—Hanging On
Author Andrew Martin discusses milkmen and their floats.
The Telephone—Hanging On
Author Andrew Martin explains his liking for traditional telephones.
The Ventriloquist Doll—Hanging On
Andrew Martin on ventriloquists' dolls, one of the social phenomena managing to survive.
The Boating Pond—Hanging On
Andrew Martin celebrates the pastime of sailing model boats on ponds.
Peace in the Levant—The Long Road to Peace
5/5 Reflecting on how the First World War finally ended in 1923, when Turkey agreed terms.
The World Comes to Paris—The Long Road to Peace
4/5 Military historian Hew Strachan on the Paris peace negotiations of 1919 and their legacy.
Armistice—The Long Road to Peace
3/5 How independently brokered agreements slowly achieved a pause in hostilities in WWI.
Peace in the Land of the Soviets—The Long Road to Peace
2/5 Historian Hew Strachan explains how revolution precipitated peace in Bolshevik Russia.
Enter the Peace Broker—The Long Road to Peace
1/5 Hew Strachan discusses Woodrow Wilson's journey from peace broker to belligerent in WWI.
Killing Time in Imperial Japan—Free Thinking 2017
10/10 Christopher Harding discusses Tokyo in the early 20th century.
