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“The Great Gatsby,” Chapter One
F. Scott Fitzgeralds novel, The Great Gatsby, was both a product of, and epitaph for, the Jazz Age of the Roaring 20s. Journey to West and East Egg again, as your host Rick Reiman narrates one of t
Revisiting the Warren Commission, Part One: Mistakes?
Today is November 20, 2023, two days before the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. On the eve of this event, we look at the flagship government investigation of the c
NEW! The Annotated “Disappearance of the Lady Frances Carfax!”
You may have seen and heard the classic story of The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax here on History Revisited and Audibly Speaking before, but this is a new version, now with annotations inclu
Deja Vu History: The Biden Oval Office Speech on Israel and Ukraine of 2023 and the FDR “Arsenal of Democracy” Speech of 1940
No one has caught the similarities between the Biden Oval Office Speech on Israel and Ukraine of 2023 and the FDR Arsenal of Democracy Speech of 1940, other than the use of the phrase Arsenal of De
Fresh for Halloween! “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box!”
In the run up to Halloween, there no more terrifying, thrilling and horrifying story in the Sherlock Holmes canon than this, The Cardboard Box. Publishers were frightened to publish it and its auth
The Landis Claim: Paul Landis and the New “Magic Bullet” Myth in the JFK Assassination
In advance of the publication of Paul Landiss new book on his memory as a Secret Service agent in the JFK detail on November 22, 1963, Landis has made a claim that has roiled the class of people inte
For Constitution Day 2023: An Abridged Audio Narration of the National Archives’ Public Domain Document, “Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test”
This is Dr. Rick Reiman, professor of History at South Georgia State College. Here I narrate sections from the National Archives public domain publication, Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test.
Observations on Christopher Nolan’s Film, “Oppenheimer:” Was Oppenheimer Autistic, and Other Questions?
Here is my review of the blockbuster movie by Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer. It is a tour de force for so many reasons, but gaps in Oppenheimers biography still remains, as I try to show in this
The Georgia Indictment Against Donald Trump: An Abridged Audio Narration of the Indictment by D.A. Fani Willis, Fulton County, Georgia
The Georgia Indictment against Donald J. Trump may be the first indictment against Trump to go to trial. It also may be the only trial of Trump to be televised, and televised live. Unabridged audio n
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Saving of the Democratic Way of Life: Fireside Chat of December 1940
In 1940, American democracy was gravely threatened as never before, and only the American people stood against it as a reliable line of defense. Could we say the same today if American democracy were