In the Beginning: Science and Religion in America
The “Scopes Monkey Trial” has come to symbolize the fundamental conflict between science and religion… but are the two necessarily opposed?
Glorious Riches
The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Panic!: A History of Financial Crisis.” You can listen to the entire episode here. Historian Scott Nelson outlines the eerie similarities between 1873 and 2008, and explains how Christian fundamentalism is rooted in financial collapse. Excerpted from: Panic!: A History of Financial Crisis
Heathen Health
The following audio clip is excerpted from the BackStory episode “Body Politics: A History of Health Care.” You can listen to the entire episode here. The Memory Palace‘s Nate DiMeo tells the story of how inoculation first came to the New World. Excerpted from: Body Politics: A History of Health Care
