Podcast Episodes

S9E1 Podcast: Summer School

Stan opens Season 9 of Off the Deaton Path talking about his summer reading (so far)—books by Nina Stibbe, Jane ...

S8E23 Podcast: Confronting Jim Crow: Race, Memory, and UGA in the Twentieth Century

Stan’s guest this week is NYU professor Robert Cohen, who discusses his new book, Confronting Jim Crow: Race, Memory, and ...

S8E22 Podcast: The First Climate Scientist? Benjamin Franklin and the Franklin Stove

Stan’s guest this week is Harvard historian Joyce Chaplin, who discusses her new book, The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American ...

S8E21 Podcast: The Fate of the Day: Rick Atkinson and the Revolution Trilogy

Stan’s guest this week is Pulitzer-Prize winner Rick Atkinson discussing his new book, The Fate of the Day: The War ...

S8E20 Podcast: Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II

May 8, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, the Allied victory in Europe over Nazi Germany. Stan’s guest ...

S8E18 Podcast: On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR, National Public Radio

Stan’s guest is award-winning author and GHS Dooley Distinguished Fellow Steve Oney, discussing his new book On Air (published by ...

S8E16 Podcast: The Most Powerful Court in the World: A History of the Supreme Court

Will abortion be legal? Should people of the same sex be allowed to marry? Stan’s guest is UCLA law professor ...

S8E13 Podcast: Is Technology Changing What it Means to Be Human?

Do people prefer texting to face-to-face encounters? Will handwriting become obsolete? Have we lost the mental capacity for patience and ...