From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast
Logan Rogers
51 episodes
3 weeks ago
Michael Harrington was a writer and scholar primarily concerned with the problem of poverty within the otherwise affluent postwar 20th Century USA. He grew up in a Midwestern Irish-American family, and he attended parochial schools, where he excelled academically. Harrington moved to New York & became involved in the Catholic Worker movement, before he lost his faith and turned to more secular political organizations. He considered himself a socialist, but he downplayed those beliefs when...
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Michael Harrington was a writer and scholar primarily concerned with the problem of poverty within the otherwise affluent postwar 20th Century USA. He grew up in a Midwestern Irish-American family, and he attended parochial schools, where he excelled academically. Harrington moved to New York & became involved in the Catholic Worker movement, before he lost his faith and turned to more secular political organizations. He considered himself a socialist, but he downplayed those beliefs when...
From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast
13 minutes
5 months ago
Episode 20C - George Ball: 10-Minute Profile
In this episode, we profile a little-remembered diplomat who served as a major voice of dissent against US involvement in the Vietnam War. George Ball was born into an upper-middle class Midwestern family, and he became a prominent Chicago lawyer. He became a political confidant of Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson during his two runs for the White House. Ball received one of the top spots in the State Department during John F. Kennedy's presidency. In that role, he pr...
From Boomers to Millennials: A Modern US History Podcast
Michael Harrington was a writer and scholar primarily concerned with the problem of poverty within the otherwise affluent postwar 20th Century USA. He grew up in a Midwestern Irish-American family, and he attended parochial schools, where he excelled academically. Harrington moved to New York & became involved in the Catholic Worker movement, before he lost his faith and turned to more secular political organizations. He considered himself a socialist, but he downplayed those beliefs when...
