On the Thanksgiving week of The Exchange we talked about history and preserving history.
After years of battling declining enrollment and issues with fundraising, Iowa Wesleyan University closed this year. The University of Iowa has a legal responsibility to retain all student records of closed colleges in the State. Iowa Wesleyan has more than 140 years of student records, so that is no easy task.
I talk with UI librarian Sarah Keen about the project.
Also, as American and world events shake our culture, we talk with Stony Brook University of New York historian Michael Zweig about the resulting shifts in capitalism and progressive politics. His new book is call Class, Race and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism.
In this week of Thanksgiving we look back at America's two Georges.
American author Nathaniel Philbrick talks about his book Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy.
British author Andrew Roberts looks at the lesser-known world of King George III in The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III.
