The Last Best Hope?
By Adam Smith
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Historian and broadcaster Professor Adam Smith explores the America of today through the lens of the past. Is America - as Abraham Lincoln once claimed - the last best hope of Earth?
Produced by Oxford University’s world-leading Rothermere American Institute, each story-filled episode looks at the US from the outside in – delving into the political events, conflicts, speeches and songs that have shaped and embodied the soul of a nation.
From the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg to fake news and gun control, Professor Smith takes you back in time (and sometimes on location) to uncover fresh insights and commentary from award-winning academics and prominent public figures.
Join us as we ask: what does the US stand for – and what does this mean for us all?
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Why the Gettysburg Address Matters, Part 2
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Why the Gettysburg Address Matters, Part 1
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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How Will History Judge Joe Biden?
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The Myth of the Frontier
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Trump’s Second Term Foreign Policy in Historical Context
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Journalism and Democracy: Lessons from Walter Lippmann
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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The Last Best Hope: Series 14
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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What just happened?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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The Age of Polarization Election Special Part 4: 2016
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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God and Trump: Evangelicals and Politics in today's America
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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The Age of Polarization Election Special Part 3: 2008
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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The Age of Polarization Election Special Part 2: 2000
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Eugene V. Debs and America as the last, best hope for socialism?
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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The Age of Polarization Election Special Part 1: 1992
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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The Age of Polarization: Election Specials
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Dark Money: Can billionaires buy elections in America?
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Rigged! Anxiety about election integrity in America
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Presidents and the Press
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The Black Founders, America and the Claim of Equality
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May 22, 2024 |
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Morning Again in America: The 1984 Election forty years on.
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May 08, 2024 |
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The strange death and curious rebirth of American cricket
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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How have presidential primaries shaped modern US politics?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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How are Latino voters changing America?
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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American Fascism
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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The Last Best Hope? Season 11 Trailer
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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The Destruction of the Tea, 250 Years On.
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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The Kennedy Assassination and Conspiracy Culture
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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What is a “Colorblind Constitution"?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Is there a Paranoid Style in American Politics?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The Last Best Hope? Season 10
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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The Geordie South: How Northumbrians shaped Appalachia
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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A City on a Hill: The exceptional history of a powerful metaphor
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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America's role in Ukraine: a return to the last, best hope?
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May 26, 2023 |
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Was there a Culture War in nineteenth century America?
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May 19, 2023 |
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Are there lessons for Biden from the Presidency of Lyndon Johnson?
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May 12, 2023 |
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The House Divided Episode
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The Second Amendment Episode
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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The Black Ships Episode
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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The Gettysburg Episode
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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The Polarisation Episode
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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The Propaganda Episode
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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The Memorialising Covid Episode
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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The Cotton Famine Episode
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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The Book of Mormon Episode
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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The Free World Episode
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May 23, 2022 |
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The Dust Bowl Episode
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May 17, 2022 |
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic Episode
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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The Nixon's the One Episode
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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The Billy Graham Episode
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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The 1776 Episode
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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The State's Rights Episode
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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The Government is the Solution Episode
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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The Robert E. Lee Episode
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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The 9/11 Episode
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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The Homecoming Episode
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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The Irish America Episode
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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The "Crisis" of the Middle Class Episode
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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The American Dilemma Episode
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May 28, 2021 |
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The What's Wrong With America Episode
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May 21, 2021 |
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The Royal America Episode
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May 14, 2021 |
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The Boycott Episode
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May 07, 2021 |
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The Swedish Nightingale Episode
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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The From Slavery to Snowdonia Episode
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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The Confederates who wanted to be Garibaldi Episode
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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The Reconstruction Episode
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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The My Whole Soul Episode
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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The Insurrection Episode
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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The Elected King Episode
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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The Uncle Tom Episode
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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The Better Angels Episode
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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The Viva La Revolución Episode
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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The Last Best Hope Shorts: Simone de Beauvoir
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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The Harmonious Episode
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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The Did the South Win the Civil War After All Episode
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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The Last Best Hope Episode
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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The new New Deal Episode
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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The "Don't Tread on Me" Episode
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May 08, 2020 |
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The Crisis Episode
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May 02, 2020 |
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The Federalism Episode
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May 02, 2020 |