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A is for Austria, Ep. 4 — Taking the Fight to the Third Reich: The American and Austrian OSS Operation Greenup

Exchanges between Austria and the United States didn’t always happen under happy circumstances. During the darkest days of the Second World War, the U.S. Office…

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A is for Austria, Ep. 2 — Austria’s Sherlock Holmes: Hans Gross and the Graz School of Criminalistics

What does an Austria jurist have to do with the FBI? In the second episode of the A is for Austria podcast, Priv. Doz. Christian…

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If Passports Could Talk: A Life Between Worlds with Lonnie Johnson

In this episode of If Passports Could Talk, we journey through five decades of cultural exchange and international education with Lonnie R. Johnson. Lonnie R….

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A is for Austria, Ep. 1 — Habsburg Vampires? Folklore, Fear & the Enlightenment

Vampires? In Austria? For the first episode of the A is for Austria podcast, Dr. Peter Kreuter of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast…

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Marc Landry | White Coal: Austrian Hydropower Through Monarchy, Fascism, and the Marshall Plan

How did hydropower shape Austria’s modern history? In our latest episode, we dive into Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel…

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Judith Eiblmayr | Elizabeth Scheu-Close: An Architect’s Life from Vienna to Minnesota

In this episode, we are joined by Judith Eiblmayr, a distinguished Austrian architect and insightful writer on the history and evolution of architecture. Our conversation…

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Megan Brandow-Faller| Cižek, Zweybrück, and Lowenfeld: Child Creativity from Austria to America

In this episode of The Botstiber Podcast, host Luke Morgante sits down with Megan Brandow-Faller, a professor of history-philosophy and political science at the City…

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Merlin: The World Traveller (Part 1)

In this special podcast episode presented by the Botstiber Institute, we hear stories of adventures from the life of Eduard Medinger. As a teenager in…

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Chapter One of Dietrich W. Botstiber’s Autobiography Not on the Mayflower (2007)

Dietrich Botstiber was born in 1912 in Vienna, Austria, during the final years of the Habsburg monarchy when the country flourished with abundant natural resources…

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Andrew Behrendt| American Tourism and Change in Interwar Austria

After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a newly independent Austria sought fresh business ventures to aid the reconstruction process and its battered economy. In…

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Lotte Bailyn w/ Guest Host Gary Cohen | 1930s Vienna, Marie Johoda & Paul Lazarsfeld, and Work-Life Balance

Lotte Bailyn, Professor Emerita at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is a trailblazer in the field of organizational behavior and the daughter of acclaimed…

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Raymond Jonas | Emperor Maximilian and the Second Mexican Empire

Raymond Jonas is a Botstiber grant recipient and the Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor in History at the University of Washington. In this episode, he discusses…

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Alexander McCargar| Native America in Habsburg Festival Culture

Today’s guest is Yale University graduate and University of Vienna doctoral student, Alexander McCargar! In this episode, he discusses early perceptions and portrayals of Native…

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If Passports Could Talk #4 | Gerald Lehner

Born in Bad Gastein, nestled in the middle of Austria, Gerald Lehner began a lifelong journey from the alpine peaks of Central Europe, to the…

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Duncan Bare | American Intelligence Agencies: Origins and Development in 1940s Austria

In this episode we are lucky to hear from recent Botstiber grantee and lecturer at the University of Graz, Duncan Bare. Bare’s research has offered…

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If Passports Could Talk #3 | Christoph Kapeller

In this episode, renowned architect Christoph Kapeller reflects on his journey from southeastern Austria along the border with Slovenia, to busy streets across the United…

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Botstiber Presents: Christmas in Vienna (Full Special)

The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies presents, Christmas in Vienna. From warm meals in busy Christmas markets, to scary visits from Krampus, and gifts under…

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Nina Kaiser | Transatlantic Law: Hans Gross and John Henry Wigmore

Joining the episode from the University of Graz in southern Austria, Nina Kaiser discusses the important contributions made to criminology and evidence law by the…

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If Passports Could Talk #2 | Gerald Steinacher

In this episode, Austrian-American guest Gerald Steinacher takes us on a journey from the mountain peaks of Tyrol to the Great Plains of Nebraska. Along…

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If Passports Could Talk #1 | Günter Bischof

In this captivating narrative podcast episode, we embark on a journey through the remarkable life of Austrian-American historian Günter Bischof. Raised in the alpine village…

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Lilly Maier | Arthur Kern: Light in Dark Times

Join host Luke Morgante for an engaging conversation with Viennese historian and author, Lilly Maier. In the episode, Lilly and Luke discuss the incredible life…

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Larry Wolff | Karl, Zita, and the Woman Without a Shadow

When Austro-Hungarian Emperor Karl and Empress Zita embarked on their exile from Austria in 1919, it marked the conclusion of the Habsburg family’s rule over…

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Tara Zahra | 20th Century Globalism, The Spanish Flu, and Rosika Schwimmer

A professor of modern European history and the Habsburg monarchy at the University of Chicago, Tara Zahra joins this episode of The Botstiber Podcast to…

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Andrew Nagorski | Saving Freud

While many are aware of Sigmund Freud’s profound scientific accomplishments, few know of his suspenseful escape from Vienna following the Nazi Anschluss of Austria. Author…

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