Podcast appearances and mentions of Adam Goodheart

Unveiling the Last Island: Smithsonian Assosciate Adam Goodheart's Journey into the World's Most Elusive Tribe The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates edition on radio and podcast. Today, we embark on a journey to one of the most mysterious and elusive places on Earth, North Sentinel Island, through the eyes of renowned historian, essayist, and journalist Adam Goodheart. Our guest today is here to discuss his latest book, "The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth," a profound exploration of a world that has resisted the tides of modernity and globalization. In 2018, the world was captivated by the tragic story of a young American missionary who met his fate on the shores of North Sentinel Island, killed by the very people he sought to reach. This small island, nestled in the Andaman archipelago, is home to the Sentinelese, a tribe that has lived in near-total isolation for centuries, shunning all contact with the outside world. Their story, however, is not just one of isolation but of defiance, resilience, and a profound desire to remain untouched by the external forces that have reshaped the world around them. Smithsonian Associate Adam Goodheart, a historian whose work has graced the pages of National Geographic, The Atlantic, and The New York Times, has spent years studying and writing about the intersections of history, culture, and identity. In "The Last Island," he weaves a narrative that is both historical and deeply personal, taking us through the centuries of interactions—often fraught and tragic—between the island's inhabitants and those who have attempted to bridge the divide. Today, we'll delve into the rich tapestry of stories that Adam has uncovered, from the Victorian photographers and imperial adventurers to modern-day anthropologists who have been drawn to North Sentinel Island's enigmatic shores. We'll explore the ethical complexities of interacting with isolated tribes, the lessons learned from colonial encounters, and the broader implications of modernity encroaching on these last bastions of traditional ways of life. As we navigate these compelling narratives, we'll also reflect on the broader questions of cultural preservation, autonomy, and the right to self-determination. What can we, as a global society, learn from the Sentinelese people and their steadfast commitment to their way of life? How do we balance the thirst for knowledge and connection with the respect for autonomy and privacy? Join us as we embark on this thought-provoking exploration with Adam Goodheart, and uncover the stories that lie at the heart of "The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth." (Now available at Apple Books) This episode promises to be a profound journey into the depths of human resilience, cultural defiance, and the enduring mysteries of one of the world's last truly isolated communities.

We explore the people of North Sentinel Island, who are thought to be the last un-contacted tribe on Earth. Our guest is historian, essayist, and author Adam Goodheart and his book is The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth. Read The Interview Transcript Then, we talk with author, gardener and … Continue reading Adam Goodheart, THE LAST ISLAND & Jennifer Jewell, WHAT WE SOW →

Inspired by the adventures stories of his youth as well as a “radical” interpretation of Jesus' “Great Commision” , 26-year-old American John Chau set off to the distant North Sentinel Island to tell the people there–supposedly completely isolated and putatively unfriendly to visitors–of his Savior.     Directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (Boys State) join Mike to discuss not only what drove John, but who enabled him like “Pastor Bobby” and the evangelizing group All Nations.  And they also explore those who either cautioned him in the moment, like John's own father, who warned him away from colonial and imperialist thinking. As well as those who, through hard-won insight gained through experience, can provide a critical perspective now, like historian Adam Goodheart and missionary and linguist Dan Everett.    In the end, McBain's and Moss's film suggests, in imagining our encounter with the “untouched” other, we are telling a story about ourselves, and a lost world that never existed but that we persist in pursuing.   "The Mission" is now showing in New York in Los Angeles. It will be opening more widely in the US and Canada over the month of October.   Follow: @topdocspod on Instagram and twitter   The Presenting Sponsor of "Top Docs" is Netflix

The world seems so fully interconnected that it is hard to believe that there are still groups of people on an island that has been untouched by the modern world. On this episode, Adam Goodheart discussed his book, The Last Island.

The paths of 56,000 exuberant music fans intersected in Queens, NY on August 15th, 1965, the night the Beatles played Shea Stadium and forever altered the arc of rock history. Present and accounted for were celebrities, writers, agents, producers, photographers, opening act performers, security guards, radio personalities, cameramen, and hordes of teaming, screaming fans. Among them: Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, Steven Van Zandt, future Beatle wives Linda Eastman and Barbara Bach; Bobby Vinton,  Ed Sullivan, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Felix Cavaliere, Marvin Gaye, and so many more. Their intersecting stories are woven together in Laurie Jacobson's Top of the Mountain: The Beatles at Shea Stadium. Laurie joins us with dishy details. Plus Weezy's media path complimented her physical journey as she read A Frog in the Fjord by Lorelou Desjardins and Names for the Sea by Sarah Moss. And Fritz is recommending 1861 by Adam Goodheart and Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World on Netflix.Path Points of Interest:Laurie JacobsonTop of the Mountain: The Beatles at Shea Stadium by Laurie JacobsonLaurie Jacobson's Author Page on AmazonThe Beatles at Shea on VimeoA Frog in The Fjord by Lorelou Desjardins Names for the Sea by Sarah Moss 1861 by Adam GoodheartRumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Adam Goodheart’s keynote address at the 2011 AASLH Meeting. Goodheart identifies Fort Sumter and Fort Monroe as significant places of memory for the American people. He first equates the attack on Fort Sumner in 1861 to the present day September 11th attacks as an event that struck Americans across the nation. He then discusses Fort Monroe and the role it played in slavery. He says that while it was the beginning of slavery in America, it was also the place of its end; which certainly makes it a significant place of remembering. Download at: http://resource.aaslh.org/view/adam-goodheart-keynote-speaker-2011-aaslh-annual-meeting/

On June 1, the StoryQuest team conducted its first interview of the workshop! Ralph and Leona Van Dyke were interviewed about their childhoods growing up in Chestertown and the surrounding area, sharing stories about rationing, plane spotting, and an explosion at the local munitions plant, among other things. The interview was conducted by Adam Goodheart, Michael Buckley, Lani Seikaly, Rachel Brown, Sarah Graff, Joe Swit, Nick Coviello, Emma Buchman, Elijah McGuire-Berk, and Abby Gordon.

On June 18, Adam Goodheart and Abby Gordon interviewed James Valliant, who shared his memories of Centreville just before the war, as well as his own experiences in the armed services during the war, and his travels in Europe and Asia immediately after war's end.

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On November 30, 2011, Adam Goodheart delivered the banner lecture "1861: The Civil War Awakening" With his new book, 1861: The Civil War Awakening, Adam Goodheart revisits the most turbulent and consequential year in American history. In the hands of a master storyteller, we relive a time that witnessed the breakup of the nation and the first bloodletting in what became a four-year catalog of internecine violence and destruction. As the first year of the Civil War Sesquicentennial comes to an end, this lecture pulls together all of the drama and tumult of 1861 and present vividly the characters who populated that decisive era. Adam Goodheart teaches history and is director of the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Maryland. (Introduction by Paul Levengood) The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

On November 30, 2011, Adam Goodheart delivered the banner lecture "Virginia's Confederate Monuments" Hundreds of memorials in stone commemorate the Civil War in Virginia at courthouses, cemeteries, town squares, and battlefields. With An Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments, Timothy S. Sedore presents the first comprehensive handbook of this legacy of America's greatest national trauma in the Old Dominion. Timothy S. Sedore is a professor of English at The City University of New York, Bronx Community College. (Introduction by Paul Levengood). The content and opinions expressed in these presentations are solely those of the speaker and not necessarily of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture.

On November 30, 2011, Adam Goodheart delivered a lecture entitled "1861: Civil War Awakening." With his new book, "1861: The Civil War Awakening," Adam Goodheart revisits the most turbulent and consequential year in American history. In the hands of a master storyteller, we relive a time that witnessed the breakup of the nation and the first bloodletting in what became a four-year catalog of internecine violence and destruction. As the first year of the Civil War Sesquicentennial comes to an end, this lecture will pull together for us all of the drama and tumult of 1861 and present vividly the characters who populated that decisive era. Adam Goodheart teaches history and is director of the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Maryland. (Introduction by Paul Levengood)

Historian, journalist and critic Adam Goodheart Author appears at the 2011 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Adam Goodheart is a historian, journalist and critic whose new book is the New York Times best-selling and critically praised "1861: The Civil War Awakening" (Knopf). He has contributed frequent essays and reviews to The New York Times (where he also served as deputy editor of the Op-Ed page), National Geographic, Smithsonian and The Atlantic, among many other publications. At Washington College, Goodheart is the director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, which fosters innovative approaches to history and culture through writing fellowships, prizes, public events, teacher seminars and student programs. For transcript, captions, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5271.

1861: The Civil War Awakening chronicles courage and heroism beyond the battlefields and introduces us to a heretofore little-known cast of Civil War heroes. Adam Goodheart takes us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the Nevada deserts, from Boston Commons to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at this moment of ultimate crisis and decision.Adam Goodheart is a historian, essayist, and journalist. He is a regular columnist for the New York Times'  acclaimed Civil War series, "Disunion." He serves as director of the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College. Recorded On: Sunday, October 9, 2011

Adam Goodheart is a historian, journalist and critic whose new book is the New York Times best-selling and critically praised "1861: The Civil War Awakening" (Knopf). He has contributed frequent essays and reviews to The New York Times (where he also served as deputy editor of the Op-Ed page), National Geographic, Smithsonian and The Atlantic, among many other publications. At Washington College, Goodheart is the director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, which fosters innovative approaches to history and culture through writing fellowships, prizes, public events, teacher seminars and student programs.

Adam Goodheart discussed his book "1861: The Civil War Awakening." Adam Goodheart is a historian, journalist and travel writer. He is writing a regular column on the Civil War for The New York Times online. He has written for National Geographic, Outside, Smithsonian, The Atlantic, GQ and The New York Times Magazine, among others, and has worked as an editor of the op-ed page of The New York Times. He is a book reviewer for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the New York Observer. He lives in Washington, D.C., and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where he is director of Washington College's C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience.

http://washingtoncollegenews.blogspot.com/2011/09/rare-documents-conversation-with-author.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/27846486@N08/sets/72157627611764465/show/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27846486@N08/sets/72157627611764465/ http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/ Friday, September 16 2011 George Washington Book Prize Celebration Making History: A Conversation with Pauline Maier Decker Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts 4:00-7:00 p.m. The C.V. Starr Center welcomes 2011 George Washington Book Prize winner Pauline Maier, author of Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. In a conversation with Starr Center director Adam Goodheart, Maier will share insights into a series of debates that played out during the year that followed the drafting of the Constitution, as citizens, journalists, and politicians argued state by state over whether to ratify the nation’s founding document. Maier is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at MIT. Also, one of Maryland's greatest historical treasures, the state's original 1788 parchment copy of the U.S. Constitution, will be displayed for one-night only this Friday, September 16 at Washington College as part of the 7th Annual GW Book Prize Celebration.

"1861: The Civil War Awakening" discussion by author Adam Goodheart

"1861: The Civil War Awakening" discussion by author Adam Goodheart