Latest Episodes
Election Special
October 22, 2020
- 24:00
We're back with a special, election-themed episode of The Last Archive! While reporting Episode 5: Project X, Jill spoke to Bob...
Election Special
October 22, 2020
- 24:00
We're back with a special, election-themed episode of The Last Archive! While reporting Episode 5: Project X, Jill spoke to Bob...
The Last Archive Presents: Brave New Planet
October 12, 2020
- 04:16
Introducing Brave New Planet, a seven-part series that delves deep into the powerful technologies changing our world. These technologies...
About The Show
The Last Archive is a show about the history of truth, and the historical context for our current fake news, post-truth moment. It’s a show about how we know what we know, and why it seems, these days, as if we don’t know anything at all anymore. The show is driven by host Jill Lepore’s work as a historian, uncovering the secrets of the past the way a detective might.
More Episodes
Election Special
October 22, 2020
- 24:00
We're back with a special, election-themed episode of The Last Archive! While reporting Episode 5: Project X, Jill spoke to Bob...
Election Special
October 22, 2020
- 24:00
We're back with a special, election-themed episode of The Last Archive! While reporting Episode 5: Project X, Jill spoke to Bob...
The Last Archive Presents: Brave New Planet
October 12, 2020
- 04:16
Introducing Brave New Planet, a seven-part series that delves deep into the powerful technologies changing our world. These technologies...
The Last Archive Presents: Brave New Planet
October 12, 2020
- 04:16
Introducing Brave New Planet, a seven-part series that delves deep into the powerful technologies changing our world. These technologies...
The Last Archive Presents: Into the Zone
September 3, 2020
- 50:48
The newest show from Pushkin Industries is Into the Zone, a podcast about opposites and how borders are never as clear as we think. In...
The Last Archive Presents: Into the Zone
September 3, 2020
- 50:48
The newest show from Pushkin Industries is Into the Zone, a podcast about opposites and how borders are never as clear as we think. In...
The Last Archive Presents: The Chronicles of Now
July 23, 2020
- 16:50
The Last Archive presents: The Chronicles of Now. Three billion birds have gone missing in North America over the past 50 years. Or is...
The Last Archive Presents: The Chronicles of Now
July 23, 2020
- 16:50
The Last Archive presents: The Chronicles of Now. Three billion birds have gone missing in North America over the past 50 years. Or is...
Tomorrowland
July 16, 2020
- 48:50
For ten episodes, we’ve been asking a big question: Who killed truth? The answer has to do with a change in the elemental unit of...
Tomorrowland
July 16, 2020
- 48:50
For ten episodes, we’ve been asking a big question: Who killed truth? The answer has to do with a change in the elemental unit of...
For the Birds
July 9, 2020
- 46:43
In the spring of 1958, when the winter snow melted and the warm sun returned, the birds did not. Birdwatchers, ordinary people, everyone...
For the Birds
July 9, 2020
- 46:43
In the spring of 1958, when the winter snow melted and the warm sun returned, the birds did not. Birdwatchers, ordinary people, everyone...
She Said, She Said
July 2, 2020
- 41:49
In 1969, radical feminists known as the Redstockings gathered in a church in Greenwich Village, and spoke about their experiences with...
She Said, She Said
July 2, 2020
- 41:49
In 1969, radical feminists known as the Redstockings gathered in a church in Greenwich Village, and spoke about their experiences with...
The Computermen
June 25, 2020
- 41:33
In 1966, just as the foundations of the Internet were being imagined, the federal government considered building a National Data Center....
The Computermen
June 25, 2020
- 41:33
In 1966, just as the foundations of the Internet were being imagined, the federal government considered building a National Data Center....
Cell Strain
June 18, 2020
- 45:30
In the 1950s, polio spread throughout the United States. Heartbreakingly, it affected mainly children. Thousands died. Thousands more...
Cell Strain
June 18, 2020
- 45:30
In the 1950s, polio spread throughout the United States. Heartbreakingly, it affected mainly children. Thousands died. Thousands more...
Project X
June 11, 2020
- 41:56
The election of 1952 brought all kinds of new technology into the political sphere. The Eisenhower campaign experimented with the first...
Project X
June 11, 2020
- 41:56
The election of 1952 brought all kinds of new technology into the political sphere. The Eisenhower campaign experimented with the first...
Unheard
June 4, 2020
- 39:09
In 1945, Ralph Ellison went to a barn in Vermont and began to write Invisible Man. He wrote it in the voice of a black man from the...
Unheard
June 4, 2020
- 39:09
In 1945, Ralph Ellison went to a barn in Vermont and began to write Invisible Man. He wrote it in the voice of a black man from the...
The Invisible Lady
May 28, 2020
- 37:05
In 1804, an Invisible Lady arrived in New York City.She went on to become the most popular attraction in the country. But why? And who...
The Invisible Lady
May 28, 2020
- 37:05
In 1804, an Invisible Lady arrived in New York City.She went on to become the most popular attraction in the country. But why? And who...
Detection of Deception
May 21, 2020
- 46:12
When James Frye, a young black man, is charged with murder under unusual circumstances in 1922, he trusts his fate to a strange new...
Detection of Deception
May 21, 2020
- 46:12
When James Frye, a young black man, is charged with murder under unusual circumstances in 1922, he trusts his fate to a strange new...
The Clue of the Blue Bottle
May 14, 2020
- 42:23
On a spring day in 1919, a woman’s body was found bound, gagged, and strangled in a garden in Barre, Vermont. Who was she? Who killed...
The Clue of the Blue Bottle
May 14, 2020
- 42:23
On a spring day in 1919, a woman’s body was found bound, gagged, and strangled in a garden in Barre, Vermont. Who was she? Who killed...
Introducing The Last Archive
April 30, 2020
- 02:59
The Last Archive: a new podcast about the history of evidence written and hosted by New Yorker writer, author, and celebrated...
Introducing The Last Archive
April 30, 2020
- 02:59
The Last Archive: a new podcast about the history of evidence written and hosted by New Yorker writer, author, and celebrated...