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About Joseph Tasca
I've always been an avid reader of non-fiction. I particularly enjoy contemporary philosophy and sociology, but I'm also fond of historical narratives on World War 2 and ancient Greece. I also take great pleasure in reading books that examine the complex relationship between human beings and modern technology.Joe Tasca is a host and a reporter for the NPR affiliate in Providence, Rhode Island.
NBN Episodes hosted by Joseph:
November 25, 2025
World Enemy No. 1
In the West, World War II is commonly understood as the Allies’ struggle against Nazism. Often elided, if not simply forgotten, is the Soviet Union’s …
May 24, 2025
Out of One, Many
Covering the whole of the ancient Greek experience from its beginnings late in the third millennium BCE to the Roman conquest in 30 BCE, Out of One, M…
December 8, 2024
Hitler's People
Richard Evans, author of the acclaimed The Third Reich Trilogy and over two dozen other volumes on modern Europe, is our preeminent scholar of Nazi Ge…
February 9, 2024
Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation
Hitler's decision to declare war on the United States has baffled generations of historians. In this revisionist new history of those fateful months, …
August 20, 2023
Generations
The United States is currently home to six generations of people: -the Silents, born 1925-1945-Baby Boomers, born 1946-1964-Gen X, born 1965-1979-Mil…
May 15, 2023
The Power of Hope
In a society marked by extreme inequality of income and opportunity, why should economists care about how people feel? The truth is that feelings of w…
February 27, 2023
Why?
Peter Hayes's book Why? Explaining the Holocaust (Norton, 2017) explores one of the most tragic events in human history by addressing eight of the mos…