#10 "Blueprints for Peace: How the League Failed and the UN Emerged"

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Episode Number: Students Podcast History Episode #10
Episode Title: #10 "Blueprints for Peace: How the League Failed and the UN Emerged"
Episode Date: April 24, 2025
Key Words: League of Nations, United Nations, peacekeeping, disarmament
Episode Introduction: This episode explores the differences between the League of Nations and the United Nations. Why each organization was founded and the conditions under which they were formed. This episode goes into how the failure of the League to enforce its peacekeeping and disarmament goals would ultimately be its downfall. How the United Nations founders learned from the mistakes of the League and formed a more flexible and powerful global organization that still exists today.
Hosted By: Rowan Renken
Host Biography: Rowan Renken is a junior at Sewanee: The University of the South. He is a chemistry
major and a history minor. He enjoys baseball, video games, and hiking in the mountains of
Tennessee.
The Show: Students Podcasting History is an educational resource developed by students in Dr. Andrew Maginn’s History of the United States II course to highlight crucial movements in American History through podcasting. The students research and interpret primary and secondary sources to discuss pivotal themes, people, and events in the United States' history from 1865 through the present. Through creatively sharing these narratives and learning digital tools, these students hope to make history more accessible and exciting for the general public.
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