Segment from What Gives

Scientific Method

Historian Alice O’Conner and host Ed Ayers talk about the rise of ‘scientific’ giving and modern philanthropy.

Give It All Away

Scholar Isiah Wilner talks about the tradition of Kwakwaka’wakw potlatches -gatherings where you might give not only the shirt off your back, but the roof over your head.

00:05:47

To Give & Buy in the U.S.A.

Expanding on the potlatch, the hosts talk about giving and philanthropy throughout American history.

00:06:53

Democratic Institutions?

Historian Johann Neem and host Peter Onuf examine charity in the Early
Republic – and why Thomas Jefferson would not have been a fan of large private charitable foundations.

00:12:08

Scientific Method

Historian Alice O’Conner and host Ed Ayers talk about the rise of ‘scientific’ giving and modern philanthropy.

00:07:50