Robin Bernstein teaches US cultural history at Harvard University. She is the author of Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America's Original Prison for Profit, which won the 2025 PROSE Award for North American/U.S. History and the 2025 Montaigne Medal. Freeman's Challenge also received Honorable Mention for the 2025 Merle Curti Award for Social History from the Organization of American Historians and is currently longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award. Ibram X. Kendi called Freeman's Challenge "a triumph." Angela Y. Davis described Freeman's Challenge as "provocative, robust" and "deft"; Tiya Miles called it a "narrative tour de force. . . riveting and heartbreaking." Visit Robin at https://www.robinbernsteinphd.com/ . ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://www.robinbernsteinphd.com/ 👉 Check out Robin's book! https://www.amazon.com/Freemans-Challenge-Murder-Americas-Original/dp/022674423X 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pro/ — Top-tier quality without the agency price tag. Perfect for creators, coaches, and brands ready to level up. 👍 Like this video 💬 Drop a comment & share your favorite part 🔔 Subscribe for more inspiring conversations Monday to Friday! #PositiveTalkRadio #Inspiration #Podcast ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━