Episode
Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell)
EconTalk · Jan 26, 2026 · 1 h 07 min
What happens when a writer discovers her "boring" great-grandfather was actually a household name across the Russian Empire who helped 10,000 Jews escape to Texas? Rachel Cockerell's The Melting Point traces this forgotten history through an audacious technique: she removed herself entirely, letting only primary sources--newspaper articles, diaries, letters--speak across time. Her journey…