# It Was Just Yesterday: New Takes on Recent History with Paul Elie and Clay Risen

It’s easy to forget, with popular new histories about distant eras, just how influential recent history is. Clay Risen’s “Red Scare” tells the story of McCarthyism after World War II, based in part on recently declassified sources, and Paul Elie’s “The Last Supper” paints a vivid group portrait of influential pop culture figures in the 1980s. Moderated by Kevin Butterfield. Sponsor: Kluge Center.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 h
- By: Butterfield, Kevin
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11062/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-11062?play=1)