The Road to Now
By RTN Productions
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greg paige
Nov 4, 2025
no review, just listen. there are so many episodes, you will find some that will interest you.
Sep 29, 2025
Great podcast about US history. Easy to listen to and understand.
Oct 7, 2019
May 9, 2019
Description
Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers) & Dr. Ben Sawyer (MTSU History) share conversations with great thinkers from a variety of backgrounds – historians, artists, legal scholars, political figures and more –who help us uncover the many roads that run between past and present.
For more information, visit TheRoadToNow.com
If you'd like to support our work, join us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheRoadToNow
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#354 In Pursuit w/Anita McBride & Colleen Shogan
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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It's a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America's Favorite Christmas Film w/ Eric Smoodin
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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America's First War on Christmas w/ Bruce Carlson
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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How John Adams Defined the Presidency w/ Lindsay Chervinsky
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Americana w/ Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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#353 The American Revolution w/ Sarah Botstein & David Schmidt
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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#352 Wakara's America w/ Max Perry Mueller
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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#351 A History of the American Bookstore w/ Evan Friss
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#350 The Pursuit of Liberty w/ Jeffrey Rosen
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#349 Teaching History Roundtable
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#348 Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer w/ Jake Tapper
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War w/ Robert K.D. Colby
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#347 A Graphic History of the Civil War w/ Andrew Fialka & Anderson Carmen
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#346 A Forgotten History of Chinese Life in the United States w/ Beth Lew-Williams
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#345 How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong w/ David J. Lynch
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#344 The Last Forty Years of American Politics w/ Joe Lockhart
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Mourning the Presidents w/ Lindsay Chervinsky
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for a Nation w/ Peter Stark
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#343 Affordable Housing in Urban America w/ Tom Hanchett
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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The American Buffalo w/ Dayton Duncan
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Wide Awakes: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War w/ Jon Grinspan
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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US Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War w/ Jack Matlock
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Robert Hanssen: The FBI's Most Damaging Spy w/ Major Garrett
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#342 Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny w/ Jeff Bieber
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#341 Native Nations w/ Kathleen DuVal
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#340 How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Trump w/ Molly Worthen
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#339 The Ballad of Marion Zioncheck (Live in DC part 2)
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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#338 Murder & Mayhem in the Capital City w/ Major Garrett, Doug Heye & Margaret Talev (Live in DC part 1)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#337 Christian Capitalism in the Early American Republic w/ Joseph Slaughter
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#336 No Elevator to Everest w/ Will Acuff
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May 26, 2025 |
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#335 The Good Friday Agreement and the Future of Ireland w/ Mark Doyle & Greg O'Loughlin
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May 19, 2025 |
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#334 Eurovision Past & Present w/ Paul Jordan
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May 12, 2025 |
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Charisma and American Politics– Live at Cat's Cradle w/ Molly Worthen, Doug Heye & Rufus Edmisten
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May 05, 2025 |
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#333 John Cale's Paris 1919 w/ Mark Doyle
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#332 The American Historical Association w/ Sarah Weicksel & Ed Ayers
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#331 The Global Economy Past & Present w/ Jari Eloranta
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Country Capitalism w/ Bartow Elmore
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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#330 Blank Checks w/ Ben & Bob
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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The Corruption of Libertarian Philosophy w/ Andrew Koppelman
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#329 Necropolis: Disease, Power & Capitalism in 19th Century New Orleans w/ Kathryn Olivarius
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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#328 Protect Democracy w/ Anne Tindall
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Women & American Slavery w/ Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#327 Mark Mustian and the Boy With Wings
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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The History of Denver and the Wild West w/ Dick Kreck
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#326 Politics and Society in Middle Earth: The Lord of the Rings w/ Dr. Scott Huffmon
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#325 In Defense of Partisanship w/ Julian Zelizer
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Gerd Schroth: From Child of Nazi Germany to American Citizen
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#324 Martin Van Buren: America's First Politician w/ James M Bradley
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#323 In With The New (2025) w/ Ben & Bob
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The History of Santa Claus & Christmas Around the World w/ James Cooper
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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It's a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America's Favorite Christmas Movie w/ Eric Smoodin
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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#322 Mitch McConnell: The Price of Power w/ Michael Tackett
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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#321 The Circus Continues w/ Mark McKinnon
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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#320 James Armistead Lafayette w/ Stephen Seals
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#319 Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn w/ Christopher Cox
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#318 Colombia, the US and the War on Drugs w/ Lina Britto
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#317 US Immigration Policy w/ Yael Schacher
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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The Epidemic Episode
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#316 The Women Who Shaped the White House in the 20th Century w/ Melissa Estes Blair
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#315 America's Most Violent Election w/ Dana Bash
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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American Ramble w/ Neil King Jr.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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The 1970s w/ Jefferson Cowie
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#314 Reflections on Stalinism w/ Lewis Siegelbaum
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#313 How John Adams Defined the Presidency w/ Lindsay Chervinsky
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#312 America's Worst Vice President w/ Niki Hemmer
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Lyndon Baines Johnson's Legacy w/ Mark Updegrove & Mark A. Lawrence
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#311 Lafayette's Farewell Tour: A 200 Year View w/ Mark Schneider
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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The History of North Carolina Popular Music w/ David Menconi & Dolph Ramseur
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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#310 The Stone Pony: An Oral History w/ Nick Corasaniti
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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The 2020 Election: A (Revisited) First Draft w/ Robert Costa
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#309 Sam Patch: America's First Daredevil w/ Rivers Langley & Narado Moore
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Woodrow Wilson & Presidential Morality w/ Patricia O'Toole
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Securing the Revolution: Washington's Farewell Address w/ John Avlon
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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When the Irish Invaded Canada w/ Chris Klein
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#308 An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War w/ Robert K.D. Colby
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Bonnaroo: The Story Behind the Festival w/ co-founder Ashley Capps
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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1984: The Year that Changed Music Forever w/ Michaelangelo Matos
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#307 Music and Mind with Renée Fleming and Dan Levitin
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May 27, 2024 |
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Swept Away w/ John Logan and John Gallagher
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May 20, 2024 |
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#306 The Wide Awakes: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War w/ Jon Grinspan
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May 13, 2024 |
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Why Bushwick Bill Matters w/ Charles Hughes
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May 06, 2024 |
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#305 A Conversation w/ Jonah Goldberg – Recorded Live at Word of South Festival 2024
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#304 National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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The Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#303 The Election of 2016 (and Ever After) w/ John Heilemann (Third Party Series #8)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#302 The Election of 2000 w/ Doug Heye (Third Party Series #7)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#301 The Election of 1992 w/ Julian Zelizer (Third Party Series #6)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#300 The Election of 1980 w/ Rick Perlstein (Third Party Series #5)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#299 The Election of 1948 w/ Jefferson Cowie (Third Party Series #4)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#298 The Election of 1912 w/ Michael Patrick Cullinane (Third Party Series #3)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#297 The Election of 1860 w/ Michael Green (Third Party Series #2)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#296 The Election of 1824 w/ Lindsay Chervinsky (Third Party Series #1)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#295 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Jeffrey Rosen
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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The Best Stories You've (Probably) Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#294 The Stephen Foster Story w/ Richard Blanton, Donna Phillips & Johnny Warren
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#293 New Year, Old Us w/ Ben & Bob
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#292 It's a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America's Favorite Christmas Film w/ Eric Smoodin
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#291 A Forgotten History of American Suburbs w/ Tim Keogh
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Faith in Freedom w/ Andrew Polk
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#290 The Circus: An Exit Interview w/ Mark McKinnon
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Monsanto's Past, Our Future w/ Bart Elmore
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#289 The Dead Bodies in Your Favorite Museum w/ Tanya Marsh
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#288 Ukraine and Russia: The History Behind the War w/ Serhy Yekelchyk
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#287 Robert Hanssen: The FBI's Most Damaging Spy w/ Major Garrett
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#286 Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music w/ David Menconi
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#285 The American Buffalo w/ Dayton Duncan
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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# 284 Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell on Americana Music
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Celebrating Levon Helm w/ John Barry & Larry Campbell
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#283 The Singers Talk w/ Jason Thomas Gordon
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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The Kinks w/ Mark Doyle
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#282 Tecumseh & William Henry Harrison's Struggle for a Nation w/ Peter Stark
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#281 Montgomery C. Meigs: Master Builder of the Union Army w/ Robert O'Harrow Jr.
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#280 Standard Deviations: The politics of education in Florida and beyond w/ Ana Goñi-Lessan & Andrew Polk
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#279 Warren G. Harding and Other Affairs w/ Ben & Bob
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism w/ Edward Baptist
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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George Carlin's American Dream w/ Michael Bonfiglio & Kliph Nesteroff
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#278 Artificial Intelligence w/ Roger McNamee
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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The Rise and Fall of the American Suburbs w/ Kyle Riismandel
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Benjamin Franklin w/ Dayton Duncan & David Schmidt
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#277 The Allman Brothers' Journey to Fillmore East w/ Bob Beatty
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#276 Christianity and American Politics in the 21st Century w/ John Fea
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Juneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-Reed
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#275 No Labels w/ Mark McKinnon
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#274 The Original Green New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps w/ Neil Maher
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May 29, 2023 |
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#273 Seven Years of RTN w/ Doug Heye & Margaret Talev
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May 22, 2023 |
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#272 Country Capitalism w/ Bartow Elmore
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May 15, 2023 |
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Reaganland w/ Richard Perlstein
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May 08, 2023 |
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#271 American Ramble w/ Neil King Jr.
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May 01, 2023 |
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#270 Women & American Slavery w/ Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#269 The Archaeology of Dust w/ Anita Radini
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#268 John Quincy Adams: Founding Son
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#267 Benghazi w/ Ethan Chorin
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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A Conversation w/ Ken Burns (#191 Rebroadcast)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#266 College Basketball: The Story of March Madness w/ Dana O'Neil
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#265 The Legacy of Jimmy Carter's Foreign Policy w/ Nancy Mitchell
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#264 Andrew Young on Jimmy Carter
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#263 Mourning the Presidents w/ Lindsay Chervinsky
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#262 Atlanta & Charlotte: Women's History in the Urban South w/ La Shonda Mims
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#261 Jordan Gross: Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, Idaho
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#260 Presidential Transitions w/ David Marchick
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#259 Silent Spring Revolution w/ Douglas Brinkley
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#258 The Feres Doctrine (Part II) w/ Maximillian Potter & Richard Stayskal
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#257 The Feres Doctrine w/ Maximillian Potter & Richard Stayskal
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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The Bering Straight: An Environmental History w/ Bathsheba Demuth
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Uncivil Christmas: The Civil War & Christmas in Williamsburg w/ Carson Hudson
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#256 The Legacy of Lyndon Baines Johnson w/ Mark Updegrove & Mark A. Lawrence
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#255 Freedom's Dominion w/ Jefferson Cowie
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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The History of St. Jude Children's Hospital w/ Richard Shadyac
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#253 Searching for America's Emotional Source Code with Dov Baron
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Chernobyl, The Last Czars, and the Pros & Cons of Dramatizing History w/ Philippa Heatherington & Jon Waterlow
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#252 Deathcare Revolution w/ Tanya Marsh
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#251 The West Wing & Beyond w/ Pete Souza
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#250 Celebrating Levon Helm w/ John Barry & Larry Campbell
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#249 The Corruption of Libertarian Philosophy w/ Andrew Koppelman
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Journalism & Politics w/ Bill Plante & Olivier Knox
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#248 The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict w/ Laurence Broers
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#247 The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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The Great Exception: The Rise and Fall of the New Deal w/ Jefferson Cowie
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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The French Revolution w/ Peter McPhee
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#246 Rank Choice Voting w/ Scott Huffmon
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#245 Cryptocurrency: A Brief History w/ David Hollerith
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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#244 Presidential Rhetoric: The last one hundred years w/ Bruce Carlson
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#243 Out of the Trenches: What a World War I Truce Can Teach Us About Modern Politics w/ Curt Stedron
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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The Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East w/ Eugene Rogan
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#242 Why Bushwick Bill Matters w/ Charles Hughes
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#241 Basically Anybody Can Do It
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Surrender in the American Civil War w/ David Silkenat
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#240 When the People Decide: A History of Ballot Initiatives w/ Jenna Spinelle
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#239 The Best History Stories You've Probably Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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#238 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame w/ John Goehrke
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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#237 George Carlin's American Dream w/ Michael Bonfiglio & Kliph Nesteroff
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#236 Catching Up w/ Doug Heye
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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In the Footsteps of Lafayette w/ Julien Icher
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May 30, 2022 |
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#235 Catching Up w/ Heather Cox Richardson
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May 23, 2022 |
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#234 Primary Problems w/ Brian Rosenwald
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May 19, 2022 |
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The Origins of American Immigration Policy w/ Hidetaka Hirota
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May 16, 2022 |
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#233 The 6th Anniversary Show w/ Matt Negrin
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May 09, 2022 |
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#232 Attention
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May 02, 2022 |
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#231 Freedom of Speech w/ Lynn Greenky
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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The Armenian Genocide w/ Ron Suny
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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#230 1984: The Year the Music Changed Forever w/ Michaelangelo Matos
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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#229 Benjamin Franklin w/ Dayton Duncan and David Schmidt
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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The Russian Revolution w/ Lewis Siegelbaum
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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#228 Concerts of Change: The Soundtrack of Human Rights
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#227 Russia's Long History of Nationalizing Foreign Property
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#226 Russian Rubles, Western Sanctions w/ Kristy Ironside
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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#225 Inside American Militias w/ Heath Druzin
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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#224 The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#223 Presidential Records & Other Controversies
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#222 Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? w/ John Fea
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#221 Ukraine w/ Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Crossroads Special: History Daily - Two Stories from the Space Race
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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#220 Processing the Past w/ Jon Grinspan
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#219 Swept Away w/ John Logan and John Gallagher
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#218 The History of Cigarettes w/ Louis Kyriakoudes
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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#217 Forward
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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America's First War on Christmas w/ Bruce Carlson
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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#216 Faith in Freedom w/ Andrew Polk
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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#215 The Power of Story (Revisited) w/ Donna Washington
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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The Wild West w/ Dick Kreck
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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#214 Woody Guthrie: Crafting Everyday Life w/ Nora Guthrie
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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#213 The 2020 Election: A First Draft w/ Robert Costa
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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#212 Redistricting: A Primer w/ Wendy Underhill & Ben Williams
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The American Empire w/ Daniel Immerwahr
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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#211 The Constitution w/ Jeffrey Rosen
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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#210 Miss America's Secret Past w/ Amy Argetsinger
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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#209 The Corn Syrup Controversy w/ Benjamin Cohen
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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A Frail League of Friendship: The Articles of Confederation w/ Greg Jackson (Expanded Rebroadcast)
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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#208 Monsanto's Past, Our Future w/ Bart Elmore
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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This Episode Kills Fascists: Woody Guthrie's Life & Legacy w/ Deana McCloud
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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#207 Vigilantes
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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The History of Coffee w/ Mark Pendergrast
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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#206 Telling History through Journalism with Julian Rubinstein
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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The Mignonette & Everything Else w/ Neil Hanson
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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#205 The History of Student Debt w/ Ellie Shermer
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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#204 Historical Narratives & Power
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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#203 How to Talk to a Science Denier w/ Lee McIntyre
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Laughing at Stalin w/ Jon Waterlow
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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#202 A Tour Guide's History of Los Angeles
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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#201 Game Show Archive w/ Bob Boden & Chris Bensch
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Coffee with The Avett Brothers (Expanded Rebroadcast)
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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#200 American History in Russia w/ Sean Guillory
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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#199 Reaganland w/ Rick Perlstein
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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#198 Juneteenth w/ Annette Gordon-Reed
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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The History of the Harlem Globetrotters
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May 31, 2021 |
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#197 Energy Crises: A Half-Century of Hard Choices w/ Jay Hakes
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May 17, 2021 |
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The 5th Anniversary Party
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May 03, 2021 |
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#195 Fixing Elections w/ Louis Woods
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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#194 The Rise and Fall of the American Suburbs w/ Kyle Kiismandel
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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#193 Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act w/ Erlinda Doherty
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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#192 The History of Financial Bubbles w/ William Quinn
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Gerd Schroth's Road from Child of Nazi Germany to American Citizen
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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#191 A Conversation with Ken Burns
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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#190 American Militias w/ Amy Cooter
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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#189 Space Lasers
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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#188 Why the 1776 Report Still Matters w/ John Fea
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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#187 The Insurrection Episode
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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#186 Dark Archives w/ Megan Rosenbloom
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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#185 Pragmatic History w/ Bill Scher
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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The History of Santa Claus and Christmas Culture w/ James Cooper (RTN #182 Rebroadcast)
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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#184 The President's Cabinet w/ Lindsay Chervinsky
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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#183 The History of the Lumbee Indians w/ Malinda Maynor Lowery
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Making the Call w/ Matt Negrin #1: Oh God What if He Claims Victory?!
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Washington's Farewell Revisited w/ John Avlon
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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#181 More Questions than Answers
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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#180 The Transformation of American Policing w/ Stuart Schrader
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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#179 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Ravi Patel
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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#178 The Facebook Catastrophe w/ Roger McNamee
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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#177 How the South Won the Civil War w/ Heather Cox Richardson
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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#176 Musical Chairs w/ Joe Kwon
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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I Can't Breathe: Surviving the Dual Pandemics of Racism and Covid-19 w/ Louis Woods
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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#175 The Death of Expertise w/ Tom Nichols
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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#174 Direction w/ Michael Bonfiglio
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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#173 The South w/ Trae Crowder
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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#172 Fourth Anniversary Party
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May 18, 2020 |
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#171 Baseball in Context w/ Jayson Stark
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May 11, 2020 |
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#170 Soviet Soldiers and the Red Army in World War II w/ Brandon Schechter
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May 04, 2020 |
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# 169 The Kinks: Songs of the Semi-Detached w/ Mark Doyle
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Technology and the Mind w/ Nicholas Carr
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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#168 Breaking Down the 5G Conspiracy w/ Stacy Wood
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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#167 The Outbreak Narrative w/ Priscilla Wald
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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#166 Everything's Going To Be Okay
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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#165 Saving America's Cities w/ Lizabeth Cohen
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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#164 What('s) A Disaster
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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The History of Coal w/ Chuck Keeney
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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#163 The Avett Brothers Archive w/ Tim Mossberger
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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#162 The Presidents' Day Rundown
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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#161 Food in the Era of Adulteration w/ Benjamin Cohen
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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#160 NASCAR and Moonshine w/ Kyle Petty and Dan Pierce (Recorded Live at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, NC)
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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#159 The History of Charlotte, NC w/ Thomas Hanchett & Pam Kelley (Recorded Live at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, NC)
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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#158 Live in Carrboro, NC- Charisma in American Politics & Society w/ Molly Worthen, Doug Heye & Rufus Edmisten (Recorded at Cat's Cradle)
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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#157 The State of the Union w/ Matt Negrin
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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#156 Executive Boundaries
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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#155 Uncivil Christmas w/ Carson Hudson
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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#154 America's First War on Christmas w/ Bruce Carlson
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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#153 Floating Coast: The Environmental History of the Bering Strait w/ Bathsheba Demuth
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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#152 Building Community and Breaking Barriers w/ Digital Humanities (Recorded Live at ASEEES 2019)
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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#151 Live in Chicago w/ Pete Souza & Erin Welsh (recorded at Beverly Arts Center)
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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#150 Life on the Road
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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#149 The History of Hong Kong w/ Mindy Smith
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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# 148 The Bizarre Life of American Death w/ Caitlin Doughty
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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#147 How to Remove a Confederate Monument w/ Adam Swensek
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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#146 Keeping Government Secrets w/ Stacy Wood
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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#145 The Opioid Crisis w/ Beth Macy
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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The Seriousness of Being Funny w/ Tom Shadyac (Rebroadcast)
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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#144 Saudi Arabia and the Middle East w/ Sean Foley
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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#143 Research!
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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#142 How Talk Radio Took Over the Republican Party w/ Brian Rosenwald
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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#141 The Last Czars, Chernobyl, and the Pros & Cons of Dramatizing History w/ Philippa Hetherington & Jon Waterlow
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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#140 Citizen Coke: The History of Coca-Cola w/ Bartow Elmore
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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# 139 Healthcare, the Law and the Future(s) of Privacy w/ Roy Wyman
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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#138 The Power of Story (Live from NCSL's 2019 Legislative Summit)
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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RTN Theology #11 The Character of Virtue w/ Stanley Hauerwas
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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# 137 Making Fun of History: Creating Serious Games w/ Ben Sawyer
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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#136 The City of the Future: Apex, North Carolina
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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#136 The City of the Future: Apex, North Carolina
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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#135 Surrender in the American Civil War w/ David Silkenat
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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#134 The American Empire w/ Daniel Immerwahr
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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RTN Theology 10: The Life & Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Life, Beer & Politics w/ Gov. John Hickenlooper (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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#133 Bonnaroo Past & Present w/ festival co-founder Ashley Capps (live from Bonnaroo)
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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#132 In the Footsteps of Lafayette w/ Julien Icher
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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#131 Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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#130 Sources, Methods & Music w/ Robert Costa
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May 28, 2019 |
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#129 RTN Third Anniversary Party w/ Matt Negrin
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May 20, 2019 |
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#128 A Frail League of Friendship: The Articles of Confederation w/ Greg Jackson
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May 06, 2019 |
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RTN Theology #9: Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity w/ Miguel De La Torre
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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#127 The History of Privacy in Modern America w/ Sarah Igo
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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#126 The Origins of American Immigration Policy w/ Hidetaka Hirota
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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RTN Voices #1: The Life & Times of Rufus Allan Sevier (RTN April Fools Episode)
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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RTN Theology #8 Elizabeth Seton and Catholics in Early America w/ Catherine O'Donnell
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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#125 When the Irish Invaded Canada w/ Chris Klein
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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#124 Political Coalitions from 1990 to 2019 w/ Amy Walter
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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#123 How to Tell a Good Story w/ Jakob Lewis
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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#122 The Arctic w/ Heidi Bohaker & Alison Smith
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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RTN Theology #7 Remembering Walter B. Jones: Living by Faith and by Truth
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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#121 Gender and History w/ Lisa Fine
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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#120 The History of Influenza w/ John Barry
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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#119 Karl Marx and History
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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#118 The GI Bill and the Legacy of Racial Discrimination w/ Louis Woods
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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#117 American Slavery w/ Edward Baptist
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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#116 What is the Middle Class? w/ Scott Wasserman
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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#115 The 1970s w/ Jefferson Cowie
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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#114 Making the Government Talk: US Covert Operations and Freedom of Information w/ Peter Kornbluh
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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#113 War on the Banana Skin
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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#112 The Ottoman Empire and the Rise of the Modern Middle East w/ Eugene Rogan
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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#23.2 Felon Disfranchisement and Citizenship in the US w/ Pippa Holloway (w/ update)
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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#111 Dvořák in America w/ Matt Negrin
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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#110 Gerry Adams and the Global Road to Peace
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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RTN Theology #6 The Road to Hope? The Challenges of Faith in Politics
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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#109 Presidential Impeachment w/ Jeffrey Engel
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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#108 From Scunthorpe to Brooklyn w/ The Ruen Brothers
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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#107 Laughing at Stalin: The Politics of Humor w/ Jon Waterlow
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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#106 Why You Should Vote w/ Andy Bernstein
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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RTN Theology #5 Jeremy Begbie on Theology Of And Through the Arts
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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#105 Charlie Cook on the 2018 Midterm Elections
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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#104 Bill Plante & Olivier Knox on Journalism and Politics (live at Glover Park Group)
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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#103 How the American Dream Became Temporary w/ Louis Hyman
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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#102 Stand Up Comedy and Los Angeles w/ Pat Reilly
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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#101 Nativism in American Politics w/ David Bennett
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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#100 RTN One Hundred
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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RTN Theology #4: Kutter Callaway on Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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BONUS: Elvis Presley & America (from My History Can Beat Up Your Politics)
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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#99 The History & Politics of the World Cup w/ Alex Galarza & Matt Negrin
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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#33 Jim Cornette on the History of Professional Wrestling
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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#98 Dwight Eisenhower & US Foreign Intervention in the 1950s w/ William Hitchcock
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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#97 Songs of Social Justice w/ Governor Martin O'Malley
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May 28, 2018 |
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#96 Tyler Mahan Coe on Podcasting the History of Country Music
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May 21, 2018 |
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#95 Tom Marshall on Writing Phish and Everything Else
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May 14, 2018 |
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#94 This Episode Kills Fascists: The Life & Legacy of Woody Guthrie w/ Deana McCloud
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May 07, 2018 |
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#93 Woodrow Wilson & Presidential Morality w/ Patricia O'Toole
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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Catching Up: Sean Foley on Syria and the Middle East
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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#92 The History of the Armenian Genocide w/ Ronald Suny
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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#91 The History of Satire and the American Political Cartoon w/ Richard Samuel West
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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#90 The History of the Cherokee Nation w/ John Sedgwick
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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#40 The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. w/ Clayborne Carson
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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RTN Theology #3: A Conversation with Kate Bowler
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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#89 The GOP and Tax Reform Revisited w/ Brian Riedl
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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#88 Taxation, the Great Depression, and the GOP Tax Reform w/ Robert McElvaine
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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#87 All Roads Lead to Douglas Brinkley
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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#86 William McKinley and the Republican Party with Robert Merry
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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#85 The History of US-Mexican Relations w/ Bruce Carlson (Recorded Live in Riviera Maya, Mexico)
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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#84 America's Forgotten War: The War of 1812 w/ Don Hickey
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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#83 Foreign Policy in American History w/ Joyce Kaufman
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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#81 The History of Coffee w/ Mark Pendergrast
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Dec 11, 2017 |
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RTN Theology #1: The Intersection of Christianity & Culture in the United States ft. James K.A. Smith
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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#80 Navajo Code Talkers, Pocahontas, & Native American History w/ Ashley Riley Sousa
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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#47 The History of Christianity w/ Molly Worthen (Rebroadcast)
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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#79 The Russian Revolution w/ Lewis Siegelbaum
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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#78 The French Revolution w/ Peter McPhee
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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#77 Martin Luther & the Reformation with Donald Fortson
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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#76 History of American Cemeteries with Tanya Marsh
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Oct 23, 2017 |
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#75 William Walker, Historical Markers, and (Re)Writing History
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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#72 Coffee With The Avett Brothers
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Sep 25, 2017 |
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#71 Gerd Schroth on Life as a Child of Nazi Germany, Refugee, Immigrant, And Now, American Citizen
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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#69 Lance Armstrong on Moving Forward Without Forgetting the Past
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Sep 04, 2017 |
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#68 The Politics of Immigration in American History with Andrew Gyory
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Aug 28, 2017 |
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#66 Charles Darwin and American History w/ Randall Fuller
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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#65 The History of Early America w/ Liz Covart
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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#64 The History of Oil w/ Paul Roberts
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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#63 The History of Green Energy w/ Alexis Madrigal
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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#62 Nuclear Energy w/ Jim Clarke and Steve Krahn
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Jul 17, 2017 |
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#61 The History of Coal w/ Chuck Keeney
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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#59 The History of World War I w/ Mitchell Yockelson
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May 15, 2017 |
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#58 The History of North Korea w/ Sheena Greitens
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May 08, 2017 |
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#57 Margaret Talev on the White House Press Corps
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May 04, 2017 |
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#56 The History of the Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green
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May 01, 2017 |
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#55 Neil Hanson on the Mignonette & Everything Else
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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#54 The (After)Life of James K. Polk w/ Tom Price
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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#53 The History of Syria w/ Sean Foley
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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#52 Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan, John Kennedy, & the Rise of the American Individual
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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#51 The History of Golf w/ Tony Parker
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Apr 03, 2017 |
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#50 Ambassador Jack Matlock on Diplomacy & US-Russian Relations
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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#49 The History of Technology w/ Nicholas Carr
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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#47 The History of Christianity in America w/ Molly Worthen
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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#46 Martin Van Buren & the Age of Jackson w/ Mark Cheathem
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Feb 27, 2017 |
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#45 Bruce Carlson on Presidential History
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Feb 20, 2017 |
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#44 The History of NASCAR w/ Kyle Petty
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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#43 The History of the Democratic Party w/ Bruce Schulman
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Feb 05, 2017 |
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#42 The History of National Parks w/ Jon Jarvis
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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#41 The History of Health Insurance w/ Melissa Thomasson
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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#40 The Life & Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. w/ Clayborne Carson
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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#38 The History of the Republican Party w/ Heather Cox Richardson
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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#37 NASA, Warren G. Harding, Daylight Saving, & Political Parties (Listener Q&A)
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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#36 Family, History, and Possibilities w/ Turner Simkins
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Dec 26, 2016 |
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#35 Jimmy Carter & US Foreign Relations w/ Nancy Mitchell
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Dec 18, 2016 |
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#34 Tom Shadyac on the Seriousness of Being Funny
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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#33 Jim Cornette on the History of Pro Wrestling
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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#32 Tolerance and Faith in American Politics w/ Jimmy Williams
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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#30 The Origins of Conservative Talk Radio w/ Brian Rosenwald
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Nov 21, 2016 |
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#29 The History of Putin's Russia w/ Arch Getty
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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#28 The History of Presidential Elections w/ Bruce Carlson
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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#27 Matt Negrin & Alexander Trowbridge on Campaign Surrogates and Presidential Elections
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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#25 The History of Country & Soul Music w/ Charles Hughes
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Oct 23, 2016 |
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#24 The History of the New Deal w/ Jefferson Cowie
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Oct 17, 2016 |
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#23 The History of Voting Rights w/ Pippa Holloway
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Oct 09, 2016 |
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#21 The History of Hollywood and Politics w/ Kathryn Cramer Brownell
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Sep 25, 2016 |
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#20 Presidential Debate Extravaganza!
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Sep 19, 2016 |
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#19 Sir Alan Meale on the Brexit, the Labor Party, and the Recent Political History of the United Kingdom
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Sep 13, 2016 |
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#18 The History of the Internet w/ Bradley Fidler
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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#17 The History of US-Central American Relations w/ Carlos Aleman
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Aug 03, 2016 |
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#13 Scott Avett and the Road to Now
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Aug 02, 2016 |
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#12 Hillary's Emails & the History of Government Documents w/ Stacy Wood
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Jul 26, 2016 |
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#7 The History of Denver and the Wild West w/ Dick Kreck
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Jun 22, 2016 |
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#6 Governor John Hickenlooper on His Life in Beer and Politics
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Jun 16, 2016 |
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#5 Native American Culture and History w/ Tara Houska and Joseph Genetin-Pilawa
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Jun 09, 2016 |
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#4 The History of Charlotte & the Rise of the New South City w/ Thomas Hanchett
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Jun 06, 2016 |
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#3 On the Media w/ Alexander Trowbridge & Matt Negrin
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May 19, 2016 |
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#1 Welcome to the Road to Now
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May 19, 2016 |