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The Bank War: Interview with Paul Kahan
In The Bank War, Paul Kahan explores the struggle between Andrew Jackson and the federal banking system.
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Passing: Race, Disability, and Gender
What do Michael Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt have to do with the debates about the North Carolina bathrooms bill?
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GoT PiH: R’hllor & Ahura Mazda
Explore more of the Game of Thrones world with a discussion of Zoroastrianism and Melisandre’s Lord of Light.
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GoT PiH: King’s Landing & Constantinople
Feed your GoT obsession with our discussion of King’s Landing, Constantinople, and some epic battles.
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GoT PiH: The Wall(s)
History meets Game of Thrones! Check out this podcast episode in which Averill, Tommy, and special guest Andy Smyser talk The Wall, Hadrian’s Wall, and life in border/barrier towns.
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1916: Roger Casement
Averill and Dan take a look at Sir Roger Casement’s role in the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, and the legacy of the man – as humanitarian, nationalist, and homosexual.
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Is that lamb made of…butter?!
Join Tommy, Dan, and Marissa as they dig into the long and hilarious history of the butter lamb, just in time for Easter!
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Gay & Irish on St. Paddy’s Day in the US
A brief history of the struggle over the St. Patrick’s Day Parades in NYC & Boston. Can a person be both gay and Irish(-American)? Of course – but not everyone agreed when it came time to march.
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Civil War “Contraband”
We think we know the story of the end of slavery in the United States: Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery with a stroke of his pen, and millions of enslaved men, women and children went forward happily into their new lives as freedpeople. But the reality wasn’t quite so sunny. Read more…
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Frankenstein: Monster of the Enlightenment
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley created two of the most enduring characters in literary history with her 1818 work Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. You’re probably familiar with modern depictions of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his monster, whether through the classic Boris Karloff films, the cartoon incarnation from Hotel Transylvania, or Mel Brooks’ tap Read more…