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The Founding of Aids Project of the Ozarks: HIV and AIDS in the Ozark Mountains
How did communities like Springfield, the "buckle" of the Bible Belt, deal with the AIDS crisis?
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Bitter Sweet: Sugar, Slavery, Empire, and Consumerism in the Atlantic World
Averill, Marissa, and Katie discuss the history of sugar cultivation in the Caribbean, and its relationship to empire and consumerism.
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Tuberculean Chic: How the White Plague Shaped Beauty Standards in the 18th and 19th Centuries
What was it about TB that started a fashion standard? Everything! #histmed #podcast
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Mexican Immigration in the 20th century: Revolution, Welfare, and Braceros
Read the full transcript. The Bracero Program began in 1942, and was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, which started the legalization and control of Mexican migrant workers along America’s southern border area. Read more…
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Science, Reform, and Anti-Vivisection
Things have been pretty political around here lately, so we wanted to dig into something that’s just fascinating and, frankly, creepy: anti-vivisection, or the 19th century campaign to end scientific and medical experimentation on living animals. Read more…
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We Belong Here: Manifest Destiny, Immigration, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Read the transcript. When we think of immigration we tend to think of people crossing over nation-state borders, from one country to another. These borders seem somehow solid in our collective mind, yet they normally Read more…
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How America Got Its Bases
Join Averill, Katie, and Dan as they discuss American base acquisition.
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Fascism and Uteruses
Averill and Marissa discuss abortion and birth control in 20th century Japan and Germany.
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Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade
Download this episode (right click and save) At the Women’s Marches across the U.S. on January 21st, there were hundreds–maybe thousands–of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who held up signs that conveyed their Read more…
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Early American Family Limitation
Sarah and Elizabeth discuss methods of family limitation in Early America. Just in case you need some tips.