In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
- This week, the Democratic Party is holding its national convention—entirely online. Neil referred to Ed Kilgore’s New York magazine article about the role of television in shaping conventions.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
- Natalia recommended Teresa Ghilarducci’s Bloomberg Opinion piece, “Remote College is Still More Valuable than a Gap Year.”
- Neil shared the new podcast series, “Forgotten: Women of Juárez.”
- Niki discussed Jaya Saxena’s Atlas Obscura article, “Rhode Island Has One Great Culinary Invention, and it’s Coffee Milk.”










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I don’t think the title of your article matches the content lol. Just kidding, mainly because I had some doubts after reading the article.