Home Ownership and the History of Mortgages
Episode 402
In this episode of Past Present, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss Americans’ attachment to the thirty-year mortgage...
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The History of Drive-Thru Dining
Episode 401
In Episode 401 of Past Present, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the history of drive-thru dining. ...
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Oswald’s Mother
Episode 40: A conversation with journalist Deanne Stillman about her new book, American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother
In Episode 40 of Why Now?, Claire Potter chats with journalist Deanne Stillman about her new book, American Confidential: Uncovering the Bizarre Story of Lee Harvey Oswald and His Mother....
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The History of U.S. Divorce Laws
Episode 400: Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the history of divorce law in the United States
In Episode 400, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the history of divorce law in the United States....
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Timothy Liu’s Love Triangles
Episode 12: “People are not in agreement about what the word ‘lover’ means”
In Multi-Verse Episode 12, Timothy Liu reads “Last Christmas” and chats with Evangeline Riddiford Graham about the poem's themes of love and loneliness....
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Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Chaos
Episode 399: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
In Episode 399, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the drama around the election of the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson....
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Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote
Episode 39: A conversation with historian Jennifer Frost
A conversation with historian Jennifer Frost about her book Let Us Vote! Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment...
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The History of Restaurant Reservations
Episode 398
In Episode 398, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the history of restaurant reservations....
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The Adventures of a Very Amateur Historian
In episode 38, Claire Potter chats with Allison Epstein about her new novel on Imperial Russia, Let the Dead Bury the Dead
Allison Epstein’s new historical novel, Let the Dead Bury the Dead, is a story about Russians fighting for freedom. It’s a ripping tale about an officer coming home from the Napoleonic Wars to the man he loves....
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The Beyoncé and Taylor Swift Tours
Episode 397
In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the history of musical megatours and the concert movies they inspired....
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The History of Historic Preservation
Episode 396
In Episode 396 of Past Present, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the history of historic preservation. ...
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TED Talks and the History of Public Speaking
Episode 395
In Episode 395, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the rise—and fall?—of the TED Talk....
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