Past Present

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Cynthia Greenlee, Neil J. Young, and Nicole Hemmer, editors.

Created in 2015 by historians Natalia Mehlman Petrzela. Neil J. Young and Nicole Hemmer, Past Present is a weekly conversational podcast that turns hindsight into foresight. Going beyond Twitter hot takes and cable news sound bites, we think that every headline has a history – and every listener is a historian.

Incels, Mormonism and Race, and Millennials and Personal Finance

May 30, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

The Israeli Embassy, Tom Wolfe, and Sports Gambling

May 23, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the Golden State Killer, and Remembering the Holocaust

May 9, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Sean Hannity, Gayborhoods, and Running Tutus

May 2, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Barbara Bush, Starbucks, and the U.S. Census

April 24, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Sinclair Broadcasting, Tony Robbins, and Early Admissions

April 18, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Roseanne, NFL Cheerleaders, and Instant Pot

April 11, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

April 4, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Cambridge Analytica, the Austin Serial Bomber, and Stanford’s “Manel”

March 28, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Rex Tillerson, Women’s Obituaries, and National Geographic

March 21, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Trump’s Tariffs, Weight Watchers for Teenagers, Disneyland Workers

March 17, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young

Billy Graham, High School Activism, and Teachers’ Strikes

March 14, 2018Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young