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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.

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The AHCA, Children’s Sleep, and Planets
April 7, 2017Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young, Nicole Hemmer
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Intersectionality, Beauty & the Beast, and Defunding the NEH & NEA
March 31, 2017Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young, Nicole Hemmer
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The LSAT, George W. Bush, and Corporal Punishment
March 24, 2017Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young, Nicole Hemmer
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Wiretapping, Wellness Real Estate, and Late-Night TV
March 16, 2017Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young, Nicole Hemmer
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The Women’s Strike, Anti-Semitism, and Robots
March 9, 2017Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Milo & CPAC, Professor Politics, and Momastery
March 3, 2017Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
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Paid Protestors, Secondhand Smoke, and Ivanka Trump
February 28, 2017Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
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Valentine’s Day, Obama & Black History, and Andrew Jackson
February 16, 2017Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Betsy DeVos, Executive Orders, and Playgrounds
February 2, 2017Neil J. Young, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer
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Plagiarism, Ringling Bros., and Sugar & SNAP
January 27, 2017Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
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The Women’s March, Russia, and Obama’s Farewell
January 19, 2017Neil J. Young, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer
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North Carolina, Pot Legalization, and Alabama Football
January 12, 2017Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young

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