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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 History of Advanced Placement
February 7, 2023Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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A History of the Sleepover
January 31, 2023Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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“Nepo Babies” and the History of Nepotism
January 24, 2023Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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How Gas Stoves Became Political
January 17, 2023Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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The Battle over Speak of the House
January 10, 2023Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Natalia Petrzela’s “Fit Nation”
January 3, 2023Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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ROTC and American Schools
December 20, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Brittney Griner and the History of Prisoner Exchanges
December 13, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Antisemitism’s Resurgence
December 6, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Weight Loss Drugs
November 22, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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The 2022 Midterm Elections
November 15, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Affirmative Action
November 8, 2022Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young

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