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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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Critical Race Theory
May 25, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Gas Panics and the Colonial Pipeline Cybersecurity Breach
May 18, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Peloton and the History of Product Recalls
May 12, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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The Past and Future of the Office
May 4, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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RuPaul and the History of Drag
April 28, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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A Roaring Twenties Redux?
April 20, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Education
The Debate over School Reopening
April 13, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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The Atlanta and Boulder Mass Shootings
March 30, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Controversies
March 23, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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The Interview: Oprah, Meghan, and Harry
March 18, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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The Controversy over Dr. Seuss
March 9, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young
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Minimum Wage and the Fight for $15
March 2, 2021Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Neil J. Young

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