History Matters
History Matters: Nobody Wants to Touch the Diapers
For this week’s History Matters, Scott and Aaron remember MLK, JFK, heroic birds and cats, and the invention of disposable diapers.
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History Matters: I’ve Got the High Ground
This week on History Matters: a North Carolina Founding Father, a hero who overcame racism to save lives, and praise for the present day.
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History Matters: Every Holiday Is All About Shopping
This week, Scott and Aaron look back on the origin of Thanksgiving in America – not in November, surprisingly.
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History Matters: North Carolina Takes A (Cold) Stand
This week, Scott and Aaron look back at North Carolina’s summer weather – which was apparently much cooler in the 18th century.
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History Matters: The Wild, The Wacky, The Wondrous
This week in history, Jimmy Carter spots a UFO – which puts him in the same category as Aaron, as it happens.
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History Matters: The Rising States of America?
Scott and Aaron remember the creation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the Star-Spangled Banner, and the phrase “United States of America.”
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History Matters: Bulldogs with Little Goggles, Russian Defectors on Horseback
This week, Scott and Aaron remember the first auto trip across the U.S. – and a record-setting horseback trip through North and South America.
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History Matters: Cape Hatteras, Meriwether Lewis, and Ringo Starr on National Radio Day
This week, Scott and AJ (filling in for Aaron Keck) look back on this week in history. The note that today is National Radio Day and discuss end of summer events on the Outer Banks, in America, and across the pond!
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History Matters: Fear Conquers Reason, But Desire Conquers Fear
This week, Scott and Aaron look back on the first successful balloon crossing of the Atlantic (after many failed attempts).
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History Matters: Programs and Presbyterians
Scott and Aaron remember Jesse Owens’ triumph at the 1936 Olympics – and the ways in which those games may have been covered at the time.
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