History Matters
History Matters: This Peach Basket Nonsense
This week on History Matters, Scott and Aaron discuss this year’s election in historical context, and Aaron asks an unanswered question.
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History Matters: When Do We Leave?
This week in history: Halloween arrives (though Scott and Aaron aren’t fans) and Juliette Gordon Low founds the Girl Scouts.
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History Matters: Fight, Get Defeated, Rise, Fight Again
This week, Scott and Aaron remember several key moments and figures in the American Revolution – including the “Edenton Tea Party” of 1774.
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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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