History Matters
History Matters: Worst Burglars Ever
This week, Scott and Aaron remember Supreme Court cases, Juneteenth in 1865, and the 1771 execution of six Regulators in Hillsborough.
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History Matters: ‘Courage Calls To Courage Everywhere’
Scott and Aaron reflect on courageous figures in history, like suffragette Millicent Fawcett and teen civil rights activist Claudette Colvin.
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History Matters: Monuments, Chapels, and Shopping Carts
This week: the Lincoln Memorial and Duke Chapel both open their doors, and an Oklahoma grocer unveils something called a “shopping cart.”
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History Matters: The Rest of the Story
Ordinary folks doing great things: a small-time inventor who becomes President, a scientist who launches a global movement, and more.
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History Matters: Freedom Fighters, Old and New
This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the 1771 Battle of Alamance and the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
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History Matters: Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires (When the Firefighters Are At War)
This week, Scott recounts the origins of Smokey the Bear – both the real-life bear and the real-life firefighter who inspired the character.
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History Matters: The Kid Deserved the C-Plus
This week: International Workers Day, a pioneering journalist, and a kid whose mediocre college paper led to a Constitutional amendment.
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History Matters: Inventing the ‘Hookless No. 2’
This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Coretta Scott King – plus the inventor of the all-purpose zipper, patented this week in 1913.
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History Matters: The Most Norwegian Name
Scott and Aaron discuss a major historical event in Durham, a little-known hero of the Holocaust, and a very lazy inventor.
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History Matters: Bayard Rustin, Secret Star of History
We discuss the wide-ranging influence of Bayard Rustin, who helped organize the March on Washington and popularized the peace symbol.
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