History Matters
History Matters: Our Shrinking World
Scott and Aaron discuss the telegraph – and other inventions that helped make our world smaller than it had ever been before.
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History Matters: North Carolina-Centric History
Looking back on historical moments in North Carolina, Aaron laments our Boston-centric (and White-centric) approach to teaching U.S. history.
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History Matters: Soaring to New Heights
Scott and Aaron remember a pair of pioneering aviators, Amelia Earhart and Jacqueline Cochran – and also the real-life Smokey Bear.
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History Matters: Around the World in 72 Days
Scott and Aaron celebrate great women in history – including pathbreaking 19th-century journalist Nellie Bly, who outdid Jules Verne.
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History Matters: Ordinary People, Great Spies
This week in history: a pair of scientists team up to invent the solar battery, and an ordinary housewife becomes a World War II super-spy.
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History Matters: Recurrences and Echoes
This week, Scott and Aaron reflect on the American Revolution – and the parallels between that war and today’s conflict in Ukraine.
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History Matters: Astronauts, Judges, and Teachers
This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate Anne Sullivan, America’s first Black woman judge, and one local man who’s making history now.
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History Matters: Washington Washington
Scott and Aaron talk about great figures with similar names: civil rights advocate Booker T. Washington and seed magnate Washington Burpee.
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History Matters: I Saw Her Face, Now I’m a Libertarian
Scott and Aaron remember great women in history – including the lyricist for “Happy Birthday To You” and the inventor of Liquid Paper.
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History Matters: Courage and Cunning
Scott and Aaron celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and remember figures in history who stood up against injustice – and who improved our lives.
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