History Matters
History Matters: Mr. Watson, I Want You
This week, Scott and Aaron look back at famous inventions: the telephone, the escalator, and the shopping cart.
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History Matters: It’s Good To Have Connections
This week in history: famous first meetings, new inventions, and national anthems – all coming together at the 1893 World’s Fair.
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History Matters: Boston Can Have The Sun
This week in history, the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge launches North Carolina into the center of the American Revolution.
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History Matters: Silas, You’re a Genius!
This week, Scott and Aaron look back at historical inventors who were also geniuses when it came to marketing their new products.
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History Matters: Every Day Is Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s week, Scott and Aaron spotlight a pair of fun inventions: the QWERTY keyboard and the square-bottomed paper bag.
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History Matters: Carry Something Beautiful In Your Heart
Scott and Aaron remember great figures in history, from Rosa Parks to a pair of pioneering nineteenth-century female physicians.
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History Matters: ‘Disaster Is Rarely As Pervasive As It Seems’
This week, Scott and Aaron remember a celebrated historian, a legendary crusader for justice, and a great American president.
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History Matters: Great Women and Great Amendments
This week, Aaron and Scott (snowbound) remember a trio of great women, plus the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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History Matters: The History Is Always Hot
This week: Scott and Aaron remember Martin Luther King, Dian Fossey, a WW2-era ban on sliced bread, and a famous…biopic?
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History Matters: Standardization, Old-Timey Pens, and Jimmy Carter’s UFO
This week’s all about standardization, as Scott and Aaron look back on the development of modern recipes – and modern time zones.
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