History Matters

Prop 50 & the Voting Rights Act 20.10.2025 24:20 ↓

Only trust official government websites for information on what your YES or NO vote means! Here is CA's Secretary of State voter guide linked .

Throwback: Latinx Colonial Trailblazers 06.10.2025 14:44 ↓

Enjoy this old episode!! Happy Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month.

Privatizing Military Operations 29.09.2025 32:38 ↓

Nothing to see here, just more of the (new) same...

USDA & Rising Food Costs, 2020-2025 22.09.2025 27:25 ↓

Read the report here

"Drained Pool Politics" 15.09.2025 28:09 ↓

Literal and metaphorically...

Equal Pay Act, 1963 08.09.2025 26:22 ↓

Talk about it among your colleagues, it's not "rude".

Native Scalp Bounties, 1733 01.09.2025 36:11 ↓

Read about Petersham, MA here . Read about the Upstander Project & "Bounty" film here

Chinese Mexicans, 1931 25.08.2025 48:11 ↓

Life happens in the margins! Let's discuss some Chinese history in Mexico from the 1910s-1960s.

Immigration & Naturalization Acts in History 18.08.2025 38:19 ↓

Naturalization Act of 1790 linked here

Throwback: New Laws, 2025 11.08.2025 19:50 ↓

Throwback this week! :)

The Cult of the Middle Class: Age & Ability (Part 6) 04.08.2025 37:07 ↓

Happy August, y'all! :D #LeoSeason

Sisters of the Sourdough Starter 02.08.2025 53:46 ↓

Will be back tomorrow for a regular episode :) but wanted to tie the micro-aggressions I've noticed in the Bravo Housewives Universe + the American Eagle ad + Sourdough Trad Wives into some things, historically and present.

New Loan Caps 28.07.2025 18:40 ↓

New changes with the Big Bill from July 4th.

Liberia, 1847 21.07.2025 22:56 ↓

Tying recent news to past history...

Lake Lanier, 1912 (aka Oscarville) 14.07.2025 16:23 ↓

Stay away from Lake Lanier! - Management

Alligator Bait (Here We Go Again...) 07.07.2025 27:50 ↓

Ferris State University - Jim Crow "Alligator Bait"

Big Bill, 2025 30.06.2025 42:46 ↓

Read it for yourself , as always.

Coolie Labor, 1862 23.06.2025 37:56 ↓

Transpacfic trade of people from India, China, and Japan.

Throwback: Gender Was Never Binary 16.06.2025 14:23 ↓

Happy June, y'all! Happy Pride! Enjoy this throwback episode from 2023.

Wounded Knee, 1890 09.06.2025 21:53 ↓

Accurate history matters. See the information about H.R. 3609 here .

Gatsby Was Black? 02.06.2025 38:42 ↓

Happy Summer! Read the literature professor's analysis here !

Alien Land Law, 1913 26.05.2025 23:00 ↓

History of Japanese-American (& Asian-American in general) exclusion in California.

The Black Dandy, Explained 19.05.2025 22:35 ↓

Check out the Vogue article I referenced, here .

Sinners (Film) Analysis 12.05.2025 49:58 ↓

I'm just a historian! :)

Pay-to-Parent 05.05.2025 22:35 ↓

$5,000?! That's a low offer...