History Matters

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...

Tariffs, 2025 28.04.2025 31:06 ↓

Read the Al Jazeera article here .

Autism Science Foundation & RFK Jr. 23.04.2025 20:32 ↓

Late, but hope you find it worth the wait! Thanks as always for listening!

"Bayou of Pigs", Dominica, 1981 14.04.2025 20:21 ↓

The time the Klan tried to take over Dominica, a Black Caribbean island.... figures. Read the New York Times article here.

Throwback: Clean Girls & Hot Cheetos 07.04.2025 17:58 ↓

This has been a WEEK, ok! Enjoy this old episode: "Clean Girls & Hot Cheetos". See y'all next week with a new episode.

Throwback: Defunding DEI, But What's Next? 31.03.2025 37:34 ↓

Enjoy this throwback episode from 2022!

What is Genocide? 24.03.2025 34:31 ↓

Audio is a little wonky, but thanks for listening! Check out the Raphael Lemkin Collection via the New York Public Library⁠ .

Altadena, 1960 10.03.2025 13:47 ↓

Read more about Altadena here

Treason & Sedition 03.03.2025 17:53 ↓

Both serious charges... both not explained or discussed enough.

Slave Revolts & the Declaration of the Rights of Man 24.02.2025 31:11 ↓

Shout out to Charles... shout out to revolutionary history.

Transphobia is Everyone's Problem... 17.02.2025 20:58 ↓

... And we need to end it, so that everyone can exist freely.

Anna Murray Douglass, Thank You 10.02.2025 13:28 ↓

Read Rosetta's speech about her mother, Anna, here .

Tuskegee Airmen 03.02.2025 19:31 ↓

It's shameful to erase their contributions to America and to WWII.

Immigrant Bounty Hunters, 2025 27.01.2025 30:01 ↓

Read about the Mississippi HB 1484 here

"Millions to Negro Girl, 1913" 20.01.2025 8:58 ↓

A short history of Sarah Rector.

Black Americans & the American Flag 13.01.2025 13:55 ↓

“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege" - James Baldwin

New Laws, 2025 06.01.2025 19:50 ↓

Happy New Year! Sources: Gov. Gavin Newsom Labor Laws Housing Laws Employment Laws

Throwback: Russia is Playing the Long Game 30.12.2024 28:05 ↓

Throwback episode today, y'all! :D Enjoy!

Favorite Things 2024 23.12.2024 28:09 ↓

Cheers to 4 years!