History Episodes:
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GETTING CURIOUS | What Happened After WW2? with Professor Pascale R. Bos (Part Two)
Professor Pascale R. Bos joins Jonathan to discuss the Holocaust and WW2. In part two of their conversation, Jonathan and Dr. Bos explore how the US became involved …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Do We Understand How The Holocaust Happened? with Professor Pascale R. Bos (Part One)
Professor Pascale R. Bos joins Jonathan to discuss the Holocaust and WW2. In part one of our first ever two-part episode, Jonathan and Professor Bos discuss how the …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What Happened To The Racist F***ing A**hole Dick Officials Of The Confederacy After The Civil War? with Professor Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez
Lawyer, historian, and author Robert Icenhauer-Ramirez sits down with Jonathan to discuss the Civil War and its aftermath, including what happened to confederate officials, the process of abolishing …
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GETTING CURIOUS | How Do the Legacies Of Slavery And Jim Crow Laws Still Affect Americans Today? with Deborah N. Archer
Professor Deborah N. Archer sits down with Jonathan to explore what it was like to be a Black American before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What Does Inequality Have To Do With HIV? with Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes
In the fall of 2019, Jonathan released his book “Over The Top,” where he disclosed his HIV positive status. The occasion prompted Dr. Watkins-Hayes to write an op-ed …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What’s the Difference Between Sunni And Shia And Why Don’t They Love Each Other? with Dr. James L. Gelvin
In December of 2015, Dr. James L. Gelvin joined Jonathan in the studio to discuss the relationship between Shia and Sunni Islam and to record the very first …
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GETTING CURIOUS | What Was Early America Like Around the Revolutionary War? with Dr. Jessica Roney
How did we come to be the United States of America? What was life like in Philadelphia and Boston leading up to the Revolutionary War? Jonathan sits down …
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GETTING CURIOUS | British English And American English: What’s The Diff? with Helen Zaltzman
Helen Zaltzman hosts The Allusionist podcast and joins Jonathan to talk about the current and historical differences between British English and American English. It doesn’t take long for …
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GETTING CURIOUS | Who Was the Beyoncé of Renaissance Art? with Professor Lisa Boutin Vitela
Lisa Boutin Vitela is Assistant Professor of Art History at Cerritos College. In Jonathan’s words, she’s “most professory about the gorgeous Renaissance,” so she comes by to talk …
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