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We look at the history of the powerful AFT and its role in American education.  

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The reactions to the recent US Supreme Court decisions around affirmative action, student debt and free speech were similar to that of a child denied a McDonald's Happy Meal.  We look at these reactions and explore their origins.  

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We travel from ancient Persia to Medieval Italy to modern Russia to learn about mercenaries.  

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We look at demographic trends today and fertility issues in history.  Do we need less people or more?  We make the case for the latter.  

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We look at archeology from the fictional Indiana Jones to the real Walter Andrae and what it means for historians through the lens of learning about the ancient Assyrians.  

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It's movie time so we are having my brother back on.  We ask why those in power think of themselves as outsiders, the best war movies, and why British actors are superior to American ones. 

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A brief history of Memorial Day with a few stories of those who gave us our freedom at the cost of their "last full measure of devotion." 

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We break down the Netflix "documentary" and make suggestions on why the producers of this work made some interesting, and historically inaccurate, choices.  

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The left thinks we need more leisure time and is using some spurious history to make their case.  We go from Medieval Europe to Ancient China to see comparisons with workers today.  

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We go from Tudor England to WWI Russia and back to modern times to see what happens when we have leadership vacuums.