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This week, Allison and Eugene are joined by Kayla Nelson, a public historian. She shares with us the details of who gets to do the remembering, forgetting, and interpreting of history and how those decisions are inherently non-neutral and often politically motivated. 

Book Mentions:

The Power of Place by Dolores Hayden

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America by Kirk Savage

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History by Michele-Rolph Trouillot

The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

All That She Carried by Tiya Miles

Podcast Recommendations:

The Intelligence by The Economist titled The Weekend Intelligence: The Memory Keepers, August 9, 2025

Music by Jon Scott, Jon Scott Media LLC