With the start of a new year, James and Ant look at the phenomenon of nostalgia. Why do we tend to look back on the past with a fondness, and what dangers does that imply for how we look at the present?

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Walk with Shawn

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/black-man-scared-to-walk-in-neighborhood-joined-by-75-neighbors/

Expunging Marijuana Records

https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/12/31/22208659/cannabis-marijuana-illinois-expunge-pardon-pritzker-legal-pot Foolishness of the Week

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Topic of the Weekhttps://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1956/demographics/p60-23.pdf

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MAPAINUSA646N

https://www.newser.com/story/225645/average-size-of-us-homes-decade-by-decade.html

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