<p>Doug Miller played his first professional gig with his high school band at a ballroom in Iowa. He grew up ready to make-or-break it in the music industry and moved to the Twin Cities—an indie rock capital—to pursue that dream. But the experience ended up turning him into a historian. So what happened?</p>

Doug Miller played his first professional gig with his high school band at a ballroom in Iowa. He grew up ready to make-or-break it in the music industry and moved to the Twin Cities—an indie rock capital—to pursue that dream. But the experience ended up turning him into a historian. So what happened?

From Indie Rock to Historian with Doug Miller

Studying History is not for the faint of heart. It knocks us out of our comfort zone. But maybe that's the point. Good History is a podcast from the Oklahoma State University History Department inspired by Oklahoma native Dr. John Hope Franklin's wisdom that "A good historian is a moralist at heart." We ask historians: why do you study what you study? We ask people: how does knowing more about the past make your life, and our lives, better? And along the way we dig into a paradox: Americans love history—we fight over it bitterly--but many voice skepticism about its value in education. Why? Tune in to "Good History" to join the conversation and learn more about us here: https://cas.okstate.edu/history/

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