History and Today

This week, Katie and Sam are joined by Kaitlynn Styles to talk about why the three of us chose to become historians, the importance of a fair and equal history education for all, and the horrors of the impending new " patriotic education" plan Donald Trump has proposed.

Sources:

https://time.com/5889907/trump-patriotic-education/

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/914281543/trump-announces-patriotic-education-commission

Intro/Outro Song: 'Epic Cinematic' - Scott Holmes

This week Sam and Katie welcome Grace McFadden to the show to discuss the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who tragically died at the age of 87 on Friday night, as well as the implications her death brings for the future of the United States and the world as a whole.

Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/ruth-bader-ginsburg

https://www.biography.com/law-figure/ruth-bader-ginsburg

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dead.html

Intro/Outro Song - 'Epic Cinematic' by Scott Holmes

Cover Art by Kaye Weber

This week, Katie and Sam talk to Reya Kalaiarasu about being her life experiences, perceptions of South Asians in the US, Religion, and more!

Intro/Outro - 'Epic Cinematic' - Scott Holmes

This week Katie and Sam tackle Imperialism in a more modern sense!

Cover Art - Kaye Weber

Intro/Outro Song - 'Epic Cinematic' - Scott Holmes

This week, Sam and Katie tackle the topic of Imperialism, focusing on examples that openly referred to themselves as Imperial this week!

Intro/Outro - "Epic Cinematic" - Scott Holmes

Cover Art - Kaye Weber

Sources:

https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/6541.5-imperialism-rome

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/japan_1750_meiji.htm

https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-ww2/imperial-japan

Katie and Sam tackle the topic of Government Overreach today!

Intro/Outro - "Epic Cinematic" - Scott Holmes

SOURCES:

https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1700s/The-Sedition-Act-of-1798/#:~:text=In%20one%20of%20the%20first,government%20of%20the%20United%20States.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-sedition-act

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-orders

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/teaching-legal-docs/what-is-an-executive-order-/#:~:text=An%20executive%20order%20is%20a,operations%20of%20the%20federal%20government.&text=Executive%20orders%20are%20not%20legislation,Congress%20cannot%20simply%20overturn%20them.

https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/alien-and-sedition-acts#:~:text=The%20Alien%20and%20Sedition%20Acts%20were%20a%20series%20of%20four,speech%20and%20of%20the%20press.

Today Sam and Katie tackle the issue of compromising in American Politics - from the Great Connecticut Compromise to the Compromise of 1850 and more!

Intro/Outro: "Epic Cinematic" - Scott Holmes

SOURCES:

https://guides.loc.gov/missouri-compromise

https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/understanding-the-three-fifths-compromise/

https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-movement/compromise-of-1850

https://www.history.com/news/how-the-great-compromise-affects-politics-today

https://connecticuthistory.org/the-connecticut-compromise/

This week Sam and Katie tackle a personal topic - the US Education system!

Sources:

https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/focus/what.html#:~:text=The%20Department's%20History,statistics%20about%20the%20nation's%20schools.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/where/history.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/title-ix-enacted

http://www.eds-resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html

https://www.valdosta.edu/colleges/education/human-services/document%20/marland-report.pdf

Intro-Outro: "Epic Cinematic" Scott Holmes

This week, Sam and Katie discuss the journey American party politics has taken since the birth of the nation.

Thumbnail Credit: Kaye Weber

Intro/Outro: "Epic Cinematic" - Scott Holmes

SOURCES:

ourdocuments.gov

liberalparty.org

"American Government: A Brief Introduction, 15th Edition" - Lowi, Ginsberg, Shepsle, and Ansolabhere