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Scott’s snowbound this week, but he dials in by phone to look back on this week in history – including the passage of the U.S. Constitution’s 24th Amendment, which banned poll taxes as a condition of voting. Scott and Aaron also discuss a trio of great women in history: journalist Nellie Bly, pioneering pilot Bessie Coleman, and “Sound of Music” heroine Maria Von Trapp.

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