In this episode, the team discusses the history of television with historian, media executive, and author of "The Blackface Minstrel Show in Mass Media", Tim Brooks.
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History of Television

Welcome to I Don't know about That with Jim Jefferies. In this show, Kelly Blackheart and Forrest Shaw will bring up topics unbeknownst to me and Jack Hackett. Then I'll spout off everything I know.

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Jim don't know sh*t about poop. Our expert Dr. Will Bulsiewicz helps him out.
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Poop

Jim may know Australia but does he know Austria? Thank goodness historian Stephen Beller is on the podcast to tell us everything Jim doesn't know.
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GUEST BIO: Steven Beller was born in London, England and educated at Cambridge University; since 1989 he has lived in the USA. He has written widely on Austrian, Jewish and Central European history. His books include A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge, 2006), Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History (Cambridge University Press, 1989); Herzl (Halban, 1991); Francis Joseph (Longman, 1996); ; Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2008, 2015); Democracy: All That Matters (Hodder, 2013). He also edited and introduced the anthology Rethinking Vienna 1900 (Berghahn, 2001). His latest book is The Habsburg Monarchy 1815-1918 (Cambridge, 2018). He is currently an independent scholar resident in Washington DC. 

Austria

Jim knew very little about Mark Twain, thankfully our expert Paul Morrissey (@paulhasawebsite) did! Check out Paul's website: www.paulhasawebsite.com
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Mark Twain

Dawn Brodey (@dawn_brodey) is back! Previously our Titanic expert, she now takes her knowledge from the water to the skies... and then back to the water.
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There are some gaps in Jim's knowledge on sneakers. Our expert Michelangelo Falcon (@michelangelofalcon) fills in the cracks.
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History of Television

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