In the middle of a huge pandemic, we've also seen a large coordinated civil rights campaign that has had global participation. During this time, there has also been renewed focus on statues and monuments and what they represent, who they are glorifying and at what cost? In this episode we talk about two enormous monuments and find out what motivated their erections, the men and women behind their conceptions, and how to treat monuments going forward.

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