We’re busy at work on our new season, which will hit your feeds later this month. In the meantime, we’re bringing you an episode of the Smithsonian Institution’s podcast Sidedoor to tide you over. Smithsonian curator of political history Jon Grinspan takes you inside the story of the Wide Awakes, a group of <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/campaign-parade-torch-1868:nmah_497300">torch-bearing</a> young activists who helped elect Abraham Lincoln and spurred the nation toward Civil War. Grinspan recently <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/club-cape-wearing-activists-helped-elect-lincoln-spark-civil-war-180984000/">wrote about the Wide Awakes</a> in an issue of Smithsonian magazine. We’ll be back soon with all new episodes to kick off our second season. Happy new year!

We’re busy at work on our new season, which will hit your feeds later this month. In the meantime, we’re bringing you an episode of the Smithsonian Institution’s podcast Sidedoor to tide you over. Smithsonian curator of political history Jon Grinspan takes you inside the story of the Wide Awakes, a group of torch-bearing young activists who helped elect Abraham Lincoln and spurred the nation toward Civil War. Grinspan recently wrote about the Wide Awakes in an issue of Smithsonian magazine. We’ll be back soon with all new episodes to kick off our second season. Happy new year!

We’re busy at work on our new season, which will hit your feeds later this month. In the meantime, we’re bringing you an episode of the Smithsonian Institution’s podcast Sidedoor to tide you over. Smithsonian curator of political history Jon Grinspan takes you inside the story of the Wide Awakes, a group of <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/campaign-parade-torch-1868:nmah_497300" rel="noopener noreferrer">torch-bearing</a> young activists who helped elect Abraham Lincoln and spurred the nation toward Civil War. Grinspan recently <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/club-cape-wearing-activists-helped-elect-lincoln-spark-civil-war-180984000/" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote about the Wide Awakes</a> in an issue of Smithsonian magazine. We’ll be back soon with all new episodes to kick off our second season. Happy new year!

RE-BROADCAST: Meet the Wide-Awakes, The Club of Cape-Wearing Activists Who Helped Elect Lincoln and Spark the Civil War

<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com">Smithsonian magazine</a> covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. On <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/">There's More to That,</a> meet the magazine's journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.  Every two weeks, There’s More to That will give curious listeners a fresh understanding of the world we all inhabit.Host Ari Daniel is an independent science journalist who has reported across six continents and contributes regularly to National Public Radio among other outlets. In a previous life, he trained grey seal pups and studied wild Norwegian killer whales. In the fifth grade, Ari won the "Most Contagious Smile" award.

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Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. On There's More to That, meet the magazine's journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time. Every two weeks, There’s More to That will give curious listeners a fresh understanding of the world we all inhabit. Host Ari Daniel is an independent science journalist who has reported across six continents and contributes regularly to National Public Radio among other outlets. In a previous life, he trained grey seal pups and studied wild Norwegian killer whales. In the fifth grade, Ari won the "Most Contagious Smile" award.

<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Smithsonian&nbsp;magazine</a> covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. On <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">There's More to That,</a> meet the magazine's journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.&nbsp; Every two weeks, There’s More to That will give curious listeners a fresh understanding of the world we all inhabit.Host Ari Daniel is an independent science journalist who has reported across six continents and contributes regularly to National Public Radio among other outlets. In a previous life, he trained grey seal pups and studied wild Norwegian killer whales. In the fifth grade, Ari won the "Most Contagious Smile" award.

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