The Whiskey Rebellion

Frank and David discuss the possibility of another constitutional convention.

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Frank: mystery endorsement of Scars on the Land

David: remembering Gwendolyn Midlo Hall

Libraries have become the most recent front in the culture wars. Frank and David discuss the history of American libraries. 

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Frank: NYT on a new Constitutional Convention

David: new AP African American Studies

Frank and David discuss missing, lost, and stolen documents in American history.

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Frank: FBI and Civil War gold

David: the end of the manual transmission 

Back from our summer holiday break, Frank and David try to put recent news into historical context, including the Kansas abortion referendum, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.

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Frank: archaeologists study Hessian remains in NJ

David: Tilling the Soil podcast from Whitney Plantation

Frank and David discuss the history of summer vacation, including school break, summer camps, road trips, and summer jobs.

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David: Congrats to Edinburgh graduates

Frank: solidarity with tour guides at Monticello

We'll be taking our own summer break for a few weeks. Episodes will return in August!

Frank and David discuss David Armitage's op-ed "Break the History Addiction."

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Frank: Live Whiskey Rebellion show in August

David: Georgia Guidestone's mystery

Recent polling indicates that confidence in the Supreme Court is at a record low. Frank and David discuss the issue of credibility for the Supreme Court and American institutions more broadly.

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Frank: Peter Waddell paintings of White House history

David: Nursing Clio's Reproduction History Syllabus

Frank and David discuss the history of Father's Day.

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Frank: Darren Walker's Juneteenth talk at Monticello

David: Maybelle Blair's coming out

Frank and David discuss the history of gun legislation.

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Frank: Privatizing Presidential libraries

David: new opera on Omar Ibn Said

Frank and David discuss the "Great Replacement", a white supremacist conspiracy that has become common-place on right-wing media and has motivated violence in the United States and around the globe. 

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David: Last phone booth in NYC

Frank: 200th anniversary of Union Canal