Welcome to the second episode of the History Shorts Weekend Show, a soon-to-be weekly Patreon-exclusive variety series offering a lighter, more reflective companion to the main podcast. Think storyteller's lounge meets historian's notebook: part commentary, part narrative, part behind-the-scenes look at the stories shaping both past and present.

THIS WEEK:

• The unofficial dawn of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s.
• The surprising origins of the modern weekend.
• How a quiet fluctuation in recent economic data may one day mark the beginning of a major historical shift in America's industrial identity.
• Preview clip from my upcoming conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Edward J. Larson about his new book Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters.
• A reflection on E.H. Carr's foundational work What Is History? and why his ideas still matter today.

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