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Nellie Taft's Stroke (1909)
The Potato Beetle Wars (1950)
Tennessee Finally Teaches Evolution (1967)
Tuskegee Study Apology (1997)
Family Jewels Pt 4: Meddling In The Press (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein
Family Jewels Pt 3: Meddling In Your Mind (1975)
Family Jewels Pt 2: Meddling At Home (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein
Family Jewels Pt 1: Meddling Abroad (1975) w/ Rick Perlstein
Our Bodies, Ourselves (1969)
Haymarket and the Roots of May Day (1886)
The She She She Camps (1934)
The Monkey Mayor of Hartlepool (2002) w/ Tim Harford
Henrietta Wood Sues For Reparations (1878)
The Moton Walkout and the "Lost Generation" (1951)
They're Trying To Wash Us Away (1927) w/ Wright Thompson
The Mystery of 420's Origins (1986?) w/ Ellen Scanlon
Japanese Balloon Bombs Over U.S. Skies (1945)
Eugene Debs: Lock Him Up (1919)
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