This Day
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The First Transgender Celebrity (1952)
It's December 8th. This day in 1952, the New York Daily News runs a feature on Christine Jorgensen headlined "Ex-GI Becomes Blond Beauty."
Jody...
The Vaccine Fights Go Mainstream (Part Two)
It's December 1st. This week, a two-part look at the roots of vaccine skepticism and anti-vaccine activism in the United States. First we look at the...
The First Vaccine Fights (Part One)
It's December 1st. This week, a two-part look at the roots of vaccine skepticism and anti-vaccine activism in the United States. First we look at the...
An Aid Ship To Ireland (1847) [Thanksgiving Week]
This Thanksgiving Week, some episodes favorite about community, what binds us -- and food!
It’s May 2nd. In 1847, a US military ship, the USS Ja...
Evacuation Day: NYC's Forgotten Holiday (1783)
It's the last week in November -- on November 25th, 1783, British troops finally left New York City, which had suffered a brutal two years since the f...
The Myth of The Myth of Lewis & Clark (1805)
It's November 18th. This day in 1805, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark have returned back east to report on their trip to President Jeffer...
Japanese Cars, Made In America (1982)
It's October 30th. This day (technically November 2nd) in 1982, a Honda Accord rolls off the assembly line at a new plant in Marysville, Ohio -- the f...
The Memory Palace: This Weekend's Teach-In
This Sunday, we are convening a teach-in in Washington DC with our friend Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace. Here is Nate's latest episode, where he dis...
The (Actual) Tree Of Liberty
It's October 22nd. This day in 1999, in Annapolis, MD, the last of the so-called "Liberty Trees" was cut down.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss th...
A Toxic Town Fights Back (1982)
It's October 21st. This day in 1982, residents of Warren County, NC are fighting back against plans to dump tons of PCB-laden dirt in their local land...
The Elaine Massacre (1919)
It's September 30th. This day in 1919, a bloody racial conflict is breaking out in the Arkansas Delta.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how a push...