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Now & Then

How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Tuesday, award-winning historians Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman use their encyclopedic knowledge of US history to bring the past to life. Together, they make sense of the week in news by discussing the people, ideas, and events that got us here today.

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Backstage, Now & Then, 10/19
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The Rise of Bully Politics
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Backstage, Now & Then, 10/12
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Speakers of the House: Velvet Gloves and Iron Fists
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Backstage, Now & Then, 10/5
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Split Party Politics
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Backstage, Now & Then, 9/28
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Government Debt Roulette
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Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman Show You How to Listen to Podcasts
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Backstage, Now & Then, 9/21
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