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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 176 - Catalan Art Songs with Jess Munoz Jun 03, 2021

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In this episode, Jess Munoz talks to u/Aquatermain about his new album of Catalan art songs. Munoz discusses the history of the Catalan language and its suppression, and how you learn to sing in a language that you don't speak.

More information about Visca L'Amor can be found on Jess' website at www.jessmunoz.com

AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - Causes of the Great War May 27, 2021

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In this episode, Morgan Lewin (/u/aquatermain) talks to Avan (/u/Starwarsnerd222) about the geopolitical causes of the First World War. 29 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 175 - The 275th Anniversary of Culloden with Dr Darren Layne May 22, 2021

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In this episode, Dr Darren Layne (u/Funkyplaid) talks to u/Aquatermain about the 275th anniversary of the battle of Culloden and the end of the Jacobite uprising. Topics include Darren's work on the digital history of Jacobitism, the myth and reality of the Jacobite uprising, and why the battle of Culloden remains so compelling for so many people.

AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - German-Japanese cooperation with Lubyak May 13, 2021

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In this episode, u/Lubyak and u/Kugelfang52 discuss Lubyak's recent answer on the Japanese-German alliance

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 174 - The Lure of the Beach with Robert C Ritchie May 07, 2021

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Tyler Alderson talks to Robert C Ritchie, author of The Lure of the Beach, about the rise of the beach resort. Class, health, and (of course!) sex all play a part in the story of our fascination with the sandy shoreline. 57 mins.

AskHistorians Minisode - Persian Depictions of Alexander the Great with Trevor_Culley Apr 29, 2021

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Jeremy Salkeld (EnclavedMicrostate) talks with Trevor Culley (Trevor_Culley) about an answer the latter wrote on the subreddit about depictions of Alexander the Great in Persia. Building from that answer's discussion, this episode takes us from the fragmentary bits and pieces of the Alexander legend in Babylonian inscriptions and Middle Persian papyrus fragments, up to the developed form found in Sasanian letters and medieval epic poetry. 20 mins.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 173 - Hunt the Wumpus and Public Computing with Jason Dyer Apr 15, 2021

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Tyler Alderson talks with Jason Dyer about the public computing movement and early computer games, including the seminal "Hunt the Wumpus." 64 mins.

AskHistorians Minisode - Uprisings in 19th Century China with EnclavedMicrostate Apr 08, 2021

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Tyler Alderson talks with u/EnclavedMicrostate about an answer he wrote on the European influence (or lack thereof) on the Taiping Rebellion. Rather than looking at the Opium Wars as a root cause, he discusses other uprisings in China at the time, and examines the effect of ethnic, economic, and other tensions. 38 min.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 172 - The Hitler Diaries with PH Jones and Johannes Breit Apr 02, 2021

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In this episode, P.H. Jones and Johannes Breit discuss one of the largest publishing hoaxes of the 20th century: The Hitler Diaries. When German journalist Gerd Heidemann entered a world of Nazis, old and new, WWII memorabilia, and collectors of Hitler paintings in the 70s, he never expected to find the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler. Allegedly smuggled out of East Germany, this was the find of a lifetime. While Heidemann and his employer, Stern, already had dollar signs in their eyes, they didn't expect to find themselves at the centre of one of the largest journalistic and publishing scandals of the last century that would ruin them, make the forger a star and humiliate Rupert Murdoch. Jones and Breit will take you through the whole story that involves everything from Hermann Göring's Yacht to a forger of German lunch vouchers to David Irving and that ends with several millions Mark missing and several people in prison.

AskHistorians Podcast Episode 171 - The Education Trap with Cristina Groeger Mar 18, 2021

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Tyler Alderson talks with with Cristina Groeger, whose new book The Education Trap: Schools and the Remaking of Inequality in Boston explores how education has been used to both alleviate and exacerbate inequality. Using 19th and 20th century Boston as a case study, she takes a critical look at how our concepts of education and the institutions that provide it have been shaped by those in and out of power, and gives us an idea of what we can do to work towards a more equitable society today.

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