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UnTextbooked
A history podcast for the future.

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Is mass incarceration doing more harm than good?
Is mass incarceration doing more harm than good?

On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Sydne Clarke  interviews Victoria Law whose groundbreaking book investigates the brutal history of mass incarceration in the United States showing how dismantling mass incarceration starts with unpacking the myths surrounding it.

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Season 3, Sydne ClarkeUnTextbooked PodcastNovember 17, 2022history, 13th amendment, mass incarceration, Criminal Justice System, prisons, myths, Victoria Law
How did guns divide the United States?
How did guns divide the United States?

On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Ellie Carver-Horner interviews Professor Adam Winkler about how over time, the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (the right to bear arms) historically caused a major divide in the United States and the impact of that extreme split today.

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Season 3, Ellie Carver-HornerUnTextbooked PodcastNovember 10, 2022history, gun control, 2nd amendment, constitution, legal scholar
What is religious racism, and how has it progressed from past to present?
What is religious racism, and how has it progressed from past to present?

Producer Jordan Pettiford interviews Dr. Danielle Boaz to discuss the impact of religious racism and how it’s been consistently used, from colonial times to modern day, to oppress practitioners of African diaspora religions. 

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Featured, Season 3, Jordan PettifordUnTextbooked PodcastNovember 3, 2022history, religious racism, african diaspora, religious freedom, Danielle N. Boaz
Are we telling U.S. Indigenous history wrong?
Are we telling U.S. Indigenous history wrong?

Producer Gavin Scott interviews acclaimed historian and activist Professor Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Together, they take a look at U.S. History through the lens of Indigenous Peoples and unpacks what we’ve been missing as a nation without their perspective.

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Featured, Season 3, Gavin ScottUnTextbooked PodcastOctober 27, 2022history, indigenous history, roxanne dunbar-ortiz, new york times bestseller
What is causing the global fall of democracy?
What is causing the global fall of democracy?

Producer Oliver Wang interviews Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States (Obama Administration), Ben Rhodes to discover who is to blame for the global fall of democracy and how we might return to a truly democratic identity.

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Featured, Oliver Wang, Season 3UnTextbooked PodcastOctober 20, 2022ben rhodes, democracy, authoritarianism, history
Best of Season 2
Best of Season 2
Announcement, Season 2Jeff EmtmanMarch 9, 2022Democracy, executive branch, war on terror, afghanistan, overpopulation, policy, environmentalism, native american boarding schools, native americans, history, american history
Did anyone win the Cold War?
Did anyone win the Cold War?
Anya Dua, Season 2, FeaturedJeff EmtmanDecember 6, 2021Cold war, geopolitics, war, military, afghanistan, politics, proxy war, embargo, trade, ussr, usa, soviet union.
Did segregation in America ever really end?
Did segregation in America ever really end?
Season 2, Jonathan DabelJeff EmtmanDecember 2, 2021
When will Asian Americans stop being seen as "perpetual foreigners"?
When will Asian Americans stop being seen as "perpetual foreigners"?
Victor Ye, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 29, 2021Asian, asian american, immigration, discrimination, asian american history, stereotypes, race, class, xenophobia
What does American cuisine tell us about the United States?
What does American cuisine tell us about the United States?
Grace Davis, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 25, 2021American food, American cuisine, global cuisine, standardization, variety, regionality, food history, paul freedman, bread, food
Why do Brazilian cars run on sugar?
Why do Brazilian cars run on sugar?
Jessica Chiriboga, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 22, 2021Ethanol, fossil fuels, biofuel, energy, brazil, sugarcane, agriculture, labor, jennifer eaglin, environment, environmental, climate change, slavery, alternative energy, south america
What does resilience look like for Iranian women?
What does resilience look like for Iranian women?
Arya Barkesseh, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 18, 2021Iran, cultural revolution, constitutional revolution, revolution, modernity, women's movement, women's education, iranian diaspora, gender, lgbt, queer, marriage, sexuality, islam, religiion, veil, hijab
How did tolerance become an American value?
How did tolerance become an American value?
Karly Shepherd, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 15, 2021Tolerance, toleration, intolerance, enlightenment, america, religious freedom, freedom of speech, voltaire, philosophy
Is every presidency doomed to fail?
Is every presidency doomed to fail?
Season 2, Lap Nguyen, FeaturedJeff EmtmanNovember 11, 2021Presidency, United States, founding fathers, constitutions, separation of powers, executive branch, fdr, franklin D roosevelt, new deal, wpa, works progress administration, abraham lincoln, george washington
How did Black Americans forge a cultural identity?
How did Black Americans forge a cultural identity?
Sydne Clarke, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 8, 2021Black, american, nyc, new york city, protest, racism, slavery, civil rights, race, seneca village, african, africa, identity, john russwurm
Were history’s greatest leaders generalists or specialists?
Were history’s greatest leaders generalists or specialists?
Will Bourell, Season 2Jeff EmtmanNovember 4, 2021Leadership, abraham lincoln, xerxes, fdr, franklin d roosevelt, war, strategy, tactics, chess, hedgehog, fox, archilochus, history
Is there an American Empire?
Is there an American Empire?
Elliot Smith, Season 2, FeaturedJeff EmtmanNovember 1, 2021Empire, united states, territories, guam, puerto rico, american samoa, northern mariana islands, colonization, imperialism, philippines
Does population control work?
Does population control work?
Oliver Wang, Season 2Jeff EmtmanOctober 28, 2021China, population control, one child policy, india, iud, abortion, sterilization, birth control, poverty, parenting, children, child, motherhood, health, medicine, family planning, weath, income, history, world population
Why were Native American kids required to attend boarding schools?
Why were Native American kids required to attend boarding schools?
Gavin Scott, Season 2, FeaturedJeff EmtmanOctober 25, 2021Native american, first nations, canada, kamloops, oklahoma, native history, kansas, assimilation, boarding schools, residential schools, history, indigenous history, tuberculosis, illness, oral history, education, school
Can protests save lives?  How ACT UP helped tame the AIDS crisis.
Can protests save lives? How ACT UP helped tame the AIDS crisis.
Jordan Pettiford, Season 2Jeff EmtmanOctober 21, 2021Aids, history, queer liberation, gay liberation, pandemic, covid, jesse helms, act up, epidemic, disease, activism, protest, youth podcast
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UnTextbooked is a project of The History Co:Lab and edited by Hannah Pedersen, Danielle Roth, Shaneez Tyndall, & Michael Aquino.