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1. 1▶The blatant betrayal that erased the Tupperware queen from historyThroughline49:11Notes
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2. 2▶Lies, theft, and cover-up: the history of Monopoly you've never heardThroughline49:49Notes
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3. 3▶The song that fueled protests and a legacy of hopeThroughline19:26Notes
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4. 4▶The lightbulb conspiracy is both real and everywhereThroughline31:49Notes
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5. 5▶The license to be funny in AmericaThroughline20:01Notes
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6. 6▶The architect of modern ChinaThroughline37:41Notes
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7. 7▶The Chinafication of WalmartThroughline17:19Notes
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8. 8▶Listen to "We Keep Us Safe" on NPR's Embedded podcastThroughline3:02
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9. 9▶Route 66 and the quest to connect AmericaThroughline50:15Notes
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10. 10▶How wheelchairs, a river, and a spaceship challenged the status quoThroughline19:59Notes
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11. 11▶The ongoing battle over asylum in AmericaThroughline53:40Notes
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12. 12▶American history through songThroughline22:18Notes
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13. 13▶The story of July 4th is messier than you rememberThroughline34:19Notes
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14. 14▶The genius and murkiness of the ConstitutionThroughline21:19Notes
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15. 15▶From Hormuz to Suez: the chokepoints of global powerThroughline50:31Notes
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16. 16▶Prosperity gospel and the American dreamThroughline15:25Notes
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17. 17▶How the Supreme Court claimed supreme powerThroughline53:58Notes
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18. 18▶Captain America and the nation's conscienceThroughline13:01Notes
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19. 19▶The shifting line between free speech and a criminal threatThroughline36:09Notes
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20. 20▶The uncensored warThroughline17:50Notes
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21. 21▶The World Cup was supposed to bring world peaceThroughline52:16Notes
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22. 22▶Bayard Rustin and the March on WashingtonThroughline22:33Notes
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23. 23▶History's playbook for taming the beast of inflationThroughline47:20Notes
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24. 24▶Yuri Kochiyamas’s lifetime of activismThroughline20:52Notes
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25. 25▶Prediction markets are making a 150-year comebackThroughline51:34Notes
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26. 26▶Frances Perkins Goes To WashingtonThroughline16:08Notes
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27. 27▶War by remote control, how drones changed modern warfareThroughline50:41Notes
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28. 28▶Four voices from the Great DepressionThroughline18:33Notes
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29. 29▶How our memory of war can shape the futureThroughline48:55Notes
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30. 30▶The origins of the Socialist Party of AmericaThroughline17:11Notes
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31. 31▶Gladiators, real housewives and the pull of reality TVThroughline51:55Notes
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32. 32▶The fight that shook AmericaThroughline15:03Notes
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33. 33▶The billionaires' utopia blueprintThroughline48:34Notes
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34. 34▶Why the wall was builtThroughline13:13Notes
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35. 35▶The original clickbait kingThroughline48:11Notes
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36. 36▶How the US became AmericaThroughline15:39Notes
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37. 37▶Will AI destroy us... or save us?Throughline51:18Notes
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38. 38▶Who gets to be an American citizen?Throughline15:26Notes
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39. 39▶Al Capone and the transformation of the IRSThroughline51:37Notes
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40. 40▶What the banana tells us about US historyThroughline14:35Notes
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41. 41▶How Saudi Arabia shaped Silicon ValleyThroughline49:39Notes
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42. 42▶The Ojibwe NationThroughline16:46Notes
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43. 43▶Why is Cuba in crisis?Throughline48:13Notes
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44. 44▶The confederates who left the USAThroughline17:05Notes
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45. 45▶3 key moments that led to the U.S.-Iran warThroughline48:06Notes
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46. 46▶Everyone should have a voiceThroughline22:09Notes
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47. 47▶Iran and the Jewish people: An alliance before warThroughline51:32Notes
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48. 48▶We the People, RedefinedThroughline18:59Notes
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49. 49▶Why Super PACs have more power than ever in electionsThroughline50:11Notes
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50. 50▶How the Civil War changed how we voteThroughline16:23Notes
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