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12/07/2022

Racism and the Second Amendment (with Carol Anderson)

What are the origins of the Second Amendment? And what can America’s painful racial history illuminate about our national relationship to guns? On this special Live Taping of Now & Then, Heather and Joanne talk to Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America. The trio discuss how the recent spate of mass shootings — and Supreme Court decisions striking down gun control measures in liberal-leaning cities and states — echo the longstanding inequalities embedded in American gun ownership. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/racism-and-the-second-amendment-with-carol-anderson Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12/07/2022

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45 min
01/02/2023

Advisors and Chiefs of Staff: The Powers of the President’s People

Following the announcement that Chief of Staff Ron Klain is leaving his position and Jeff Zients is taking over, Heather and Joanne look back at the history of unelected and unconfirmed presidential advisors, from Andrew Jackson’s Kitchen Cabinet, to the transformative work of early 1900s White House mainstay George B. Cortelyou, to the rise and fall of Eisenhower Chief of Staff Sherman Adams. How have these figures communicated with the chief executive over the course of American history? How has the public perceived these important aides? Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/advisors-and-chiefs-of-staff-the-powers-of-the-presidents-people/ Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

01/02/2023

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51 min
19/04/2023

Expulsions and Ousters: The Threat in Tennessee

Heather and Joanne discuss the political climate surrounding the dramatic expulsion and reinstatement of Tennessee legislators Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. They also place the controversy within the history of state legislative expulsions, from the White Supremacist 1875 Mississippi Plan, to the 1920 attacks on New York State Socialist politicians, to the failed 1986 GOP quest to oust anti-war activist Tom Hayden from the California State Assembly. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. This week, they discuss their emotional responses to the Tennessee legislative expulsions. Head to: cafe.com/history Listen to “Up Against The Mob: The Springfield Crew”: apple.co/3x4sgYj For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/expulsions-and-ousters-the-threat-in-tennessee/ Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19/04/2023

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56 min
07/03/2022 · BONUS • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then: Backstage 3/8

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss the imperfection of historical memory and the risks and rewards of democratic heroes. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For more analysis of politics and history, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: cafe.com/brief

07/03/2022 · Bonus

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16 min
06/12/2021 • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then: Backstage 12/7

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne talk about how disinformation affects historical scholarship. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Your CAFE Insider membership includes the exclusive weekly CAFE Insider newsletter, featuring a column from Preet Bharara, and other written content. To receive it for free, head to cafe.com/appleinsider and sign up.

06/12/2021

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15 min
15/02/2023 · BONUS • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then Backstage 2/15: Congressional Committees…and Power

During the main Now & Then episode, Heather and Joanne discussed the history and culture of congressional committees. In Backstage, they talk about their experiences researching exciting committee documents. “Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. Thank you for being a member. For more analysis of politics and history, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: cafe.com/brief

15/02/2023 · Bonus

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12 min
11/10/2021 • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then: Backstage 10/12

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss their research of Henry Clay and the fundamentals of political research. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Your CAFE Insider membership includes the exclusive weekly CAFE Insider newsletter, featuring a column from Preet Bharara, and other written content. To receive it for free, head to cafe.com/appleinsider and sign up.

11/10/2021

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17 min
09/08/2022 · BONUS • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then: Backstage 8/9

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss some intriguing tax-related tales from their own lives. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. For more analysis of politics and history, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter: cafe.com/brief

09/08/2022 · Bonus

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13 min
08/06/2021 · BONUS • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then: Backstage 6/8

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then, exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this first episode of “Backstage,” Heather and Joanne talk about watching TV during the Vietnam era and discuss the dearth of foreign policy knowledge and media coverage in the contemporary U.S. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS Andrew Glass, “Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention, Aug. 22, 1972,” Politico, 8/21/2016 Tim Findley, “Outside the Convention: Cops and Confusion,” Rolling Stone, 9/28/1972 Traci Tong, “How the Vietnam War’s Napalm Girl found hope after tragedy,” PRI.org, 2/21/2018 Nick Ut, “The Terror of War,” Time 100 Photos, 1972

08/06/2021 · Bonus

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8 min
27/09/2021 • CAFE AUDIO PASS ONLY

Now & Then: Backstage 9/28

“Backstage” is a special segment of Now & Then exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. In this installment, Heather and Joanne discuss what makes debt fascinating and how ostensibly dry histories can actually be exciting. Thank you for being a member of the CAFE Insider community. Your CAFE Insider membership includes the exclusive weekly CAFE Insider newsletter, featuring a column from Preet Bharara, and other written content. To receive it for free, head to cafe.com/appleinsider and sign up.

27/09/2021

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15 min

How can the past help inform today’s most pressing challenges? Every Wednesday, 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. Now and Then is produced by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Expulsions and Ousters: The Threat in Tennessee

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Now & Then Backstage 2/15: Congressional Committees…and Power

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