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Mercy Street Rewind with Megan Kate Nelson – We Review Each Episode from Season 2

January 20, 2017 by InThePastLane 2 Comments

Mercy Street Rewind is a special feature of In the Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Historian Megan Kate Nelson (Senior Civil War Correspondent for ITPL) sits down with Edward T. O’Donnell (Historian-at-Large and host of ITPL) to break down each episode of the PBS historical … [Read more...]

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Episode 20 African American Soldiers in the Civil War

January 5, 2017 by InThePastLane Leave a Comment

In this episode of ITPL, we focus on the experiences of African Americans who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and the profound impact they had on the war's final outcome -- and on American society in the decades that followed. There's a lot more to this story than what you may have seen … [Read more...]

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Mercy Street Rewind with Megan Kate Nelson – We Review Each Episode from Season 1

December 30, 2016 by InThePastLane Leave a Comment

Mercy Street Rewind is a special feature of In the Past Lane, the podcast about history and why it matters. Historian Megan Kate Nelson (Senior Civil War Correspondent for ITPL) sits down with Edward T. O'Donnell (Historian-at-Large and host of ITPL) to break down each episode of the PBS historical … [Read more...]

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Episode 019 The Hidden History of Indian Slavery in America

December 16, 2016 by InThePastLane 4 Comments

This week at ITPL, I speak with historian Andres Resendez about his new book, The Other Slavery: The Uncovered History of Indian Slavery in America. The enslaving of native peoples in the Americas began the moment Christopher Columbus arrived. And it was no small venture. Some 2.5 – 5 million … [Read more...]

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Episode 018 The Rise of Conservative Media in the US

October 25, 2016 by InThePastLane Leave a Comment

This week at In The Past Lane, we talk to historian Nicole Hemmer about her new book, Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics (Penn Press, 2016). Hemmer, who also co-hosts the terrific history podcast, Past Present, provides a fascinating look into the … [Read more...]

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