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Episode 032 How Baseball Became America’s National Pastime

July 15, 2017 by InThePastLane 3 Comments

This week we step up to the plate to take on the origins and history of baseball, and how the sport has both reflected and shaped American society. Among the many things we'll discuss: Early bat and ball games that date back as 14th century Europe (and one involving nuns and monks!). How … [Read more...]

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Episode 029 Spies, Traitors, & Saboteurs: Civil Liberties in Times of National Crisis

June 24, 2017 by InThePastLane Leave a Comment

This week, In The Past Lane is in Chicago to check out a cool history exhibition and speak with John Russick of the Chicago History Museum. The exhibition, "Spies, Traitors, and Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America," was originally created by the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC in the … [Read more...]

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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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