Episode 3: An Even Crazier Week - a podcast by Austin Loignon

from 2020-06-15T16:38:08

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A podcast amongst three friends and History Ph.D. colleagues discussing current events, history, education, and life.


6/14/20



  • Protests;

  • Confederate Monuments;

  • Symbolic Gestures vs. Real Change;

  • Taxing Women;

  • Looting Monuments;

  • Racism and the United States;

  • African Historical Narratives;

  • The Motley Crew;

  • Prejudice and Racism Instilled by Elites;

  • UCLA Professors Investigated for Racism;

  • The 13th Amendment;

  • Slavery Education;

  • C.H.A.Z. (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone);

  • Adult Children;

  • What happens after revolution?;

  • Police;

  • The Media (If it bleeds it leads);

  • Education vs. Indoctrination;

  • History vs. Propaganda;


Books and Documentaries Mentioned,



  • "Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800" by John Thornton;

  • "The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic" by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker;

  • "The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Stetting Up a Generation for Failure" by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt;

  • "Burn Motherf*cker Burn" directed by Sacha Jenkins;


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