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Canada has failed
Canada had some goals, but failed to meet them. But that might be better than it sounds. How American, Indigenous, and Quebec relations have changed in Canada since 1867. […]
Where there’s a Will, there’s a Way | Human Resources podcast
Episode Description We begin our journey in Herefordshire. Kington, specifically, to discover the story behind Lady Hawkins’ School and its links to Sir John Hawkins, Britain’s first slave trader. Featuring Dr. Mirander Kaufmann (http://www.mirandakaufmann.com) and Dr. Misha Ewen (https://www.mishaewen.com). A … Continue reading
The whitewashing of Rome | Aeon
Jamie Mackay is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement, among others. He is the author of The Invention of Sicily (July 2021). He lives in Florence, Italy. 4,200 words … Continue reading
The Brewer Who Secretly Revolutionized Statistics | Great Minds: William Gosset
When you have a study with a small sample size, how do you know that the results represent the broader population? Well, thanks to a brewer who needed to assess beer quality in the early 1900s, we now have a … Continue reading
Who Was Uncle Sam
In this video, I’ll answer the question, “who was Uncle Sam?” The United States of America goes by several monikers: America, the U.S. of A., the Land of Opportunity, and ‘Murica, just to name a few of them. However, the … Continue reading
The Woman Who Recorded Everything | Answers With Joe
[…]Marion Stokes was an eccentric Philadelphia native who obsessively recorded multiple TV channels on VHS tapes for 35 years. Her archive of over 40,000 tapes have become a priceless document of a pivotal period of American history – and may … Continue reading
Colossus – The Greatest Secret in the History of Computing
Chris Shore talks about Colossus, how it came to be, how it worked and how it changed the course of World War II. Essential viewing!
Slavery Reparations Arrive in America, 158 Years Late
One hundred years ago, the idea of reparations was so threatening to White America that talking about it could get you arrested. Now some policymakers are finally taking action. Like almost every American city, Evanston, Illinois, made it difficult over … Continue reading
How New Zealand Seeks to Right Its Colonial Wrongs
New Zealand’s indigenous people, the Maori, were guaranteed equality when they signed a treaty with the British Crown in 1840, but through the brutal nature of colonization they would lose about 97% of their land through trickery and violence. That … Continue reading
I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
I found an article that said “The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments.” And I thought, no it wasn’t. …was it? Pull down the description for thorough references and credits. Thanks to James Lovelock for his … Continue reading
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