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The Road to Now

The Road to Now

355 Episodes • By RTN Productions • www.theroadtonow.com/
Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers) & Dr. Ben Sawyer (MTSU History) share conversations with great thinkers from a variety of backgrounds – historians, artists, legal scholars, political figures and more –who help us uncover the many roads that run between past and present. For more information, vis ...more
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#304 National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman
Can learning the skills required to do good history ... more
Apr 22 2024 1h
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The Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green
Ben and Bob are heading to Tallahassee on April 27 f... more
Apr 15 2024 33m
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#303 The Election of 2016 (and Ever After) w/ John Heilemann (Third Party Series #8)
The election of 2016 was a lot of things. It was a s... more
Apr 8 2024 51m
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#302 The Election of 2000 w/ Doug Heye (Third Party Series #7)
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Apr 1 2024 52m
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#301 The Election of 1992 w/ Julian Zelizer (Third Party Series #6)
In 1992, President George Bush’s bid for a second te... more
Mar 25 2024 53m
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#300 The Election of 1980 w/ Rick Perlstein (Third Party Series #5)
On November 4, 1980, California Republican Ronald Re... more
Mar 18 2024 52m
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#299 The Election of 1948 w/ Jefferson Cowie (Third Party Series #4)
The famous image of a victorious Harry Truman holdin... more
Mar 11 2024 55m
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#298 The Election of 1912 w/ Michael Patrick Cullinane (Third Party Series #3)
The Presidential election of 1912 was an unusual mom... more
Mar 4 2024 52m
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Feb 26 2024 56m
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The Election of 1824 w/ Lindsay Chervinsky (Third Party Series #1)
The Election of 1824 was a turning point in American... more
Feb 19 2024 52m
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The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley
The Constitution empowers the electoral college to s... more
Feb 12 2024 1h 8m
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#295 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Jeffrey Rosen
The inalienable right to “the pursuit of happiness” ... more
Feb 5 2024 50m
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The Best Stories You've (Probably) Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson
One episode. Two historians/podcasters. Four stories... more
Jan 29 2024 1h 22m
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The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill
The FBI has been the subject of criticism and concer... more
Jan 22 2024 53m
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The Stephen Foster Story w/ Richard Blanton, Donna Phillips & Johnny Warren
Stephen Foster was America’s first great published m... more
Jan 15 2024 53m
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#293 New Year, Old Us w/ Ben & Bob
Ben & Bob kick off the new year with a conversation ... more
Jan 8 2024 50m
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#292 It’s a Wonderful Life: The Story Behind America’s Favorite Christmas Film w/ Eric Smoodin
Dr. Eric Smoodin, film historian at the University o... more
Dec 11 2023 1h 7m
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#291 A Forgotten History of American Suburbs w/ Tim Keogh
The suburbs have long been a symbol of American pros... more
Dec 4 2023 54m
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Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza
As the person responsible for documenting the Obama ... more
Nov 27 2023 40m
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Faith in Freedom w/ Andrew Polk
Faith has played an important role in American histo... more
Nov 20 2023 55m
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#290 The Circus: An Exit Interview w/ Mark McKinnon
Bob welcomes Mark McKinnon for an exit interview abo... more
Nov 13 2023 51m
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Monsanto’s Past, Our Future w/ Bart Elmore
Monsanto’s Past, Our Future w/ Bart Elmore   The Mon... more
Nov 6 2023 1h 6m
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#289 The Dead Bodies in Your Favorite Museum w/ Tanya Marsh
Two things you probably don’t know: 1) your favorite... more
Oct 30 2023 49m
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#288 Ukraine and Russia: The History Behind the War w/ Serhy Yekelchyk
When Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s invasion of Ukr... more
Oct 23 2023 50m
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#287 Robert Hanssen: The FBI’s Most Damaging Spy w/ Major Garrett
FBI agent Robert Hanssen was one of the most damagin... more
Oct 16 2023 50m
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