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Episode List:
Julian Saporiti on mixing music with history as No-No Boy
Dana Thomas on how our hunger for new clothes damages the environment and exploits workers
Karen Pinchin on what tuna reveal about the fate of our oceans
Colin Dickey on the enduring power of secret societies and conspiracy theories
Timothy Winegard on how this irritating insect changed human history—for better and for worse
Jonathan Meiburg on the smartest bird you’ve never heard of
Anya von Bremzen on what makes a “national dish”
Jamie Loftus on the wild American world of hot dogs
Naoíse Mac Sweeney on writing a different kind of “big history” book
Resurrecting the legacy of John Okada, the first Japanese-American novelist
