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Episode List:
Writing women back into battle
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, April 12, 2019
Meet Lillian Smith, forgotten southern radical
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, April 05, 2019
How an English eccentric saved Japan’s cherry blossoms—and spread them around the world
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 29, 2019
How a photograph of a young girl transformed a movement
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 22, 2019
White female slave owners in the South were just as deeply invested in the institution as their male counterparts
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 15, 2019
Alternative arguments for fair treatment
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 08, 2019
Black Panther reminds us of comic book protagonists outside the mainstream
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, March 01, 2019
Emily Bernard’s essays explore her own experience of race in America
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, February 22, 2019
Alain Mabanckou on what a joke can do
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, February 15, 2019
What our historical fascination with opium can tell us about the present
by Stephanie Bastek | Friday, February 08, 2019
