So, this week we start an extended series about the history of medicine. We start in Ancient Egypt and move around the Mediterranean finally ending up in Colonial America. Along the way we discuss the idea of bodily humors, the principal of extractive therapy, as well as the naissance of scientific approaches to medicine. We also discuss the critical and often unwilling role marginalized people played in the creation of medical knowledge.
In this week's episode we look back on the events of September 11, 2001, and ask how we grapple with memory and recounting historical...
Join us as we recap and reflect on 2020. We discuss Iran, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, the Presidential Election along with lighter fare. We...
We continue our discussion of the American West. Specifically, we talk about violence, federal authority, and the status of indigenous people in the Trans-Mississippi...