Displaying items 11-14 of 14 in total of ex.haust with the tag "american history".
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Episode 41: A Brief History of the American Electricity Grid From the 1920s to Closure of Indian Point ft. Edgardo Sepulveda
June 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
american history, electricity grid, electricity markets, indian point, infrastructure, monetarism, neoliberalism, new deal, nuclear energy
Emmet sits down with Edgardo Sepulveda to talk about the history of the electrical grid in America and why certain infrastructure projects no longer feel possible anymore.
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Episode 23: Vaccine Breakdown II: Decentralization Boogaloo ft. Canada Mike
February 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
america, american history, christopher lasch, corona, corona virus, coronavirus, covid19, ivan ilich, logistics, pfizer, supply chains, vaccine
Canada Mike joins us to talk about why America's vaccine rollout plan doesn't make sense and why it's not going well.
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Episode 16: American Canon: Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher" and "Masque of the Red Death"
December 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
19th century, american history, borges, edgar allan poe, literature, poe, simpsons
In the second installment in our American canon series, we look at our beloved, gothic failson Edgar Allan Poe.
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Episode 10: Putting the Neocon in Neoconfuscianism: Conservative Responses to East Asia's Rise ft. Jennifer Miller
November 3rd, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
american history, conservative, east asia, foreign relations, history, japan, neoconservatism, protestantism, south korea
Historian Jennifer Miller joins Emmet and John to talk about two papers she's written on conservative responses to the rise of East Asia in the latter part of the Cold War.