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Past Present Podcast: Fyre Festival, the 1992 LA Uprisings, and North Korea

In this week's episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the causes of the Fyre Festival fiasco, the anniversary of the LA uprisings, and the history of US-North Korea relations.

Nicole Hemmer

A Bad Week for Wannabe-Fascists

It was a bad week for wannabe-fascists. The American alt-right tried to throw the French presidential election into chaos, spreading stolen emails from the campaign of socialist-turned-centrist Emmanuel Macron. It failed spectacularly.

Nicole Hemmer

Yates raises more questions for White House

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Douglas Blackmon: Yates' testimony raises more questions about White House's handling of Flynn scandal.

Douglas Blackmon

The LBJ Tapes: Civil Unrest

President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about violent civil rights demonstrations around the country and Congressional opposition to proposed tax increases and to more spending for the war in Vietnam. Marc Selverstone talked about events from July 1967.

Marc Selverstone

Barbershop: The State Of Health Care, Police Brutality And Racism In America

"Really this should have happened a long time ago. The Republicans have been saying for seven years they were going to do this, and I don't know what took so long. And I think a lot of people felt like I did. Like, you keep promising you're going to do it - well, time to do it. And so good for them for getting it done."

Mary Kate Cary

Trump and Kennedy at 100

By historical coincidence, Donald Trump and John Kennedy are both the subjects of 100th anniversaries this spring. The incumbent president has just passed the 100-day metric for his new presidency, and on May 29th the country will commemorate the centennial of JFK’s birth.

Barbara Perry