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Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers) & Dr. Ben Sawyer (MTSU History) share conversations with great thinkers from a variety of backgrounds – historians, artists, legal scholars, political figures and more –who help us uncover the many roads that run between past and present. For more information, visit TheRoadToNow.com If you'd like to support our work, join us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheRoadToNow
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Tune into Hail2 for a fresh and funny look at Michigan Wolverines football featuring Snack Daddy, Pennjamin Bannekar, CuttaPacman and Grin Iron Jones.
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Everything Michigan Wolverine football for the fans who enjoy listening to, discussing, and day-dreaming about The Michigan Wolverine football program. Cover art photo provided by Alex Mertz on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@alexmertz
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The Sports Gig Podcast

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The Sports Gig Podcast is intended for anyone who wants to learn more about opportunities in the sports media field. Learn the latest trends from interviews with sports media professionals around the United States. Guests will include people in the sports industry who create content for media outlets, teams, leagues, and organizations. The show is hosted by Dr. Chris Bacon, who is an assistant professor at Middle Tennessee State University. His professional experience includes over 10 years ...
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Do you Hail to the Victors? Then you'll Hail to the Podcast! HTTP covers all things Michigan Wolverines football, basketball, recruiting, and more! Hear inside intel from The Wolverine Lounge insider Brandon Justice and informative analysis from beat writer Daniel Dash. Hear interviews with players, former stars, and other media personalities. Hear sound bites from Michigan press conferences. And participate in fan Q&A's to have all your Michigan questions answered. Episodes release every Fr ...
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Can learning the skills required to do good history serve as an antidote to conspiracy theory? Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman think so, and in this episode they join us to discuss their work to teach those skills in the 6th-12th grade classroom through National History Day, a program that reaches more than half a million students and tens of thousands of…
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Ben and Bob are heading to Tallahassee on April 27 for a live recording at Word of South Festival and the show is free! Click here for details. The Harlem Globetrotters are one of those great parts of American culture that almost everyone knows and loves. For most of us today, the Globetrotters are outstanding entertainers. But did you know that in…
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The election of 2016 was a lot of things. It was a showdown between two candidates who had been household names for decades. It was the second time in five elections where the winning candidate lost the popular vote. And, most relevant here, it was eight years ago and one of the candidates in that election is running again in 2024, so we’ve still g…
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Hear the extended version of this episode by supporting The Road to Now on Patreon! Click here to join. On December 13, 2000, Democratic Candidate Al Gore conceded that year’s Presidential Election to Republican George W. Bush. Gore’s concession speech marked a dramatic conclusion to an election that had been contested for more than a month, with p…
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In 1992, President George Bush’s bid for a second term did not go well. Despite taking 79% of the electoral vote in 1988, holding office during the collapse of communism in Europe, and serving as commander-in-chief during the US victory in the first Iraq War, Bush found himself flanked by a smooth talking former Arkansas governor and a Texas busine…
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On November 4, 1980, California Republican Ronald Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter at the polls, beating the incumbent by almost 10 percentage points in the popular election and winning 489 of 538 electors. That type of victory combined with Reagan’s larger than life place in modern political history might lead you to believe the 1980 campaign was neve…
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The famous image of a victorious Harry Truman holding up a newspaper headlined “Dewey defeats Truman” is clear evidence that the 1948 Presidential election did not turn out the way many people had expected. That April, Truman’s approval rating had sunk to 37%, causing even many in his party to consider dumping him from the ballot. That summer, a re…
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The Presidential election of 1912 was an unusual moment in American history. It featured an embattled incumbent President facing criticism from his former allies. It offered voters a choice between the sitting President and his predecessor. And when it was all done, the two men who had previously won the Presidency found themselves bested by a coll…
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The Presidential election of 1860 is one we Americans know well. That election sent Abraham Lincoln to the White House, southern enslavers to the exit door, and the United States into a bloody Civil War. Lincoln’s leadership in those years and his tragic assassination in the last days of the war propelled the railsplitter into the pantheon of Ameri…
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The Election of 1824 was a turning point in American history. Long before the fall of 1824, Americans understood that the winner would be the first in America’s second generation to hold the Presidency. When the election began, all four viable candidates were technically from the same party. By the time it was over, the election had generated the r…
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The Constitution empowers the electoral college to select the President, but the process for counting electors’ votes remains in the hands of Congress. In this episode, Constitutional Law Professor Edward Foley explains the origins of the electoral college, how and why the 12th Amendment changed the process for electing Presidents, and the concerns…
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The inalienable right to “the pursuit of happiness” is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, but what exactly does that phrase mean? While Americans today may associate it with the right to own land, opulence or some other act of acquisition, many prominent founders understood it to mean something quite different. In this episode National C…
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In the latest episode of the XPLR NASH podcast, we delved into the riveting world where real weapons meet unbridled passion – Nashville Armored Combat. Our exploration led us through the visceral experiences of some of the world's foremost Armored Combat fighters, providing an intimate insight into a realm that transcends conventional sports. This …
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One episode. Two historians/podcasters. Four stories from American history that you’ve probably never heard. And an unknown number of listeners that we hope will find these stories as fascinating and surprising as we do. Greg Jackson is the creator of History That Doesn’t Suck and a Professor at Utah Valley University. Ben Sawyer hosts this podcast…
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The FBI has been the subject of criticism and concern since it was founded in 1908, but it has nevertheless become one of the most powerful, stable, and mythologized branches of the Executive Branch of the US government. In this episode, Steve Underhill joins us to discuss the origins of the FBI, the role J. Edgar Hoover played in making the modern…
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In this episode of the "XPLR NASH Podcast," join us for an insightful discussion with special guest District 14 Council Member Jordan Huffman from the vibrant city of Nashville, TN. Strap in as we explore the recent affairs shaping the heart of Music City, including critical topics such as the removal of the homeless camp in Hermitage, the aftermat…
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