In this week’s episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki debate the politics of public bathrooms, the history of Spring Break, and the origins of the American heroin crisis.
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Nicole Hemmer
Associate research scholar, Obama Presidency Oral History project, Columbia University
Neil J. Young
Opinion writer at The Week and co-host of the history podcast Past Present
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
Associate Professor of History, Eugene Lang College, The New School
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