In this special preview episode of America: A History Podcast, we ask some of our faculty and special guests... what is America? From gun control to Black Lives Matter, the US is a land of opportunity and contradiction; a 'land of the free' but also one of the last countries to ban slavery; the 'home of the brave' where guns are the single biggest killer of children.
America is a country with a complex and complicated history, which is why we made a podcast about it.
A special thanks to the guests featured on this episode:
Robert Mays, host of The Athletic Football Show
Jon Sopel, journalist and host of The News Agents & The News Agents USA
Chris Marvin, Veteran Lead at Everytown for Gun Safety
Remember to visit the website and follow the show wherever you get your podcasts. America: A History Podcast launches on July 4th 2023.
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Jun 20, 2023
13 min
Welcome to America: A History Podcast, where we have a dream to do US history more bigly than anyone has done it before and make podcasts great again. Launching on July 4th 2023.
Each week, host Liam is joined by an expert from the University of East Anglia and a special guest to explore the people, places and events that make the USA what it is today, answering a different question like 'how are Presidents elected', 'what is the Supreme Court' or 'how accurate is Forrest Gump'?
This is US history without the fake news, as we have honest and sometimes sensitive conversations about the things that really matter to understand how the alleged greatest country in the world came to be.
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Jun 4, 2023
2 min