S2, Ep 1: Fireworks
In Episode 1, our hosts gather on July 4th to discuss the history of American exceptionalism and how they're feeling about "going back to normal."
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“Celebrating America hosted by Tom Hanks.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRLaS9P8r8
“Ocean on Fire in the Gulf of Mexico 2021.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRLaS9P8r8
“All-Time Records Fall as a Heat Wave Roasts the Northwest U.S.” https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/1010836214/all-time-records-fall-as-a-heat-wave-roasts-the-northwest-u-s
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David Waldstreicher, “The Fourth of July Has Always Been Political.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/before-trump-fourth-july-was-already-political/593332/
Albert Bender, “July 4th: Whose Independence Day Is It?” https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/july-4th-whose-independence-day-is-it/
Suzanne Goldenberg, “ExxonMobil gave millions to climate-denying lawmakers despite pledge.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/15/exxon-mobil-gave-millions-climate-denying-lawmakers
Amanda Morris, “What is Settler-Colonialism?” https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/what-is-settlercolonialism
Dave Roos, “How American Exceptionalism Works.” https://people.howstuffworks.com/american-exceptionalism4.htm
Ben Zimmer, “Did Stalin Really Coin ‘American Exceptionalism’?” https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/09/american-exceptionalism-neither-joseph-stalin-nor-alexis-de-tocqueville-coined-the-phrase-that-is-now-patriotic-shorthand.html
Terrence McCoy, “How Joseph Stalin Invented ‘American Exceptionalism.’” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/how-joseph-stalin-invented-american-exceptionalism/254534/
Richard Tofel, “The Real Issues.” https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/06/24/111249168.pdf
Uri Friedman, “‘American Exceptionalism’: A Short History.” https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/06/18/american-exceptionalism-a-short-history/
"Declaration of Independence: A Transcription.”https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript