In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss protests against the current national lockdown.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• Protestors against national lockdown orders have been demonstrating across the country. Niki referred to this Vox piece in distinguishing these protests from the Tea Party Movement and to this Twitter thread about the Anti-Mask League of 1918-19. Natalia referenced this article at The Week about the underlying psychology of these protests.

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia discussed the Hulu television series, “Little Fires Everywhere.”
• Neil recommended David French’s column at The Dispatch, “Evangelicals Have Abandoned the Character Test. The Competence Test is Next.”
• Niki discussed Matt Novak’s Gizmodo article, “The Real Story Behind That Viral Photo of President Johnson During the Vietnam War.”

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the prospect of large-scale voting by mail come November and the fate of the U.S. Postal Service.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• Earlier this month in Wisconsin, voters had to choose between civic participation and public health. Questions over mail-in voting have reignited a debate over federal funding for the post office, as discussed in this Vox Niki explained the longer history of voting by mail that this New York Times article explores.

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia discussed the FX/Hulu television show, “ America.”
• Neil recommended Lauren Sandler’s new book, This is All I Got: A New Mother’s Search for Home.
• Niki shared Marc Tracy’s New York Times article, “Photojournalists Struggle Through the Pandemic, With Masks and Long Lenses,” and Rebecca Onion’s Slate article, “’These People Aren’t Zombies. They’re People’.”

In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss hydroxychloroquine, the drug President Trump is pushing as a potential cure for the coronavirus.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• As COVID-19 continues to claim American lives, President Trump has spoken of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure, despite scant medical evidence supporting this claim. Niki referred to Tom Nichols’ book The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters. Natalia referred to Niki’s CNN article, also on expertise. Neil cited this Vox piece regarding speculations of Trump’s financial interest in hydroxychloroquine, and he also wrote about Trump’s fascination with the drug in his column for The Week.

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia discussed Zeynep Tufekci’s Atlantic article, “Keep the Parks Open.”
• Neil recommended the new Netflix show, Unorthodox.
• Niki shared “Wipe Out,” a 99 Percent Invisible episode about toilet paper.

In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the new Netflix series, Tiger King.

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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: 

• Tiger King is a runaway hit as social distancing has increased appetite for binge-watching. Niki referred to this Mother Jones article about the connection between coronavirus and the wild animal trade. Natalia referenced this New York magazine article by Robert Moor that spawned the Netflix show and the Wondery podcast, “Joe Exotic.”

In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:

• Natalia recommended Jordana Horn Gordon’s Kveller article, “The Heartbreaking Loneliness of Mourning During a Pandemic.”
• Neil discussed David Grann’s book, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
• Niki shared Megan Garber’s Atlantic article, “Homes Actually Need to Be Practical Now.”