In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki discuss the growing popularity of prenuptial agreements.

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

• Prenuptial agreements are becoming more common among millennials. Niki cited this New York Times article, and Neil referred to legal scholar Allison A. Marston’s Stanford Law Review article on the politics of prenups. Natalia referenced some of these celebrity couples whose prenuptial agreements made news.

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

• Natalia recommended the podcast, “Normal Gossip.”
• Neil commented on the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act by the House of Representatives.
• Niki shared her latest CNN column, “Controlling Who Can Travel or Talk About Abortion Brings a Dark Past Into Our Present.”

In this episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia discuss the images from outer space captured by the Webb telescope.

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

• Everyday Americans and astrophysicists alike thrilled at the dreamy, full-color photos shared by NASA last week. Niki drew on this Guardian essay about how “Earthrise” changed our perspective on Earth. Natalia contrasted the Webb images with these early, grainy photos from space. We all drew on this Christie’s retrospective on space photography.

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

• Natalia commented on the divergent interpretations of who won this exchange between Senator Josh Hawley and law professor Khiara M. Bridges.
• Neil recommended Susan Orlean’s New Yorker article, “An Old Dog That Found A New Best Friend,” and this Instagram feed.
• Niki shared Justin Peters’ Slate article, “The Ridiculous Claims That Journalists Shouldn’t Have Published the Uvalde Video”.

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the American tradition of travel to Europe.

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

• American travel to Europe is back with such a vengeance that some are calling it “revenge travel.” Neil referred to this history of the “Grand Tour.” Natalia and Niki drew on this Hudson Valley magazine article about midcentury Catskills resorts.

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

• Natalia discussed Rick Emerson’s new book, Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Impostor Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries, as reviewed in Observer by Nathan Smith.
• Neil shared about Amanda Mull’s Atlantic article, “You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World.”
• Niki recommended Livia Gershon’s article for JSTOR Daily, “The Forgotten Temperance Movement of the 1950s.”

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the outbreak of monkeypox in the United States.

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

• Monkeypox is the latest disease to concern the American public. Niki cited this Stat News article, and Neil referred to historian Jim Downs’ Atlantic essay about the historical continuities with the HIV-AIDS virus.

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

• Natalia discussed her latest “Quick Study” column for Observer, “American Childhood As We Knew It Is Over.”
• Neil recommended the Instagram account, A History of Dogs.
• Niki discussed her latest CNN column, “This is so much worse than Watergate.”