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History Channel tackles “America The Story of Us”

History Channel tackles “America The Story of Us”

I’m an unabashed history nerd.  I love history, and I’ll admit I’ve had a real chip on my shoulder for the History Channel for the past two years, since they stopped doing history and started running shows like “MonsterQuest”, “UFO Hunters” and “Ice Road Truckers”.  No offense to those shows, I’m sure they’ve got their audiences, but they most certainly are not history, and neither is most of the other content that’s filling the schedule at History. Its easy to…

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New Netcast: A History of the World in 100 Objects

New Netcast: A History of the World in 100 Objects

I’ve been listening to this netcast for the past two days on the way to work, a major savior for me since the weather has made for epic commutes.  It comes from the folks at the BBC and the British Museum and it’s called “A History of the World in 100 Objects.” From their “about” page: At the heart of the project is the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 objects. 100 programmes, written and…

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