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Past Present Podcast: Flint’s Water, New York Values, and Wheaton College

  On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss Flint’s water crisis, New York values, and Wheaton College. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, is the latest challenge this post-industrial town has faced. Niki recommended the book,

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Past Present Podcast: David Bowie, Bikini Bodies, and Natural Born Citizens

  On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss David Bowie, bikini bods, and Ted Cruz and natural born citizenship. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Fans around the world have mourned the death of David Bowie. Niki remembered she first encountered Bowie

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Past Present Podcast: The Oregon Standoff, Executive Orders, and Downton Abbey

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss the Oregon standoff, President Obama and executive orders, and Downton Abbey. Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: The grievances listed by armed militants in the Oregon standoff include the federal government’s ownership and regulation of

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It’s Not About You: Success is Better Based on Service Than Happiness

The combination of photo cards and social media make the holidays a time for our friends’ and families’ highlight reels to be writ large. Everywhere we turn, we encounter Instagrammed engagement scenes, tableaux of sparkly 2016 glasses and champagne flutes, and Christmas letters enumerating accomplishments. Facebook tells us that our friends are feeling “blessed.” We

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Past Present Podcast: Campus Unrest, Dating in the Digital Age, and the Immigration Impasse

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss the campus protests at Mizzou and Yale, Tinder and online dating, and the politics of immigration. Campus Unrest Protests at the University of Missouri, Yale, and other schools have erupted over issues regarding racism on college campuses today. At Mizzou,

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Past Present Podcast: Failed Frontrunners, the Modern Period, and Trigger Warnings

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss Jeb Bush and the history of frontrunners, the modern period, and trigger warnings. Failed Frontrunners Jeb Bush was the presumed frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president in 2016, but he’s quickly lost the top spot in the campaign. Frontrunners

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