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In 1775, half a million enslaved people had to pick a side in a war between two groups of white men who both claimed to want freedom. In this live episode of Our Ancestors Were Messy, friend of the show, Nichole Hill takes B.A. Parker and Gene Demby through the choices one man ma ...  Show more

Last year President Trump made English the official language of the United States. Then his administration moved to zero out the federal money that teaches it. But even fully funded, those programs reached fewer than five-percent of the 25 million adults in this country still lea ...  Show more

With 2023 rapidly coming to a close, we at The Essential Podcast decided to reflect on our favorite lessons of the year<span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">. Lis ...

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It's time to look back on 2023 and reminisce on Taylor Swi... GO! My Favorite Sports Team! Wait, the podcast is restarting!!?!? I guess in recollecting moments and mishaps from the past year Markiplier & Tyler Scheid want a redo!? Anyways, Listen/Watch all 52 episodes from 2023 a ...  Show more

We're listening back to a pair of episodes I'm really proud of...Single Girl Calendar Management and "Batteries Not Included" Friends.  Taking control of our social lives and leaving behind energy vampires is what we need in the new year!