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In this podcast, host Joseph Haynes engages in interview-style discussions with fascinating guests,uncovering the parts of their life stories that make them the people they are today. Haynes and his guests delve into topics such as: how history shapes our society and our personalities, how memory affects our behaviour, the nature and purpose of history, the media's role in the manufacturing and preservation of history, history's role in the culture war, objectivity vs. bias, and the role of academe on young impressionable minds.

Its December 8, 1941, and on the remote Wake Island—a small, vital outpost nestled between Hawaii and Guam—Marines of the 1st Defense Battalion are gearing up for another grueling day of war preparations that have consumed them for weeks. Meanwhile, the majestic Pan American Airways Philippine Clipper takes to the skies, soaring across the lagoon formed by the islets of Peale, Wake, and Wilkes, bound for Guam. However, this trans-Pacific journey will never reach its destination. - Summary by Robert Cressman

The Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest mobilization of emergency powers in human history. By early April 2020, half the world's population were living under quarantine. The most devastating pandemic in a century and the policies adopted in response to it upended life as we knew it. In this book, Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee examine our pandemic response and pose some provocative questions: Why did we ignore pre-Covid plans for managing a pandemic? Did we adequately consider the costs and benefits of different policy options?