In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the history of restaurant reservations.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
· Restaurant reservations, like so much else, are getting gamified. Neil referred to this New York Times article. We all drew on this overview of historian Paul Freedman’s book and this Atlantic article.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
· Natalia shared about Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me.
· Neil recommended historian Daniel Immerwahr’s New Yorker article, “Beyond the Myth of Rural America” and Steven Conn’s book The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is – And Isn’t.
· Niki discussed Elizabeth Williamson’s New York Times article, “Judge Won’t Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages.”
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Episode 379: The Trump Indictment
Episode 378: The Duggar Family and "Shiny Happy People"
Episode 377: Car Buying and the History of Car Dealers
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Episode 374: The History of Camping
Episode 373: The Media Meltdown
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Episode 371: The Rollback of Child Labor Laws
Episode 370: Tennessee's Attack on Democracy
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Episode 369: The History of Children's Story Hour
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