In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss controversies over Christmas “classics.”
Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
· Beloved Christmas songs and movies, like so many cultural products, have come under new scrutiny recently. Neil’s Atlantic essay about Christmas controversies informed our whole conversation. We drew on this Atlantic essay that began the backlash against the film Love Actually, and Natalia referenced this interview with its director. Niki referred to this Variety essay about “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
· Natalia, Neil, and Niki reflected on eight years of making the show together and announced both Niki’s departure and Past Present’s first hiatus. Thank you, Niki. And listeners, see you in the spring!
Episode 287: The Miami Condo Collapse
Episode 286: The Debate over Paying College Athletes
Episode 285: Income Taxes and the History of the IRS
Episode 284: The History of LGBTQ+ Pride
Episode 283: Naomi Osaka, Athletes, and Mental Health
Episode 282: Cicadas!
Episode 281: Critical Race Theory
Episode 280: Gas Panics and the Colonial Pipeline Cybersecurity Breach
Episode 279: Peloton and the History of Product Recalls
Episode 278: The Past and Future of the Office
Episode 277: RuPaul and the History of Drag
Episode 276: A Roaring Twenties Redux?
Episode 275: The Debate over School Reopening
Episode 274: Beverly Cleary
Episode 273: The Atlanta and Boulder Mass Shootings
Episode 272: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Controversies
Episode 271: The Interview: Oprah, Meghan, and Harry
Episode 270: The Controversy over Dr. Seuss
Episode 269: Minimum Wage and the Fight for $15
Episode 268: Britney Spears and the #FreeBritney Movement
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