In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss the history of divorce law in the United States.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
· Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is a proponent of “covenant marriage,” an institutional arrangement that makes it much more difficult to get divorced. Natalia referred to this Atlantic article about the history of no-fault divorce. Niki drew on this JSTOR Daily piece on how women advocated for these changes and on this CNN piece as well.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
· Natalia recommended the “Dog Eat Dog” episode of Season 4 of the History Channel’s Food That Built America program.
· Neil discussed Bruce Weber’s New York Times obituary, “Bobby Knight, Basketball Coach Known for Trophies and Tantrums, Dies at 83.”
· Niki shared about a new edited collection, LBJ’s America: The Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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Episode 366: Judith Heumann and the Disability Rights Movement
Episode 365: Student Loan Debt and the Supreme Court
Episode 364: Jimmy Carter
Episode 363: ChatGPT
Episode 362: A History of Menopause
Episode 361: The History of Advanced Placement
Episode 360: A History of the Sleepover
Episode 359: "Nepo Babies" and the History of Nepotism
Episode 358: How Gas Stoves Became Political
Episode 357: The Battle over Speaker of the House
Episode 356: Natalia Petrzela's "Fit Nation"
Episode 355: ROTC and American Schools
Episode 354: Brittney Griner and the History of Prisoner Exchanges
Episode 353: Antisemitism's Resurgence
Episode 352: Weight Loss Drugs
Episode 351: The 2022 Midterm Elections
Episode 350: Affirmative Action
Episode 349: Rats!
Episode 348: Halloween Panics
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