About this episode
In this crazy time we’re living in, what’s the most accurate historical parallel? 1968? The 1420s? UMass Boston historian and all-around smart dude Vincent Cannato returns to the show for the second time to remind us of the scary-but-true reality: we are actually living in an unprecedented era. As the ancient faux-Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.” Show Notes: - Vin’s books - Just in case you’d like to get admitted to the Vatican archives - Blue check-mark Twitter in an uproar over a Tom Cotton op-ed - Jonah’s review of A Return to Modesty - The Power Broker by Robert Caro - The Confucius Institute, quite literally on the dole of their Chinese paymasters - If you have a subscription, read the wonderfully-named Francois Furstenburg in the Chronicle - Is Bill Barr right that history is written by the winners? - Ronald Radosh’s Prophets on the Right Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices