#100 RTN One Hundred
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A lot has changed since the first episode of The Road to Now launched in May 2016, so Bob and Ben decided to spend some time reflecting on the podcast, the state of politics, and what they've learned about history. Bob explains what he thinks most people get wrong about history and the way that hosting RTN and beginning graduate studies have changed his relationship to history, Ben gives his insight on the current state of the US-Russian relationship and why he thinks nostalgia is a big part of the problem in today's politics, and both say thank you to everyone for helping us turn an idea into a successful podcast. We are grateful for your support, and look forward to then next hundred episodes!
The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network. For more on this and all other episodes of our podcast, visit our website: TheRoadToNow.com
The Road to Now is produced and hosted by Bob Crawford of The Avett Brothers and Dr. Benjamin Sawyer of Middle Tennessee State University.
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| 0:00.0 | O'SIRS. |
| 0:01.0 | Hey everyone. This is Gary from Which is Better, a comedy podcast where two topics are discussed |
| 0:08.5 | in an attempt to decide which is better. Our podcast is part of the Osiris Network. |
| 0:13.4 | Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with podcasts and live experiences |
| 0:18.3 | about artists and topics you love. Relics Magazine is a media partner of Osiris. |
| 0:23.5 | For music news, go to relics.com. |
| 0:27.6 | Robs round me like a blanket tied. |
| 0:32.2 | Gets inside you see. |
| 0:36.7 | Ramzor Records is pleased to announce the release of the Ruin Brothers debut album All My Shades of Blue, produced by Rick Rubin. |
| 0:49.5 | Download All My Shades of blue on June 1st |
| 0:57.0 | or get your vinyl via Ramsor Records on June 22nd. |
| 1:01.0 | Learn more by visiting ramsoor records.com. All the trains of you Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the road, episode 100. |
| 1:43.7 | This is where we quit. This is the last one. I'm Bob Crawford. This is it. 100 out. This is it. It's the end of the century. And Bob and I have decided that it's now time for the spaceship to show up. So we've got our fresh white Nikes on. And we are getting ready to cover ourselves here in the bunk house. See you guys later. Oh man. Back in the late 90s. So everything was just perfect. |
| 2:09.2 | I mean, the worst thing going on were, you know, I don't know, there were some white militia groups |
| 2:14.0 | and causing trouble and there were, there were these cults where cults where the Hale-Bop comet was going to come sweep them up. |
| 2:23.7 | Okay, so maybe the 90s weren't so great. |
| 2:26.3 | Yeah, you know what, Bob? |
| 2:27.2 | That's a great place to start, Bob, because one of the things I wanted to talk about |
| 2:31.4 | on episode 100 was the problem of nostalgia. |
| 2:34.9 | Yeah, nostalgia sucks. |
| 2:36.8 | It is the core of Make America Great Again. |
| 2:40.0 | You know what is so funny? |
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