99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now
History That Doesn't Suck
Prof. Greg Jackson
4.7 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Did Singer Sewing Machines take over the world? And are bananas as dangerous as they appear in cartoons? The answer to both of these questions are a resounding “yes!” in the Gilded Age. Listen in as the Prof. discusses these and other Gilded Age topics with his esteemed colleague and fellow podcaster: Dr. Ben Sawyer of Middle Tennessee State University and The Road to Now Podcast (check them out here: https://www.theroadtonow.com/)!
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| 0:27.0 | History that of course doesn't suck. |
| 0:30.4 | Music |
| 0:54.0 | Welcome to History that doesn't suck. |
| 0:58.6 | I am your professor as always Greg Jackson and today it is my pleasure, my honor to welcome |
| 1:02.7 | a very special guest for discussion about the gilded age. |
| 1:05.4 | The one and only Ben Sawyer. |
| 1:07.6 | Well there's probably more than one Ben Sawyer out there as my guest. |
| 1:11.0 | Yeah, but there's only one of me. |
| 1:12.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:13.6 | Ben, let me give a little more about you. |
| 1:16.8 | Ben Sawyer is a senior lecture of history at Middle Tennessee State University and we've |
| 1:22.9 | actually known each other for quite a while. |
| 1:24.6 | You were kind enough to have me on to your podcast, the road to now. |
| 1:28.9 | Man, that was longer ago than I think I cared to admit. |
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