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Welcome to the American History podcast.

Hosted by Sean Worswick.

Okay, so Samantha Scor is a self-titled Cold War

Officianado and History Buff and a previous student of mine.

She has always been interested in international politics and weird historical topics.

Of course, because she was a student of mine, so she's got to be somewhat weird.

And she just received her master's in international relations from St. Mary's

University here in Texas this past year. She works as an international programs coordinator at the

World Affairs Council of San Antonio and normally sometimes talks about the Cold War at work. I have a

feeling she talks about it all the time. She's currently learning Russian. Oh my God. So she can expand upon her research on

Eastern Europe. She has also connected research on emerging technologies in Poland and is looking

forward to continuing her research when it's safe to travel once again. She's involved in a wide

array of groups and activities and is currently the art director for a charity fashion show in

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