Culture Wars Then and Now; Plus, The Creators of 'Hacks'

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The furor over critical race theory fits into a longer history of culture wars in schools. Sam talks to Adam Laats, a professor of history and education at Binghamton University, about what the past can teach us about today's fight. Plus, Sam talks to Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, writers and creators of the HBO Max series Hacks. They discuss what inspired them to write the show, as well as the overlooked legacies of many trailblazing women comedians. They also play Who Said That.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam Tlai Betty.
0:03.5	This week, the long history of cultural wars in schools.
0:08.5	All right, let's start the show.
0:12.6	You're listening to It's Been A Minute from NPR.
0:14.8	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:16.4	This week in the halls of Congress,
0:18.5	a decorated military general got into it
0:20.7	with the US House member over critical race theory.
0:24.1	But I do think it's important, actually.
0:26.6	I've read Miles Sayhton.
0:28.0	I've read Karl Marx.
0:30.0	I've read Lenin.
0:31.2	That doesn't make me a communist.
0:32.7	So what is wrong with understanding?
0:35.7	Having some situational understanding
0:37.6	about the country for which we are here to defend.
0:40.2	That was General Mark Milley.
0:42.0	He's one of the joint chiefs of staff.
0:44.2	And he was saying, yeah, it is OK to talk about race
0:47.6	and race theory and even critical race theory
0:50.8	and a military education.
0:52.8	As he said this, Republican representative Matt Gates
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