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Introducing Reflections of History with Jon Meacham

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News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

C13 Originals and Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author Jon Meacham, co-creators of the 2021 Webby Award-winning Best Podcast Series It Was Said and the acclaimed podcast Hope, Through History, join together again for a brand-new series that will guide listeners through critical moments in our history. Every Monday through Friday, Meacham travels back to impactful events that occurred on that date in history—the birth of a visionary filmmaker, the debut of an iconic athlete, the discovery of a lifesaving cure, a triumphant legal victory. You’ll learn how that event shaped politics, art, culture, sports and science, and why it’s still relevant today.

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Hey, Hacker Rouge! We are excited to introduce you to a new daily podcast called Reflections of History,

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brought to you by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian and our friend John

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Meacham in C-13 Originals. The studio behind 2021's Webby Award-winning Best Podcast

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series, it was said. Every Monday through Friday, Meacham travels back to impactful events that

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occurred on that date in history. I'm going to like this. For example, the birth of a visionary

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filmmaker, the debut of an iconic athlete, the discovery of a life-saving cure or a triumphant

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legal victory. You'll learn how these events shape politics, art, cultured sports, and science,

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and why. They're still relevant today. Each episode is a daily history lesson from one of the nation's

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most prominent scholars and renowned presidential biographers and a good guy, and all in eight minutes

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or less. For a glimpse at the historical moments that shaped our society and at times continue to

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inform our present, get your day started with Reflections of History, a presentation of Shining

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City Audio, C-13 Originals, and John Meacham Studio. As you enjoy this preview, be sure to search

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for Reflections of History of John Meacham wherever you get your podcast. Check it out, I know I'm going to.

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I know speak about tragedy. John Lennon, shot twice.

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Jackie Robinson is playing his first game for the movie, The Son of Sam, the 44th anniversary

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of your No-Chach Kennedy. Each day brings a chance to reflect on the events that brought us here.

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Moments that have molded politics are sports, science. Moments that define us.

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A second play, getting the world's race and a blind slip. I'm John Meacham, and this is Reflections of History,

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a daily podcast about impactful events that occurred on that date in history, offering a glimpse into

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the past and at times a guide for the present. Today we need a special kind of kind. So that we

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can show the world that we are not afraid of the future. Listen to Reflections of History with

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me, John Meacham, a podcast creation of Shining City Audio, a C-13 Originals, and John Meacham

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