PREVIEW: History Is US

Truth Be Told Presents: She Has A Name

American Public Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

We want to turn you on to a new show that you should consider adding to your podcast queue: History is US. It’s a 6-part documentary podcast from C13-Originals Studios and Jon Meacham — the team behind the 2021 Webby Award-Winning Best Podcast Series “It Was Said.“
It’s written and narrated by Dr. Eddie Glaude, who is a friend of Truth Be Told. You might remember him as a Wise One from Season 2. Eddie is an award-winning author and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University – and he’s such a deeply reflective and generous thinker.
It’s a limited series that aims to help us understand how we got here, and how we can all use history to clarify the choices before us.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm stepping in during our summer break to share a preview of a very important series that I have been waiting for for a really long time.
0:15.1	It's entitled History is Us. It's a six-part documentary podcast from C-13
0:20.6	original studios and John Meachacham the team behind the 2021 Webby Award winning best
0:26.3	podcast series it was said. It's also written and narrated by Dr Eddie Glod who is a friend of truth be told.
0:34.0	He was a season two wise one.
0:36.3	Eddie is also an award-winning author and professor
0:38.6	of African-American studies at Princeton,
0:41.2	and he is such a deeply reflective and generous thinker.
0:45.5	Through history is us, Eddie takes us on a journey back to face the truths about race at the heart
0:51.0	of the American story.
0:53.0	On this podcast you'll hear from Eddie
0:55.0	as well as the voices of distinguished historians and scholars.
0:59.0	It's a limited series that aims
1:01.0	to help us understand how we got here and how we can all use history to
1:05.6	clarify the choices before us.
1:08.8	Take a few moments to enjoy this preview and please be sure to search for History is Us.
1:15.0	Available now for free wherever you listen to your podcasts. There are too many people in this country who see every civil rights gain, every advancement for African Americans
1:36.0	coming at the loss to whites.
1:38.8	I'm someone who sat on January 6th and thought this is the beginning, not quite knowing what's next.
1:45.8	This moment is so important to understand not just in light of history but in terms of the way history haunts.
1:57.0	Welcome to History is Us. I'm Dr. Eddie S. Glaw Jr.
2:07.1	Join me in this six-part documentary podcast series as we journey through history to face the ugly truths at the heart of
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