The 5th Anniversary Party
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
It's the 5th anniversary of The Road to Now so Bob and Ben invited a brilliant lineup of past guests to answer one question: "What has been the most unexpected turn you've seen in the last 5 years and how has it changed the way you understand the past?"
The lineup:
And, as you may expect, we covered more than just that question.
Thank you to all of you who have listened to our show and kept us going for 5 years!
This episode was edited by our Associate Producer, Gary Fletcher.
The Road to Now is part of the Osiris Podcast Network.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is in the loop, the Legion of Osiris Podcasts. |
| 0:03.9 | Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with live experiences and podcasts about artists and topics you love. |
| 0:11.6 | Get in the loop at Osirispod.com. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm Bob Crawford. I'm Ben Sawyer, and this is the road to now. |
| 0:23.9 | Very quick intro. |
| 0:25.3 | Today's episode is our fifth anniversary of recording. |
| 0:28.4 | We had an amazing lineup. |
| 0:30.8 | Senator John Hickenlooper, Heather Cox Richardson, |
| 0:33.8 | Jeff Cowie, Stacey Wood, Joe Kwan, Matt Negrin, and Doug High, all previous guests on the show, |
| 0:40.4 | Friends of the podcast, we invited them all, we give them 10-minute spots, and we asked them all one |
| 0:46.3 | question. What was the most surprising turn you've seen in the last five years, and how has it |
| 0:52.0 | changed the way that you've thought about history and understood |
| 0:55.0 | history? The guest list was colossal. The conversation was brilliant, and we are so grateful. |
| 1:01.9 | Also, just want to say thank you to the patrons. I mean, you guys have made this possible. |
| 1:07.2 | Negan and I were talking at the end of the show, and Negan said he remembers a couple years ago when I wondered if I could do this anymore. And, you know, Bob just wanted the same thing. For those of you guys who have supported the show, you've actually made us be able to do this. And you've also allowed us to support our friend Gary Fletcher, who was our associate producer, who has been with us now for years. So thank you all so much. |
| 1:28.4 | I hope you guys enjoy this episode as much as we have as much as we enjoyed recording it. |
| 1:33.6 | And thanks to all the guests for being here. Before we go on, though, should give a shout out to |
| 1:38.7 | our new sponsor, Sunset Lake CBD. Bob, tell him about Sunset Lake. |
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| 1:44.9 | Sunset Lake CBD is a farmer-owned business that ships CBD products directly from their farm to your door. |
| 1:51.5 | For years, Sunset Lake was a Vermont dairy farm producing milk for Ben and Jerry's ice cream. |
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