Where do you like to get your news from?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
Where do you like to get your news from?
I recently watched Judas and the Black Messiah. It’s based on true events involving the Black Panthers in the 1960s. I’d heard of the Black Panther Party, but really knew nothing about them, their history, or their agenda. This may not exactly fall into the broader category of “history,” since it occurred within my lifetime. But it did get me thinking about how little I know about history. Sure, I’m somewhat acquainted with well-publicized historical tidbits: Columbus’ 1492 “discovery”; Henry VIII got off on beheading his wives; World War I occurred before World War II, etc. But history was so damn boring in school that information never found its way into my memory. Podcasts, though, can make history exciting . . . or at least tolerable. For the last couple years, I’ve been learning history via podcasts—namely, Stuff You Missed in History Class, and it’s daily spin-off, This Day in History Class. In fact, I also prefer current news I ingest to enter my ears via podcasts.
To conclude, here’s a mantra from Judas and the Black Messiah to contemplate:
“War is politics with bloodshed. Politics is war without bloodshed.”
It definitely not the Vindicator. That’s more like ten pages of obituaries. I recently read an article about a recent case and it seemed difficult to follow. My husband read it and said the same thing.
I listen to the news and go on line to read more about it. The news is a biased also, depending on which station you are watching.
I do enjoy the podcasts. You can get a lot of info there. I’m going to try the ones you mentioned.
I hope you enjoy them. If you need to choose just one, go with “This Day in History Class.”