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644: Random Acts of History Apr. 27, 2018 Act One: The Miseducation of Castlemont High A bunch of high school students gets taken to see a movie that’s supposed to teach them about history.
627: Suitable for Children (2017) Oct. 6, 2017 Act Two: History is Not a Toy There’s a museum in Baltimore that was created to memorialize the Black experience in America.
627: Suitable for Children (2017) Oct. 6, 2017 Act Four: Rocket Boy Paul Zimmer is eighty-three years old now, and he’s still haunted by something he saw in his teens.
781: Watching the Watchers Oct. 7, 2022 Act Two: I’ll Be Watching You A group of 6th grade boys are bothered by their teacher’s behavior.
777: Name. Age. Detail. Aug. 12, 2022 Margus Morrison Margus Morrison was a school bus aide, father of six.
774: The Pink House at the Center of the World July 1, 2022 Act Four: Next Host Ira Glass walks through possible next steps with a pro-life activist who worked on the Texas SB8 bill, that set a precedent for enforcement of abortion bans throughtout the country.