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Join renegade historian Annette Laing (PhD) and her wit for a wild ride through US & UK history, how historians think, and what this does for *you*
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ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Join Annette and Hoosen at a site of historical nibbling, complicated meaning, and remembered tragedy
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES Early 20th century cuckoos who misled generations of Americans, and the historians who fought back
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ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Where buying and selling feel like time travel
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BIT OF HISTORY Queen Alexandra graciously shares snapshots with us, and Annette tries to explain modern British monarchy
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ANNETTE TELLS TALES and other startling stories about people from a history of African Americans and law
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