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Inspiring Collaboration
Annie Stein, Mary Church Terrell, and the death of segregation in the nation’s capital
Apr 12 • Chris Myers Asch
A Spring Mindset
The “dreamers and doers” who built the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Apr 5 • Chris Myers Asch
A Public Man in Private Station
Dorman Eaton and the ideal of nonpartisan public service
Mar 29 • Chris Myers Asch
Baseball is Better than Ever!
Except at the movies...
Mar 25 • Chris Myers Asch
What do we do when our heroes fail us?
Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and embracing history’s complexity
Mar 22 • Chris Myers Asch
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Don’t you see that the world is collapsing?
Feb 23, 2025 • Chris Myers Asch
“I leave you hope”
Feb 16, 2025 • Chris Myers Asch
A Spring Mindset
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What if the “Bad Guys” Win?
Apr 6, 2025 • Chris Myers Asch
What's Gone Right
What's Gone Right
Stories of hope, inspiration, and innovation in American history. I'm interested in how people have worked to help our country live up to its promise.

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A Buffer and a Bridge
Ethnic neighborhoods preserve alternate perspectives on the past
Mar 15 • Chris Myers Asch
United Nations of Baseball
The international integration of America’s national pastime
Mar 8 • Chris Myers Asch
A Complicated Angel
Mary Breckinridge, the Frontier Nurse Service, and the challenge of Southern history
Mar 1 • Chris Myers Asch
The Holy Work of Building Homes
Habitat for Humanity’s roots in radical evangelical Christianity
Feb 22 • Chris Myers Asch
Radical Perseverance
Norman Shumway and the hard-earned miracle of heart transplants
Feb 15 • Chris Myers Asch
The Talmudic Scholar of Black Culture
Henry Louis Gates reshapes how Americans understand ourselves
Feb 8 • Chris Myers Asch
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