Dr. Ben Sawyer, a historian from Middle Tennessee State, joins Brian to talk about why Forest Gump is a dangerous movie, why journalists are kicking historians butts in terms of writing compelling works, and why Lenin was making it all up as he went along (validating a long-standing theory of Brian’s). They also discuss their favorite Founding Fathers.
Alexander Hamilton
Washington: A Life
All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
Woody Guthrie: A Life
Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican Party
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