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History Against the Grain

Josh Weiner & Chris Padgett

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Hosted by two historians, History Against the Grain is about developing an approach to history that challenges the dominant narratives, tears down the tired myths, and upends traditional assumptions. Historyagainstthegrain@gmail.com
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58th Century Judaisms

Josh Weiner

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I believe that the world we live in is understood through words. I believe the more words we have the more we can be in this world. I feel lucky to have inherited a 3,000-year old Jewish tradition of expressing the world in words, and try to be a bridge between the old texts and where people are at today.​​I don't have so many answers to the fundamental questions of existence. I don't try to convince people about anything. But I like learning, I like to facilitate Jewish discussions, I like ...
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The Northside Baseball Podcast is for Cubs fans interested in casual conversation, and are frustrated by the lack of coverage by national sports media. The Cubs fan who is looking for a community where they can talk about their favorite team. This is a podcast that has a connection to that very community - http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/, where you can register an account, and begin talking about your favorite baseball team on the Northside of Chicago! There will be weekly episodes t ...
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Ben Wright drops in to bless the dawgs. Two wins on the trot and a general improvement in play see Nashville SC giving fans something to enjoy at the end of what was feeling like a lost season. Topics include: The BJ era's inauspicious Leagues Cup beginnings Signs of life in the two losses Clean sheets and wins in the last two BJ's choices with his…
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AI needs copper. Yes. Sure. Okay. But what happens next? We live in a world of banal narrative - news media, politics, advertising - wherein our lives are curated with messages and stories of progress and performative empathy (think “thoughts and prayers” or “appreciate your patience and understanding”). Much of this gospel of progress and toxic po…
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When is a war not a war, but a police action? When is killing not killing but a “pragmatic, managerial militarism”? If you guessed, when the war criminal represents a liberal democracy, you win the cheese! If you simply said, “Henry Kissinger,” you win the whole wheel of cheese! “A perfect expression of American militarism’s merry-go-round” is what…
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Nashville SC's Concacaf Champions Cup comes to an end, but the 'Yotes finally pick up a win in the league. Josh, Daniel and Slape unite under the Lisan Al-Gaib of Nashville SC podcasting (Donald “Muad-Dib” Hall) who vows to lead us all to paradise. That’s right folks, that’s been the reason for the name of the podcast all along. Topics aside from p…
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Hot damn, MLS is back. The Coyotes ride out once again. The pod looks at what 2024 could bring for Nashville SC. Topics hit include: What should we expect from Sam Surridge in his first full season? Is the Tyler Boyd signing going under the radar? New central midfield options The challenge of the Eastern Conference Are issues in the squad building …
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Sell the story and people will buy the product, so goes a hallowed principle of marketing. It works so well in advertising that corporations will spend 7 million dollars on a 30-second Super Bowl commercial, peppered up with shilling celebrities, just to sell a donut. And what works for donut companies works for nations. Wrap the story in enough ce…
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We got Davey and the TrillDawg in to help see off Nashville SC's 2023. Topics hit include: Another first round playoff exit Fan sentiment This janky playoff format Sam Surridge’s 2024 prospects How will Nashville SC’s 2023 be remembered? Moment of the season Goal of the season Annual Non-Hany Mukhtar MVP Award Farewells to Dax, Fafa, Haakenson Earl…
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Having tried and failed (repeatedly) in their anger management counseling, and with league fines no longer an effective deterrent, Josh and Chris decided to give history one more try. And in this holiday season of miracles, what they delivered in shiny holiday packaging is a brand new episode of History Against the Grain. Clio the gift-giving muse …
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Our sincerest apologies for the lack of pods in the latter part of the season. Truth be told, Club and Country came in with a massive bid for Donald. Frankly, after that the lad’s head just wasn’t right. Thankfully, we’ve nailed him down to a 9-year extension and we’re confident he’ll see out his career as a Dawg. Recorded Monday immediately after …
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We may experience life in the eternal present, but history rides along with us. And the history inside our classrooms this semester at American River College was suddenly and without warning upended by the history under our feet: our primary classroom building, Davies Hall, was shuttered upon being declared a seismic risk. As mismanagement and mana…
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Slape, Josh and Donald come to grips with the loss in the Leagues Cup final, and think of what this cup run may indicate for the rest of Nashville SC’s season. How competitions develop meaning Post-tournament prospects for Sam Surridge and Lucas MacNaughton Booing Messi Assessing Inter Miami The rush of Nashville’s equalizer Environment in the stad…
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A brief retrospective on this Nashville SC Leagues Cup run that will culminate in a final at Geodis Park against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami on Saturday. Ramping up against Colorado and Toluca Exercising penalty shootout demons in Cincinatti Madness in the quarterfinals against Club America A relaxing training session against Minnesota Momentous col…
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Hey Florida, oh well, whatever never mind - you take the leprosy we’ll take the truth. Here on HAG we got the narratives that liberate, you dig? A good for what ails you cure for the summertime blues, wherever you may be in the thermal dome. Tune in, turn on, and get ready for a cool refreshing dip in history with a very special guest to quench you…
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John, Slape Dogg, Josh and Don help each other get through Nashville SC's recent dip in form. Topics hit include: The earth-shattering effects of missing clear cut chances The pall cast over Nashville’s season by Cincy’s success The inheritor of Ake Loba’s place in the trunk The difference between a winger who chips in with goals, and a recognized …
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Happy Independence Day! Topics hit include: John Adams More Hany madness with another hat trick Losing the fast guys to Gold Cup duty The failures of the back five Botched chances in Montreal Praise for Columbus (I know, yuck) Line leading forwards DC, or “The Randall Leal Match” Three Chalupas, Qs, and Chicago preview. Go eat a hotdog. COYBIG.…
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The good old boy network of Nashville SC podcasting is brought to its knees as Katie and Amanda drop into the stu with Josh and Donald after a solid road trip for the Yotes. Topics hit include: MacNaughty conspiracy theories Nashville SC creating its own luck The Romney-fication of Jack Maher Chatty Hany The CJ Sapong derby Toronto FC’s production …
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Out of the cup, but unbeaten in 7 in MLS play, with wins in their last 3. Nashville SC: very very good at the moment. The Pod: very very happy to discuss. Topics hit include The b-team’s cup run Alex Muyl, goal machine MacNaughty Hany the Human Highlight Reel Randall Leal’s return What it means to be this much better Inter Miami Did we steal one in…
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Another trip around the school year calendar, another teacher cycle complete. They say the students never get older, but neither do their teachers, they just get on an airplane to Anaheim and fly off into the eternal languor of another summer. And our fountain of youth? It’s the history that keeps us young. And the trick is to find yourself a skele…
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Chicago were horrible, but Nashville is pretty damn good right now. Josh and Don discuss yet another beatdown of the Fire, inspired by yet another Hany hat trick. Topics hit include: A sexy center back debut Alex Muyl’s central role Dax directing traffic, just like the good 'ol days Shaff/Fafa rotation Captaincy choices Praise for Gary Smith, whose…
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Slape, Josh and Don cover a LOT of ground catching up on all of the NSC action from April Topics hit include: Nil-nil against Toronto Conceding two quick ones away to a much improved NYCFC side, and a positive fight back Evaluating the home draw against LAFC Jack Maher’s performance so far this season Love for Joe Willis Gary Smith fit check Progre…
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The smell of sweet victory in Orlando. Enough to wash away the stench of the Cincy loss at home? The dawgs deliberate. Topics hit include: Rivalry with Orlando Fafa’s first goal and general start to life in Nashville Surprise Haakenson start The Joenaissance The team’s bouncebackability under Gary Smith When is the Hany MVP round two hype train all…
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Josh and Donald have one of the most nuanced discussions of all time while keeping perspective after Nashville's first loss of the season. Topics hit include Player selection and what it says about your aspirations Set piece threat for Nashville so far this season Shaq Moore and Dan Lovitz in central defensive roles Gustavo Bou The addition of Jan …
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What do you do when it’s raining at the beach? Throw on your swim suit, grab a beach towel, a pair of flip flops, and have a lovely refreshing swim with HAG - Spring Break edition. Think of us as your history lifeguards, keeping you safe from the currents of bad history and the culture war undertow. History may be facing an existential crisis, but …
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OG J+D eppy. The good times are here to stay forever, and we'll never die. Topics hit include: Shaffy-Mukhtar connection Road draws and how they're perceived Quality of opposition Club captaincy shifting to Zim In-depth celebration analysis Our sweet boy Taylor The evolution of Dan Lovitz Nick DePwahhhh transfer weirdness Qs administered by the Q s…
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Season 4. Donald, Josh and Daniel - back to save the universe. Topics hit include: Zim and Shaq in the World Cup Giving the outgoing Dave Romney his due The Ake Loba situation somehow going from bad to worse The club’s transfer policy and ambitions Fafa Picault and New Dave Fanbase mood entering the season The Man in Black kit and release party MLS…
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Join us for Episode 61 as HAG takes the show on the road with a live recording at the 136th annual meeting of the American Historical Association, held in Philadelphia. The AHA is the biggest and oldest of our professional associations, and is doing its best to stay young and in the game. But the history game in the U.S. today is in the full throes…
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Glad tidings to all our friends of HAG, as we wrap up 2022 and another eventful year in history. Predicting the future of the past is not for the squeamish, and once again we take our listeners into the breach where stories get made and stories are told, and as always, we are searching for a history we can trust. Take the American freedom story tha…
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In a remote corner of the metaverse, a veritable supergroup assembled in the virtual Paradise Pod studios to discuss the end of Nashville SC's regular season, their 1st round playoff exit, and how they'll remember the club's third year in MLS. John, Andy, Paul and the legend in his own time Chris Ivey joined Donald and Josh. Josh had some weird aud…
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“It is impossible that things should be other than they are; for everything is right,” said Dr. Pangloss. "Oh, Pangloss!" cried Candide, "what a strange genealogy! Is not the Devil the original stock of it?” With earthquakes and a bit of light editing, we cast off with Voltaire and Episode 59 in search of the stories that do not make us sick. It is…
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You’ve heard the one about how the Past, Present, and Future walk into a bar? It was tense (pause for mandatory eye-roll). Well, speaking of tense, things are a little frosty these days in the U.S. culture wars over history. It’s getting so you can’t tell your friends from your frenemies. The profit-maximizers over at the College Board announced a …
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Topics hit include, but are in no way limited to: Parking lot concerns and the ensuing drama before the Seattle match The Sounders aura… and shithousery The Gareth Bale Show Chicho Arango love-in Realistically assessing the strength of Nashville’s squad Teal Bunbury’s start in Cincy Gary Smith’s press conferences How bad did Nashville SC miss on Br…
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2022 Mid-Season ReviewSeason Record through Mets series before ASB 35-57, 4th in NL Central70 games remaining . . .2012 61-101 26-44 (second half to match 2013)2013 66-96 31-39 (second half to match 2013)2014 73-89 38-32 (second half to match 2014)My prediction: 65-97 30-40 (in 2nd half)2015 97-65 (the good years pt 1)2016 103-58 (the good years pt…
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1976 Season OverviewOpening Day Lineup1. Rick Monday, cf 0-4, K2. Jose Cardenal, lf 1-43. Bill Madlock, 3b 0-44. Jerry Morales, rf 1-35. Andre Thornton, 1b 1-2, 2BB6. Manny Trillo, 2b 1-47. Steve Swisher, c 1-4, K8. Dave Rosello, ss 0-39. Ray Burris, p 1-2Lost to Cardinals, 5-0Starting RotationRick Reuschel (14-12)Ray Burris (15-13)Bill Bonham (9-1…
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Whether we regale you with tales of an early morning fishing trip or a relaxing solstice sound bath, we at HAG are here to help you find an escape from the summertime blues. If you are feeling a certain dreadful deja vu, and find it hard to tell the difference between real world war crimes and aging actor fighter pilots, or decide which is scarier,…
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Nashville SC bounced back from their first loss at home in ages to take down DC United on their patch, only to fall out of the US Open Cup in heartbreaking fashion and suffer a deflating draw at home against Portland. Donald is a little sad boi about it all. Topics hit include: Does form exist for Nashville SC? In which position would a signing hel…
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Nashville SC finally lost at home. Is it the end of the world? Probably. Much of a muchness in midfield Y u no Loba? Bizarre concession for SKC’s opener USMNT mainstays of yesteryear The penalty that wasn’t Three Chalupas, Nashville’s failed World Cup 2026 bid, Listener Qs, and predictions for DC United and our upcoming US Open Cup quarterfinal aga…
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We had a lot to catch up on. Specifically: NSC 2 - 1 Montreal Muyl's moment Willis' woes NSC 2 - 2 ATL The rain delay Sapong's form LOU 1 - 2 NSC Panicco pulling the patented Jack Maher recalled-from-loan-straight-into-the-XI Keeping the USL rivalry alive COL 1 - 3 NSC Hany back to last season's levels Haakenson's contributions NSC 0 - 0 SJ Surpris…
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“Stories are wondrous things,” says the writer Thomas King, “And they are dangerous, for once a story is told, it cannot be called back. Once told, it is loose in the world. So you have to be careful with the stories you tell. And you have to watch out for the stories you are told.” Another mass killing of innocent people in America has been perpet…
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After the next 17 games, the season is approximately 20% complete, and the Cubs sit at 13-20 (.394 winning percentage).Series Breakdown@ ATL [1-2]@ MIL [1-2]vs CWS [0-2]vs LAD [0-3]@ SD [2-1]@ ARI [2-1]HighlightsKyle Hendricks vs Padres on May 9th 8.2 IP, 3H, 1 BB, 7 K, [Win]Kyle Hendricks vs Arizona on May 14th5.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, [No Decision…
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OG Josh and Don episode to discuss significant wins against Real Salt Lake and Atlanta United, before a real bummer of a match in Houston. Topics hit include: First win at Geodis Park Excellent midfield play against Salt Lake Randall Leal’s injury Set piece strateegery A lot of Sapong talk Thrilling comeback and win in extra time against Atlanta in…
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This is a Flashback Episode, where we travel all the way back to 2004! July 31, 2004 to be exact. The MLB Trade Deadline. This is where just before the deadline was up, the Chicago Cubs pulled off a unique four-team-trade, which saw the Northsiders bring shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to town. An honest-to-God superstar player! But... was it all that …
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OG Josh and Don ep to unpack the breaking in of Nashville SC’s new home. Gameday festivities The walk down Rains Avenue to the stadium Energy in the stands Early chances for both sides Mentality from the Yotes A formidable foe in Philly Alex Muyl Andre Blake’s heroics, damn near matched by Joe Willis' Uhre’s opener Randall Leal’s PK The second hand…
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