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The Radical Power of Histories From Below: A Conversation with Marcus Rediker
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This episode’s guest is Marcus Rediker, award-winning author and Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. In this episode, we are in conversation with Marcus about writing history "from below." Marcus shares about the connections between the sea, the slave ship, and modern day prisons. He also discusses the revolutionary spirit that is present in the history of ordinary working people who have long struggled for a more just world.
Resources
The Slave Ship: A Human History
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became The First Revolutionary Abolitionist
The Many-Headed Hydra: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic
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Host: Ry O. Siggelkow
Producer: Adam Pfuhl
Podcast Engineer: Michael Moua
Music: Kavyesh Kaviraj
Episode Recorded on January 30th, 2023
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