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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hi folks: Tomorrow on my weekly livestream "History Matters:" Banning the Press: A Bridge Too Far? IS THERE A Bridge Too Far?? Join us Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxN4...

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Banning the Press: A Bridge Too Far? IS THERE a Bridge Too Far??

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I’m enjoying the long weekend, but I’m not gonna lie, kinda excited about next week’s check-in question! 🤣 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓 🐓🤣

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tomorrow on my live-cast: "History Matters:" Women Are The Key. They're Always The Key. And not because of Natalie Harp. (Though she's part of the mix...) Friday at 10 AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqOX...

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Women Are the Key. They're Always the Key.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters" Banners, Ships, & Passports: A Monarch by Design The founders were VERY wary re: putting a president's face on coins or emblems Doing so linked nat'l power to 1 face--1 man. A monarch It's happening now Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUs...

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Banners, Ships, and Passports: A Monarch By Design

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Tomorrow morning on my livestream "History Matters:" How To Keep Power When You Don't Have the Votes: A Guide We're watching it in action. A plan that proved unsuccessful in the past. And the answer isn't just "rig the elections." Join us. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=2odd...

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How To Keep Power When You Don't Have The Votes: A Guide

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Tomorrow, Heather and I will be doing “What The Heck Just Happened?” live in Maine. Much fun will be had. By us. And hopefully everyone else!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters:" On History and Patriotism The Smithsonian hearings. What counts as "history." And who decides. Theres a lot to say. Join us. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKES...

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On History and Patriotism

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We’re in Hamilton Heaven! Today we enjoyed Richard Brookhiser’s presentation: “Hamilton’s Three Islands” in the perfect setting: Frances Tavern. Also learned that new research states that Hamilton’s birth year was 1754. Thoughts? @jbf1755.bsky.social @stephenknott.bsky.social #FoundingForward

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

@stephenknott.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social You’ll be happy to know your Founding Forward teacher friends were listening and learning from you both. While watching Hamilton the Musicial, everyone emphatically yelled “no” in response to Martha’s Tomcat false name claim. 👍🏻

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Tomorrow on my livestream "History Matters:" Who the Hell Should Lead Us? We seem to be stuck in a spin-cycle of lacking leadership What do We the People want in leaders--& how are we showing it? Join us! (We won't talk much re: Platner. I promise) Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93I...

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Who the Hell Should Lead Us?

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Hey folks! Want to commemorate July Fourth as a "We"? Join us for a watch party of the movie/musical "1776" July 4 5:00 PM ET Beam in through my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwZ...

The marketing image for the movie/musical "1776" -- an egg with a British flag on its shell, with a little eagle popping out, an American flag in its beak.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey folks -- This is coming up a week from today. A seminar on democracy, Hamilton, and de Tocqueville! It's not free, but they've offered a 20% discount for folks who sign up through me.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Tomorrow AM on my live podcast "History Matters:" On MAGA Losing Control The signing at Versailles, the Obama Presidential Library, the Knicks parade, & Moscow burning: It's a lot. It means a lot. And it reveals...a LOT about where we are. Join us. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWF...

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On MAGA Losing Control

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tomorrow morning on my live webcast, "History Matters:" Blanching About Blanche Appointing Blanche as the Attorney General is beyond corrupt. Join us to discuss why -- and what Attorneys General are SUPPOSED to be. They're OURS. Not his. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9qq...

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Blanching About Blanche

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A reminder that my team is trying to bring some joy and reaffirmation of human agency to this anniversary with the 250 to 250 videos. Here's Pete Buttigieg talking about the Erie Canal, for example:

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Erie Canal, Narrated by Pete Buttigieg

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“Contingency is the mother of possibility.” - @HippieEcho quoted by Joanne Freeman. Thanks @jbf1755.bsky.social beaming in pre-recorded from Alaska for the History Matters Community! With a mug!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Okay, folks. Apparently, tomorrow marks 6 YEARS since I began my live podcast "History Matters." So. Saturday at 7:30 PM ET, let's have cocktails! We can celebrate community & strength & the power of history & resistance & chutzpah. We need a lot of WE right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKdR...

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History Matters...And So Do Cocktails!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Hey folks: Tomorrow morning on my live webcast "History Matters:" Polymarket Gambling and the Sliding Scale of Corruption What happens when high-level political insiders feel entitled to bank on their insider knowledge? It spreads. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_21...

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Polymarket Gambling and the Sliding Scale of Corruption

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Tomorrow on my live podcast "History Matters:" Why Does the Constitution Matter? Really. A seemingly ridiculous question -- but NOT in 2026. In many ways, the question of our times. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZDC...

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Why Does the Constitution Matter? Really.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Tomorrow on my live podcast, "History Matters:" What's With All the Manly, Manly, Manly Men? Let's talk. On my YouTube channel. Friday 10AM ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbuO...

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What's With All the Manly, Manly, Manly Men?

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Tomorrow on my live podcast History Matters: The No-Explanation War Let’s talk. Friday 10AM ET m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMfl...

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The No-Explanation War

Is it a Quasi-War? Not quite.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Heather and I had a LOT to say this morning about the attack on Iran. www.youtube.com/live/yiFHTyw...

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What the F*** Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Thanks @jbf1755.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social The way we’re really celebrating the 250th is by reclaiming the control of our government from those who would use it against us, and so in a way we’re honoring the 250th in reality. 1/

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Hey folks: Heather and I will be beaming in at 11:30 this morning on her Facebook page and YouTube channel, and on my YouTube channel. See you then!

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Mark J. Westpfahl @markjwestpfahl.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Here's the article from MPR News in my interview on Morning Edition about the now non-existent South St. Paul Armour Gates. You can also Listen to the full conversation by clicking the link at the top of the story. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...

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South St. Paul history teacher mourns demolition of stockyard landmark

The Armour Gates that stood in South St. Paul for over a hundred years are coming down despite efforts to save them. Social studies teacher Mark Westpfahl got his students involved in the push for pre...

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

“You can’t fuel change without momentum.” Thanks @jbf1755.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social Hope you’re feeling better Joanne. Your History Matters Community missed you yesterday morning. ☕️ 💕 www.youtube.com/live/IG-7gsF...

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What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Tomorrow on my live podcast, “History Matters:” Dumb History, AI Slop, and Why It Matters Right Now—a LOT Friday 10AM ET m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

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Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Coming up at about 10:30 ET, tonight's episode of "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep." www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

White text on a black background: A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep -- February 5 Edition.

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Myriam Gurba (Serrano through my mom) @lesbrains.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Ralph Lazo was a Latine teen who volunteered to go to a Japanese concentration camp to be in solidarity with his friends. When he turned himself in to authorities, they thought he was Japanese. “Being brown has its advantages,” he would later tell the LA Times. www.history.com/articles/jap...

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This Mexican American Teenager Spent Years in a Japanese Internment Camp—On Purpose | HISTORY

Ralph Lazo wasn’t of Japanese descent, but he spent spent two years at Manzanar in solidarity with his friends.

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Folks: Today the Colin McEnroe show at CT Public Radio interviewed me re: my nighttime "A Few Thoughts for Those Who Can't Sleep" videos "Few Thoughts" is on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... The interview is where you find your podcasts & here: www.ctpublic.org/show/the-col...

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Historian Joanne Freeman on reckoning with where we are and where we want to be

This hour, Joanne Freeman joins us to share a few thoughts about the latest news, empathy, history, and America 250.

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Linda Monk @lindarmonkjd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

@jbf1755.bsky.social When you have @historyfrog.bsky.social as your amanuensis, you've truly arrived. #sschat

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Here is a wonderful site that gives you a ground-level view of the slavery exhibits that were removed from the President's House Historic Site yesterday in Philadelphia. #NationalParks tks-vtours.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/PresidentsHo...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Hi folks! I’m still on the road—& don’t have my computer w/me—so sadly, no History Matters podcast Friday, 1/23. I WILL be doing What the Heck Just Happened w/Heather on Saturday at 10:30AM(ish). And there will be more episodes of “A Few Thoughts For Those Who Can’t Sleep” too. See you soon!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Hey folks, Tomorrow on my live podcast, “History Matters:” Talkin’ About a Revolution: 1776 and Now Man, oh man. What a year to ponder resistance! The past is alive. Join us! Friday 10AM ET On my YouTube channel: m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Saturday morning, Heather had no internet -- and I filled in my discussing the "monument to himself" that DJT is building in Washington (the Kennedy Center, the "hall of fame" and its nastiness, the ballroom, the Rose Garden, the East Wing) -- and what it means. www.youtube.com/live/3GUkrOF...

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What the Heck Just Happened?

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Friday morning's topic on my podcast. (The topic is pretty clear!) www.youtube.com/live/mS9kTqb...

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The "Pettysburg Address"

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

What’s divisive is not history. Denial of history is divisive. Educating for a Multiracial Democracy: A Conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw @ncss

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Love learning from @historyherway.bsky.social “A Less Traditional Thanksgiving Feast: Countering Inaccurate Narratives” @techncss.bsky.social

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:” There ARE Things To Give Thanks For! Join us! We’ll be using the link below! m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Tomorrow on my podcast “History Matters:” Who Is The Monster? Sometimes, the answer is clear. Join us. Friday 10 AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

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Karalee Wong Nakatsuka @historyfrog.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I haven’t been posting much on Bluesky, still mourning the loss of our wonderful history community formed in the former bird place. Today I decided to post some of my History (Frog) Hacks🐸, things I wish I knew when I started teaching long ago.

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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Just in time for your drive home today. @rickbell.bsky.social and I talk about the global dimensions of the American Revolution podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Episode 163: The American Revolution and the Fate of the World with Richard Bell

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