The Road to Now

Conversations about the history of right now. Hosted by Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers) and Dr. Benjamin Sawyer (Middle Tennessee State University).

#166 Everything’s Going To Be Okay 03/30/2020

#165 Saving America’s Cities w/ Lizabeth Cohen 03/23/2020

#164 What('s) A Disaster 03/16/2020

The History of Coal w/ Chuck Keeney 03/09/2020

#163 The Avett Brothers Archive w/ Tim Mossberger 02/24/2020

#162 The Presidents’ Day Rundown 02/17/2020

#161 Food in the Era of Adulteration w/ Benjamin Cohen 02/10/2020

#160 NASCAR and Moonshine w/ Kyle Petty and Dan Pierce (Recorded Live at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, NC) 02/06/2020

#159 The History of Charlotte, NC w/ Thomas Hanchett & Pam Kelley (Recorded Live at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, NC) 02/03/2020

#158 Live in Carrboro, NC- Charisma in American Politics & Society w/ Molly Worthen, Doug Heye & Rufus Edmisten (Recorded at Cat’s Cradle) 01/27/2020

#157 The State of the Union w/ Matt Negrin 01/20/2020

#156 Executive Boundaries 01/13/2020

#155 Uncivil Christmas w/ Carson Hudson 12/23/2019

#154 America's First War on Christmas w/ Bruce Carlson 12/16/2019

#153 Floating Coast: The Environmental History of the Bering Strait w/ Bathsheba Demuth 12/02/2019

#152 Building Community and Breaking Barriers w/ Digital Humanities (Recorded Live at ASEEES 2019) 11/25/2019

#151 Live in Chicago w/ Pete Souza & Erin Welsh (recorded at Beverly Arts Center) 11/18/2019

#150 Life on the Road 11/11/2019

#149 The History of Hong Kong w/ Mindy Smith 11/04/2019

# 148 The Bizarre Life of American Death w/ Caitlin Doughty 10/28/2019

#147 How to Remove a Confederate Monument w/ Adam Swensek 10/21/2019

#146 Keeping Government Secrets w/ Stacy Wood 10/14/2019

#145 The Opioid Crisis w/ Beth Macy 10/07/2019

The Seriousness of Being Funny w/ Tom Shadyac (Rebroadcast) 09/30/2019

#144 Saudi Arabia and the Middle East w/ Sean Foley 09/23/2019

#143 Research! 09/16/2019

#142 How Talk Radio Took Over the Republican Party w/ Brian Rosenwald 09/09/2019

#141 The Last Czars, Chernobyl, and the Pros & Cons of Dramatizing History w/ Philippa Hetherington & Jon Waterlow 09/02/2019

#140 Citizen Coke: The History of Coca-Cola w/ Bartow Elmore 08/26/2019

# 139 Healthcare, the Law and the Future(s) of Privacy w/ Roy Wyman 08/19/2019