Eugene's Nuclear Power Kerfuffle
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You ever wonder why the United States doesn't have nuclear power? Well, Daniel Pope joins me to help break down the tale of one town's resistance to the emerging power source.
Hosted by Justin Mattson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 22 episodes
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Historians are often the ones who have a final say in what goes into your textbooks, but what are the stories that don't end up in those books? The work being done by your local historians at your local college or museum, highlighting the stories that your city had all but forgotten, join me as we speak with them one-on-one to remember the stories your city forgot.
Justin Mattson hosts The Stories Your City Forgot, a history show with 22 episodes published.
You ever wonder why the United States doesn't have nuclear power? Well, Daniel Pope joins me to help break down the tale of one town's resistance to the emerging power source.
Along the PNW, Barred Owls are becoming a dominant species, pushing out native owls in the region. Steven Beda from the University of Oregon joined me to speak about what it means when something is native and when someth
More and more students are learning about history from video games like Assassin's Creed. Alison Roy joins me to speak about the positives and negatives of history being used in this fashion.
In this episode, I sit down with historian Dr. Megan Wooley to explore the women who showed up in medieval courtrooms anyway. Mothers who accused their sons’ killers. Sisters who tried to seek justice for their brothers.
The United States is fraught with disputes over labor pay. Dr. Bob Bussel's latest work explores the way our conversations have evolved to discuss how we all deserve to be paid.
The "no good" scoundrel Bill Dowdle met an untimely fate after getting out of a Boise prison. Now, Professor Justin Vipperman is here to explain whether the man deserved the reputation.
When did the concept of being an environmentalist become controversial? The working class at one point was leading the charge alongside unions across the United States. As Professor Steven Beda explains in this Story You
Much of the world is having a conversation about immigration. Which immigration is appropriate? Who is acceptable to have in your nation? While Americans struggle with this question at this moment, as Rishav Chatterjee e
There are many cultures across the world, each one could've been its own empire. Today, we learn why one of those cultures settled in the West, and why they struggled to adapt to the East.
As manifest destiny took hold colonist began to divy up the western united states, pushing native peoples from the lands they stewarded. The act blocked access to a navigational beacon used by seven different cultures an
We all have a different idea of what street art is. For some, it's a way to speak out against injustices, and for others, it's delinquent behavior. How did it get this way? I'm joined by Professor Dale Graden, who breaks
What is a drowned town? Where do they come from? How do we track them and record their history? These are all questions that have answers in this episode of the Stories Your City Forgot.
What does it look like when miners band together? When the demands of the union are ignored? How does all of that unfold? We explore those questions and more with Dr. Russ Tremanye as we look at the Idaho Labor Riots.
In the summer of 1924, a diplomat in Tehran was brutally beaten by a mob for not understanding or respecting the culture of the people around him. I'm joined by Dr. Michael Zirinsky, who has studied and written about Imb
In divided postwar Germany, the Cold War wasn’t just fought with missiles and spies; it was fought over marriage, motherhood, and who had the right to name their child. Historian Dr. Alexandria Ruble joins host Justin Ma
Long before Idaho became a political footnote, one man from the Gem State helped shape global foreign policy. In this episode, historian Russ Tremayne joins host Justin Mattson to trace Borah’s legacy, his contradictions
LeRoy Wilkins was convicted of a crime no one could prove. Years later, when the state of Idaho finally pardoned him, it added one condition: he could never set foot in Twin Falls County again. In this episode, Justin Ma
What makes an old building worth saving? And what do we lose when it's gone? In this episode of The Stories Your City Forgot, host Justin Mattson sits down with historian Emily Fritchman Mahaney to explore the quiet powe
It's not every day you get to see someone become an outlaw in real time. What does that process look like? How does one become notorious? How does one create a mythology of oneself? Our guest today brings us the story of
Across the American West, labor camps once teemed with workers brought in to harvest crops, build infrastructure, and support wartime industry. Most of these camps have been erased from public memory—none more so than El
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The Stories Your City Forgot is hosted by Justin Mattson. The show is categorised under history (society) and has published 22 episodes.
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