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The Road to Now

Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers) & Dr. Ben Sawyer (MTSU History) share conversations with great thinkers from a variety of backgrounds – historians, artists, legal scholars, political figures and... Read more

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#72 Coffee With The Avett Brothers

#72 Coffee With The Avett Brothers

In this episode of The Road to Now, we sit down for coffee and conversation with Bob’s bandmates in The Avett Brothers f... Read more

25 Sep 2017

36mins

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#165 Saving America’s Cities w/ Lizabeth Cohen

#165 Saving America’s Cities w/ Lizabeth Cohen

Note: Bob and Ben start off talking about the Covid-19 outbreak and plans for upcoming episodes of this podcast. We shif... Read more

23 Mar 2020

1hr 5mins

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RTN Theology #1: The Intersection of Christianity & Culture in the United States ft. James K.A. Smith

RTN Theology #1: The Intersection of Christianity & Culture in the United States ft. James K.A. Smith

RTN Theology now is now on its own podcast feed! Subscribe anywhere you get The Road to Now for RTN Theology episodes 12... Read more

7 Dec 2017

1hr 11mins

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RTN Theology #11 The Character of Virtue w/ Stanley Hauerwas

RTN Theology #11 The Character of Virtue w/ Stanley Hauerwas

RTN Theology now is now on its own podcast feed! Subscribe anywhere you get The Road to Now for RTN Theology episodes 12... Read more

29 Jul 2019

1hr 21mins

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#166 Everything’s Going To Be Okay

#166 Everything’s Going To Be Okay

Based on what you’ve told us on social media, it’s time for a break from the outbreak. So in this episode, Bob and Ben t... Read more

30 Mar 2020

43mins

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#131 Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza

#131 Photographing the President w/ Pete Souza

As the person responsible for documenting the Obama Administration, Pete Souza spent more time with Barack Obama than al... Read more

3 Jun 2019

47mins

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#164 What('s) A Disaster

#164 What('s) A Disaster

Disasters abound, and what comes next is all about making good decisions. Ben talks about the Nashville tornado of 1998,... Read more

16 Mar 2020

33mins

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#58 The History of North Korea w/ Sheena Greitens

#58 The History of North Korea w/ Sheena Greitens

North Korea is a hard place for most Americans to understand. Kim Jung-un and his inner circle keep a tight grip on info... Read more

8 May 2017

30mins

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#101 Nativism in American Politics w/ David Bennett

#101 Nativism in American Politics w/ David Bennett

Bob & Ben speak with Syracuse University’s Dr. David Bennett to learn more about the history of nativism in the Unit... Read more

30 Jul 2018

1hr 9mins

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#163 The Avett Brothers Archive w/ Tim Mossberger

#163 The Avett Brothers Archive w/ Tim Mossberger

For many years now, Tim Mossberger has been building an incredible collection of material objects, music, and informatio... Read more

24 Feb 2020

49mins

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#150 Life on the Road

#150 Life on the Road

It’s our sesquicentennial episode, so Bob and Ben thought it was time to catch up and talk about all the great things th... Read more

11 Nov 2019

45mins

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#120 The History of Influenza w/ John Barry

#120 The History of Influenza w/ John Barry

The influenza strain that hit the world in 1918 killed between 50 and 100 million people. It was not the first flu to ha... Read more

4 Feb 2019

51mins

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#52 Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan, John Kennedy, & the Rise of the American Individual

#52 Douglas Brinkley on Bob Dylan, John Kennedy, & the Rise of the American Individual

The 1960s was a decade of individualism, and few individuals from this era are as iconic as Bob Dylan and John F. Kenned... Read more

10 Apr 2017

35mins

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

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

Pete Souza (photographer for Barack Obama/Ronald Reagan) and Erin Welsh (epidemiologist/cohost of This Podcast Will Kill... Read more

18 Nov 2019

1hr 11mins

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#80 Navajo Code Talkers, Pocahontas, & Native American History w/ Ashley Riley Sousa

#80 Navajo Code Talkers, Pocahontas, & Native American History w/ Ashley Riley Sousa

A few days ago, President Donald Trump welcomed the Navajo Code Talkers to the White House. Instead of focusing solely o... Read more

30 Nov 2017

30mins

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#94 This Episode Kills Fascists: The Life & Legacy of Woody Guthrie w/ Deana McCloud

#94 This Episode Kills Fascists: The Life & Legacy of Woody Guthrie w/ Deana McCloud

Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” is one of the well-known tunes in the United States, but the song, and the man ... Read more

7 May 2018

54mins

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

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

The Netflix series The Last Czars and HBO’s Chernobyl have (in very different ways) brought Russian & Soviet history... Read more

2 Sep 2019

57mins

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#53 The History of Syria w/ Sean Foley

#53 The History of Syria w/ Sean Foley

The Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, has been one of the most tragic events in recent history. The implications of... Read more

13 Apr 2017

40mins

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RTN Theology #3: A Conversation with Kate Bowler

RTN Theology #3: A Conversation with Kate Bowler

RTN Theology now is now on its own podcast feed! Subscribe anywhere you get The Road to Now for RTN Theology episodes 12... Read more

26 Mar 2018

1hr 7mins

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#123 How to Tell a Good Story w/ Jakob Lewis

#123 How to Tell a Good Story w/ Jakob Lewis

Jakob Lewis knows how to tell a good story. As the host and producer of the podcast Neighbors, Jakob built a nation-wide... Read more

4 Mar 2019

1hr 16mins

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