In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the American tradition of travel to Europe.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
- American travel to Europe is back with such a vengeance that some are calling it “revenge travel.” Neil referred to this history of the “Grand Tour.” Natalia and Niki drew on this Hudson Valley magazine article about midcentury Catskills resorts.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
- Natalia discussed Rick Emerson’s new book, Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Impostor Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries, as reviewed in Observer by Nathan Smith.
- Neil shared about Amanda Mull’s Atlantic article, “You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World.”
- Niki recommended Livia Gershon’s article for JSTOR Daily, “The Forgotten Temperance Movement of the 1950s.”
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