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Seth Rockman
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Historian at Brown University: https://history.brown.edu/people/seth-e-rockman Author of _Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery_ Nov. 2024, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo237040605.html
there's an episode of _Sew What_ that Isabella kindly hosted last year dedicated to the book!
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thank you!
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I am in complete awe of what you accomplish in each of your episodes. I’ve been deep in the Sympathy for the Devil episodes— they are so learned, insightful, and plotted perfectly. Bravo! It would be impossible for anyone to keep a quicker pace in light of what’s required to do such quality work.
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Full speech here
www.aei.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 AM
And to his credit, Gordon Wood went to the AEI last night and declared his rejection of a blood-and-soil version of American identity "as passionately as I can."
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I had to go deep into the archive!
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'd forgotten about that piece! Thanks for finding it.

Weird that is stops mid-sentence. Here's the rest:
November 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I am so sorry to hear this news. We are lucky to encounter such people in our lives.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
we are all but peasants in the eyes of these self-aggrandizing a-holes. But please, let's write more stories about them, and utterly ignore the millions of Americans who have taken to the streets to denounce kings and their corrupt retainers.
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM