Ghosts

Ghosts

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This election season, the media frequently looked to history in an attempt to explain the rise of Donald Trump. We consider how historical parallels don’t always serve us well. Plus, revisiting a notorious murder that the press got wrong; the long reach of a WWII slogan; and attempts in Ukraine to whitewash the nation’s history. A special hour on memory, both historical and personal, and how what we remember shapes our world.