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Common Book: Memory Wars

The Memory Wars podcast is VCU's 2024 Common Book

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About this Guide:

This online guide acts as a companion to VCU's 2024 Common Book, the podcast "Memory Wars." The resources in this guide expand upon the themes in the podcast: memory, slavery, the Holocaust, family history, reparations, and reconciliation.

How to access:

You can listen to the full podcast on National Public Radio's website, Apple Podcasts, or most other places where podcasts are available.

Episode transcripts:

Ep. 1: A Prologue
Ep. 2: The Two Reconstructions
Ep. 3: Haley's Story
Ep. 4: Charlotte's Story
Ep. 5: Mallory's Story
Ep. 6: Volker's Story

Memory Wars creators

Mallory Noe-Payne

Michael Paul Williams