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Rebecca Marchiel on Redlining, Financial Deregulation, and the Urban Reinvestment Movement

February 14, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

The iconic maps, created by the government’s Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) during the New Deal to help assess and guide lending in urban areas, have served as powerful illustrations […]

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Katie Hindmarch-Watson on London’s Telecommunication Workers and Serving a Wired World

January 4, 2021by whomakescents Leave a comment

It is common these days to bemoan the amount of personal information companies like Amazon, Facebook, and other modern telecommunications goliaths collect about us. For many, this invasion of privacy […]

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Shennette Garrett-Scott on Black Women in Finance

December 2, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

In this episode, Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and […]

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Aaron Jakes on Colonial Economism and Egypt’s Occupation

November 2, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

This episode takes listeners on a journey to Egypt. Before you go thinking about pyramids and ancient mummies, I should note that we will actually be discussing much more recent […]

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Casey Lurtz on Globalization from the Grounds Up

September 4, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

The history of globalization is one that has often been told as a story of elites. Foreign investors, eyeing an opportunity in some far-off place, partner with government officials to […]

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Caleb McDaniel on Slavery and Restitution

August 3, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

The 2020 Democratic presidential primary race made history as the first to consider reparations for slavery as a major topic of conversation. Nor were they alone. Thanks to the work […]

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Augustine Sedgewick on the Dark Empire of Coffee

July 2, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

Many of us are familiar with the negative health effects of coffee, which include insomnia, nervousness, upset stomach, and increased heart rate. Yet, this hasn’t seemed to stop many Americans […]

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Paige Glotzer on How the Suburbs Were Segregated

June 1, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

It will come as little surprise to most listeners that America’s metropolitan areas are racially segregated and unequal. While the suburbs surrounding American cities tend to be relatively affluent and […]

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Marcia Chatelain on McDonalds and Black America

May 1, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

We’ve all heard the statistics regarding Americans and fast food. According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey, one third of Americans consumed fast food on any given day. Prior […]

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Big Changes at Who Makes Cents

April 3, 2020by whomakescents Leave a comment

David and Alex are retiring from the show! But a new host is joining to take the reins. Listen to hear the founding co-hosts reflect on the past six years […]

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