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Aaron Keck is joined by Chapel Hill historian Scott Washington to discuss this week in history and why it's relevant today! Produced by 97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com.

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    • May 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    History Matters: Woe Is Me, I Have To Work in a Photography Studio

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 7:02


    Scott and Aaron look back at the Mecklenburg Resolves, approved May 31, 1775 as part of the runup to the Declaration of Independence. The post History Matters: Woe Is Me, I Have To Work in a Photography Studio appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: One Guy Develops A Maneuver

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 6:51


    This week, Scott and Aaron honor historical figures whose sheer laziness led them to world-changing innovations. The post History Matters: One Guy Develops A Maneuver appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Sellouts, Smallpox, Sailors and Stars

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 8:38


    Scott and Aaron remember vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner and evolution teacher John Scopes - but Aaron's not a fan of his post-teaching career. The post History Matters: Sellouts, Smallpox, Sailors and Stars appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: The Best C That Ever Was Given

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 7:03


    This week, Scott and Aaron remember the 1992 ratification of the 27th Amendment - a process that began with a college student's paper. The post History Matters: The Best C That Ever Was Given appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

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    History Matters: History, The Past, The Old Days, Once Upon A Time

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 6:23


    This week in history: the first edition of Roget's Thesaurus is published, and a tweak to the harpsichord becomes the world's first piano. The post History Matters: History, The Past, The Old Days, Once Upon A Time appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Talk About a Needle in a Haystack

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 7:43


    This week, Scott and Aaron discuss historical leaders who were willing to go back to the drawing board and correct mistakes. The post History Matters: Talk About a Needle in a Haystack appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Surrenders, Erasers, Midnight Rides

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 9:55


    This week in history; the Civil War comes to an end in North Carolina; Paul Revere makes his famed midnight ride; the pencil erasure is born, and more. The post History Matters: Surrenders, Erasers, Midnight Rides appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Wars Begin, Wars End

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 7:18


    This week in history: the Civil War begins, the Civil War ends, and colonial North Carolina takes a big step towards revolution. The post History Matters: Wars Begin, Wars End appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 8:23


    This week, Scott and Aaron look back on the debut of "Oklahoma," the first dance marathon, and the first appearance of the peace symbol. The post History Matters: Oh, What A Beautiful Morning appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Pushing Against the Boundaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 6:34


    This week, Scott and Aaron honor figures who pushed boundaries, and Scott learns that he's a Marvel superhero. The post History Matters: Pushing Against the Boundaries appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Green To The Max

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 8:30


    This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate historical Americans (famous and otherwise) who fought to make their world a better place. The post History Matters: Green To The Max appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Mr. Watson, I Want You

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 7:36


    This week, Scott and Aaron look back at famous inventions: the telephone, the escalator, and the shopping cart. The post History Matters: Mr. Watson, I Want You appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: It’s Good To Have Connections

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 7:04


    This week in history: famous first meetings, new inventions, and national anthems - all coming together at the 1893 World's Fair. The post History Matters: It’s Good To Have Connections appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Boston Can Have The Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 7:20


    This week in history, the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge launches North Carolina into the center of the American Revolution. The post History Matters: Boston Can Have The Sun appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Silas, You’re a Genius!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 6:52


    This week, Scott and Aaron look back at historical inventors who were also geniuses when it came to marketing their new products. The post History Matters: Silas, You’re a Genius! appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Every Day Is Valentine’s Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 8:04


    This Valentine's week, Scott and Aaron spotlight a pair of fun inventions: the QWERTY keyboard and the square-bottomed paper bag. The post History Matters: Every Day Is Valentine’s Day appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Carry Something Beautiful In Your Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 7:11


    Scott and Aaron remember great figures in history, from Rosa Parks to a pair of pioneering nineteenth-century female physicians. The post History Matters: Carry Something Beautiful In Your Heart appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: ‘Disaster Is Rarely As Pervasive As It Seems’

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 6:51


    This week, Scott and Aaron remember a celebrated historian, a legendary crusader for justice, and a great American president. The post History Matters: ‘Disaster Is Rarely As Pervasive As It Seems’ appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Great Women and Great Amendments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 6:18


    This week, Aaron and Scott (snowbound) remember a trio of great women, plus the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The post History Matters: Great Women and Great Amendments appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: The History Is Always Hot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 8:13


    This week: Scott and Aaron remember Martin Luther King, Dian Fossey, a WW2-era ban on sliced bread, and a famous...biopic? The post History Matters: The History Is Always Hot appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Standardization, Old-Timey Pens, and Jimmy Carter’s UFO

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 7:25


    This week's all about standardization, as Scott and Aaron look back on the development of modern recipes - and modern time zones. The post History Matters: Standardization, Old-Timey Pens, and Jimmy Carter’s UFO appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Lunsford’s Croup Salve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 8:13


    This week: a North Carolinian invents Vick's VapoRub, and Amelia Earhart actually keeps a New Year's resolution. The post History Matters: Lunsford’s Croup Salve appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Don’t Mention The Twelve Days!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 8:36


    This week: Washington crosses the Delaware, a Frenchman crosses the Atlantic, and Scott does his best to derail Aaron's Impossible Quiz. The post History Matters: Don’t Mention The Twelve Days! appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Flights and Fights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 7:49


    Scott and Aaron look back on a busy week in U.S. history - from the Boston Tea Party to the Wright Brothers' flight. The post History Matters: Flights and Fights appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: The Bell Tolls for the Bill of Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 10:10


    This week marks the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights - which Scott commemorates each year with an event in Hillsborough. The post History Matters: The Bell Tolls for the Bill of Rights appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Not His-tory or Her-story, But Our-story

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 8:37


    This week, Scott and Aaron remember a trio of disruptive people in history, and Aaron comes up with his best pun ever. The post History Matters: Not His-tory or Her-story, But Our-story appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

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    History Matters: Imagine Thanksgiving Without Sweets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 7:41


    We examine the history of Thanksgiving - including Thomas Jefferson, the Great Depression, and the author of "Mary Had A Little Lamb." The post History Matters: Imagine Thanksgiving Without Sweets appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: The Witch of Wall Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 7:47


    This week, Scott and Aaron remember a woman whose financial acumen helped save the U.S. economy not once, but twice. The post History Matters: The Witch of Wall Street appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Gentle Persuasion

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2024 9:07


    Scott and Aaron remember an aviation pioneer, civil rights milestones, the inventor of the sandwich, and a tense moment in colonial history. The post History Matters: Gentle Persuasion appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: ‘Still, I Am One’

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 7:15


    This week, Scott and Aaron reflect on Tuesday's election, with reassuring lessons and words from history - and ideas for moving forward. The post History Matters: ‘Still, I Am One’ appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

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    History Matters: Angry Wilmingtonians

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 9:13


    This week, we remember a colonial protest against the Stamp Act - a reminder that you can raise your voice on any day, not just Election Day. The post History Matters: Angry Wilmingtonians appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Women in Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 8:42


    Scott looks back on a woman who went over Niagara Falls and survived, and another woman who became the first to swim the English Channel. The post History Matters: Women in Water appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Impossible Feats

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 9:02


    This week, Scott celebrates various people (and animals) who achieved things that were believed to be impossible. The post History Matters: Impossible Feats appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Everybody Cares

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 8:30


    This week, Scott remembers the completion of the Washington Monument - and a highly influential abolitionist and women's rights activist. The post History Matters: Everybody Cares appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Medals and Meddlers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 8:55


    This week: a 19th-century female astronomer who won a global award, and a pair of 20th-century civil rights champions. The post History Matters: Medals and Meddlers appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Building The Cores

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 10:48


    Scott and Aaron discuss the Bill of Rights, a civil rights hero, a fitness pioneer, and a man who spread apple trees all over the U.S. The post History Matters: Building The Cores appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Keep On Your Quest

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 8:38


    This week, Scott and Aaron remember several great figures in history, including a globetrotting mountaineer and a retail pioneer. The post History Matters: Keep On Your Quest appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: A Dreadful Bumclangor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 11:23


    Aaron hijacks this week's installment with a recent discovery about a hilariously obscene moment in NC's 1788 Constitutional debate. The post History Matters: A Dreadful Bumclangor appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Labor Day, Integration, and KFC

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 10:36


    This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the origins of Labor Day, a courageous girl who fought segregation - and Colonel Sanders. The post History Matters: Labor Day, Integration, and KFC appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: History on the Hudson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 7:27


    Scott and Aaron remember a trailblazing swimmer, a Civil War general who moved the dial on slavery, and a local invention that went global. The post History Matters: History on the Hudson appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Rainbows and Radios

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 9:55


    This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the launch of commercial radio, the release of The Wizard of Oz, and much more. The post History Matters: Rainbows and Radios appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Dune Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 11:33


    This week, Scott and Aaron remember the North Carolinians who protected the lands that became the Jockey's Ridge and Eno River State Parks. The post History Matters: Dune Day appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Tropical Storms and Olympic Champions

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 8:44


    This week in history: Jesse Owens triumphs at the Olympics, and a trailblazing female swimmer crosses the English Channel. The post History Matters: Tropical Storms and Olympic Champions appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Early Theoretical Physics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 9:11


    Scott and Aaron discuss the invention of the modern ice cream maker - and whoever discovered the ice cream-making process in the first place. The post History Matters: Early Theoretical Physics appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Amelia Earhart, Media Hog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 11:05


    This week, Scott and Aaron discuss several great women in history - who would have gotten more press, if not for Amelia Earhart. The post History Matters: Amelia Earhart, Media Hog appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Treacherous Atlantic Crossings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 11:37


    Scott and Aaron remember a pair of memorable Atlantic crossings - and Nelson Mandela, whose birthday was this week in 1918. The post History Matters: Treacherous Atlantic Crossings appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

    History Matters: Silhouettes of Independence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 10:48


    Scott and Aaron discuss the Declaration of Independence and what led to it - including some pivotal events here in North Carolina. The post History Matters: Silhouettes of Independence appeared first on Chapelboro.com.

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