A Teach-In for Truth at the Smithsonian
Program
#RaceClass
Episode
45
Episode Length
27:38
Media Type
Podcast
Release Date
10-31-2025
Publisher
WNHN
Language
en-US
Abstract
In this episode, Jon shares why he traveled to Washington, D.C. for a teach-in at the Smithsonian with fellow scholars, artists, activists, podcasters and others. The teach-in was a collaboration of two historical podcasts, This Day and The Memory Palace, and drew inspiration from the teach-ins that academics organized in the 1960s to deepen and support anti-war movements across the country. Jon & Arnie also explore how the Trump regime’s assault on the Smithsonian follows a fascist playbook that requires constructing a “mythic past” – that, in the United States, requires erasing the racial violence and terror that defines America past and present.
Recommended Citation
Arnie Arnesen & Jonathan Feingold,
A Teach-In for Truth at the Smithsonian
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/raceclass/49
