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Author: Young America's Foundation

Your history class was taught all wrong. Explore all of the pivotal moments and influential individuals that your teachers overlooked through this breakthrough podcast led by renowned history professor Dr. Burt Folsom. Throughout each episode Dr. Folsom will delve into source material and history textbooks to share the stories you never learned about American History.
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Russia, Communism, and Textbook Bias
Episode 8
Thursday, 20 August, 2020

An entire generation has been misinformed about communism and Russia. Communist countries have always been ruthless dictatorships, yet surveys show that about 1/3 to 1/2 of Millennials sympathize with socialism and sometimes even communism. In this episode, Burt breaks down the callous and seemingly deliberate errors made by mainstream textbooks like The American Pageant and by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States so that listeners will be able to defend the US and the ideas that make it a beacon of hope and prosperity around the globe. Learn more about YAF at www.yaf.org.