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Podcast: Ridiculous History
Episode: Modern Thanksgiving, Part One: A Culture War
Description: Today Thanksgiving is considered a largely innocuous holiday, centered on food and family. In the US, people across the country get together on the same Thursday in November every year, breaking bread, practicing thankfulness -- and, sometimes, suffering through awkward conversations with family. But this wasn't always the case. In part one of this two-part series, Ben and Noel explore how the modern Thanksgiving came to be, and why some in the south genuinely believed it was a foray in a larger culture war. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee...