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Podcast: The Lean to the Left Podcast
Episode: Ben Hamilton: Witnessing the Insurrection
Description: We are all living in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, the day that an angry mob of thousands of Trump supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol, the symbolic seat of democracy, and tried to stop the certification of Joe Biden as president of the United States.Our guest today was there – not as a protestor, but as a historian, and the result is his fascinating book, “Sorry Guys, We Stormed the Capitol.”Ben Hamilton created the Chasing History Project to try and throw himself into dangerous situations to create historical records for future history students to study...