‘The Rest Is History’ hosts on their top moments from America’s past

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  This is In Conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Shamita Basu.

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  Today, two top historians share their favorite surprising chapters from American history.

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  Think back to history class.

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  Did you ever have a teacher or professor who really made the past come to life?

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  At a time when historical content is booming in popularity,

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  historians Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland have become those teachers for millions of people through their podcast The Rest is History.

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  In each episode, Dominic and Tom rave, banter,

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  and take listeners deep into the past with surprising details,

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  compelling characters, and engaging storytelling.

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  We are motivated by enormous kind of enthusiasm for history.

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  That's Dominic.

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  What happened to the people who were in this place before us?

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  And secondly, what happened next?

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  You know, the thrill of the story, you want to know what's going to happen to these characters.

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  The rest is history has just been chosen as Apple Podcast's podcast of the year.

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  So I wanted to sit down with Dominic and Tom to talk about the thing they know best,

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  history, and specifically their favorite moments from American history.

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  We talk about the dramatic moment when Indigenous people first clashed with colonizers,

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  the huge social and political swings of the 1960s,

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