On this episode, George and Janet review the fallacies surrounding the Thanksgiving holiday. We give a super late status update on the Booker Prize (congratulations in the present, Mr Lynch!), unpack some of the narratives surrounding Thanksgiving, and take a look at some good alternative options for honest narratives of the history. George does way too much of an uwu voice, and we try our best to wring a laugh or two out of a stunningly depressing topic. Check out the Booker Prize’s YouTube (linked on our website) to hear some actor-narrated sections from the books on their shortlist! See below for books mentioned!
Books Mentioned:
The Sentence Is Death and The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz
The Three Dimensions of Freedom by Billy Bragg
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving by David J Silverman
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States and Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment* ***by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
*The Thanksgiving Play *by Larissa FastHorse
