EP 02 - Raffi Andonian

On today's conversation with celebrity historian Raffi Andonian, we talk about the value of national parks as places to hold difficult conversations, to enlighten the public and to preserve history for the past, and to illuminate how we operate in the present and the future.The specific example we discuss from Raffi's book Creating Space for Conflicted Histories Remembering the Atomic Bomb is The Manhattan Project Historical National Park. Based on his research for the book, Raffi developed 4 key questions to help us disseminate how we think about and honor past experiences, people and moments in our history.There's no question that Raffi has a dynamic grasp of history and makes it comes alive for everyone who encounters him. Take a listen to this conversation and realize that history is nowhere near dead; it's vibrant, alive and well and helping to shape our paths forward.Links:To get tickets to one or both of Raffi's visits in ND, go to https://www.humanitiesnd.org/raffi.To buy a copy of Raffi's book, check out any of your favorite online booksellers, or better yet, order it through your favorite local, independent bookshop.Find Raffi on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/@celebrity_historian