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Sep 2023
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After School Archive Club
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Welcome to After School Archive Club! Each episode, four history lovers bring current topics, recent obsessions, and historic hot takes to the table - it's like a digital history club! This week, we're discussing our new brand, where we've been, and the *hottest* (literally) movie this summer. Lis and Patrick dive deep into the Nolan-verse for a public history take on Oppenheimer. 

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