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Sep 2020
50m 40s

At Long Last: Hawaiian Overthrow Episode

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By longstanding listener request, we look at how Hawaii was basically stolen by the United States in the 19th century. Rather than reverse this bit of geopolitical fraud, the US ended up making Hawaii a state instead. 
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