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Topic: Global history

Global history is the study of the development of human societies and their interactions across the world over time.

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The podcast episodes provided explore global history from different perspectives, highlighting the importance of taking a comprehensive approach to understanding the past.

The first episode with Peter Frankopan "Peter Frankopan, 'The Earth Transformed: An Untold History' (Knopf, 2023)" discusses how climate change has shaped the rise and fall of civilizations throughout history, emphasizing the need for inclusivity and new methodologies in academia.

The second episode #1539 Stolen Children is Stolen History, Heritage, and Culture (Indian Child Welfare Act) examines the devastating global history of forcibly removing indigenous children from their communities, often as a tool of cultural genocide, providing context for the current legal battle surrounding the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in the US.

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