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Why do we learn history? (ft. Dr. Prit Buttar)

Season 4, Ep. 5

Jonathan is joined by World War II historian Dr. Prit Buttar to talk about his new book, Hero City: Leningrad 1943–44. Along with the battle, they explore the questions of history as a subject: who gets to write history? Does it change? And why learn it at all?

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