Avery Trufelman

host of the podcast “Nice Try”

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Settlers from Plymouth England shared an autumn feast with the Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts 400 years ago — a tradition we’ve come to call Thanksgiving.

The ‘dystopian horror story’ of the US’ founding, and how Americans still cannot admit fault

Settlers from Plymouth England shared an autumn feast with the Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts 400 years ago — a tradition we’ve come to call Thanksgiving.

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