You Had to Be There

06/12/2025 34 min
You Had to Be There

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Episode Synopsis

The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow

By Gal Beckerman

From the ⁠⁠⁠January 2026 issue⁠⁠⁠.

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