{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 398: The History of Restaurant Reservations","description":"In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the history of restaurant reservations.  Support Past Present on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week\u2019s show:   \u00b7      Restaurant reservations, like so much else, are getting gamified. Neil referred to this New York Times article. We all drew on this overview of historian Paul Freedman\u2019s book and this Atlantic article.   In our regular closing feature, What\u2019s Making History: \u00b7      Natalia shared about Britney Spears\u2019 new memoir, The Woman in Me. \u00b7      Neil recommended historian Daniel Immerwahr\u2019s New Yorker article, \u201cBeyond the Myth of Rural America\u201d and Steven Conn\u2019s book The Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is \u2013 And Isn\u2019t. \u00b7      Niki discussed Elizabeth Williamson\u2019s New York Times article, \u201cJudge Won\u2019t Let Alex Jones Use Bankruptcy to Avoid Sandy Hook Damages.\u201d ","author_name":"Past Present","author_url":"http:\/\/pastpresentpodcast.com","html":"