{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#375 The Road to Venecky w\/ Ben &amp; Bob","description":"Ben &amp;amp; Bob catch up for a conversation about bad Ai textooks, new discoveries about precolonial American societies and a new take on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Make sure to catch Bob at his endless book tour for America\u2019s Founding Son! Dates available by following him on Instagram at @bobcrawfordbass. Sources discussed in this episode:  \u00b7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  John Green, Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of our Deadliest Infection, (Penguin, 2025).  \u00b7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  P\u00e4rssinen, M., Kalliola, R., Ranzi, A. et al. \u201cOver 20,000 precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia.\u201dNature (2026).  \u00b7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  Robert Sapolsky  Behave: The Biology of Humans at our Best and Worst (Penguin, 2017).  \u00b7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  Adi Schane, \u201c\u2019Venecky\u2019 instead of Kentucky,\u201d WDRB.com, July 29, 2026. This episode was edited by Ben Sawyer. ","author_name":"The Road to Now","author_url":"http:\/\/www.theroadtonow.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42465580\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/04326f\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/205178825"}