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How to understand your family history (w/ Keith Rushing)
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Episode How to understand your family history (w/ Keith Rushing)
Journalist Keith Rushing has spent years trying to report on his most difficult story - the history of his own family. Who do we come from? What do we inherit from the past? How can understanding our ancestors make us better humans today? To find out the answers, Chris invites Keith to talk about his book Descended: Searching for my Gullah-Geechee Roots. They cover how everything from the history of slavery to the cultural significance of African connections to the Gullah-Geechee people. This is a conversation about how you can spark your own curiosity to start researching your own family history.
Featured guest
• Follow Keith Rushing on Instagram and LinkedIn • Buy Descended: Searching for my Gullah-Geechee Roots
Connect with the team
• Follow Chris on Instagram and at chrisduffycomedy.com • Buy Chris’ book, Humor Me • Watch How to Be a Better Human videos on YouTube at TEDPods • Follow TED on X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok
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Links in the notes 14
- https://www.instagram.com/rushingwrites/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-rushing-04292114/
- https://uscpress.com/Descended
- https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en
- https://chrisduffycomedy.com/
- https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL
- https://www.youtube.com/@TEDPods
- https://x.com/TEDTalks
- https://www.instagram.com/ted
- https://www.facebook.com/TED
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks
- https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts
- https://acast.com/privacy
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