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What do you think of when you hear the word "empire"? Maybe Great Britain? The Soviet Union? The Mongols? Sure. But what if I told you that the United States is also an empire. And always has been.

Our guest this episode is Daniel Immerwahr, author of the book "How to Hide an Empire" and an associate history professor at Northwestern University. In his book he argues that the United States has been an empire since it's inception. We claimed lands owned by native peoples, and then expanded into places like the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, and more. This is the story of war, greed, resources, and tragedy.

Helpful Links:

• We recorded some the games in this episode at the Spark Christian Podcast Conference
• A lecture from Daniel regarding his book
• We received help from these artists:
• Stand up comedian Nick Staron (Napoleon)
• Holland Webb of the Afterword Podcast
• Angel McCoy from Angel Reads the Bible
• Colleen and Danny from Fitness at Houston's First

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