Rebecca Nagel

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237 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 14 Jul

Rebecca Nagel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 1.

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It's not just the same place. matched

The same thing is happening. matched

While I was out reporting this project, a lot happened. matched

ICE killed people in the streets. matched

I watched a kid in bunny ears get detained. matched

Our government abducted the leader of Venezuela and started a war with Iran. matched

Analysts kept talking about the stages of authoritarianism. matched

And I found myself asking this question I think a lot of people are asking. matched

How is this happening? matched

How is all this happening in the United States? matched

The answers I kept hearing, YouTube, lonely white men, the economy, didn't feel like enough. matched

I started to wonder if maybe the explanation was deeper than all that, deeper than anything going on right now. matched

I'm still trying to figure it out, but the more time I spend in the past, the more the present makes sense. matched

Maybe the answer is in that history we don't know how to talk about. matched

The first place I went on my quest to put Native people back in the story of America was the Declaration of Independence. matched

This year is the 250th anniversary of the signing of that famous document. matched

And it made sense to me as a starting place. matched

I mean, it's the most popular origin story of our country, right? matched

But it turns out what I thought I knew about the Declaration was wrong. matched

Native people aren't missing. matched

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