HISTORIAN: Slavery STILL IMPACTS Modern Life | Patrick Wyman Interview | Luke Thomas Gets Political

Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) · Dec 17, 2025 · 48m

Slavery was banned in the U.S. in 1865, which means for most, it’s a shameful but distant historical footnote. Yet, as historian Patrick Wyman argues, the ideas underpinning it still hold currency in the modern world. For as much as the practice of the slavery is associated with outdated ethical codes and even ancient societies, there is a through line to our present day. In his new podcast Past Lives, Wyman not only explores the question of slavery and the people who lived it, but does so from the perspective of the ‘ordinary’. In other words, rather than try to understand history solely…