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Saturday, August 30, 2025

August 30-31, 2025: August 2025 Recap

[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]

August 3: Birthday Bests: 2010-2011: My annual birthday series kicks off with 34 favorites from my first year of AmericanStudying!

August 4: Birthday Bests: 2011-2012: 35 from year two!

August 5: Birthday Bests: 2012-2013: 36 from year three!

August 6: Birthday Bests: 2013-2014: 37 from year four!

August 7: Birthday Bests: 2014-2015: 38 from year five!

August 8: Birthday Bests: 2015-2016: 39 from year six!

August 9: Birthday Bests: 2016-2017: 40 from year seven!

August 10: Birthday Bests: 2017-2018: 41 from year eight!

August 11: Birthday Bests: 2018-2019: 42 from year nine!

August 12: Birthday Bests: 2019-2020: 43 from year ten!

August 13: Birthday Bests: 2020-2021: 44 from year eleven!

August 14: Birthday Bests: 2021-2022: 45 from year twelve!

August 15: Birthday Bests: 2022-2023: 46 from year thirteen!

August 16: Birthday Bests: 2023-2024: 47 from year fourteen!

August 17: Birthday Bests: 2024-2025: And the newest birthday post, 48 favorites from the past, fifteenth year of AmericanStudying!

August 18: University of Michigan Studying: Founding Histories: With my younger son Kyle off to the University of Michigan, this year’s post-birthday series focused on Wolverine contexts, starting with three foundational moments.

August 19: University of Michigan Studying: Three Presidents: The series continues with takeaways from the terms of three 19th century presidents.

August 20: University of Michigan Studying: Football: Three early moments that chart the rise of a perennial pigskin powerhouse, as the series studies on.

August 21: University of Michigan Studying: Famous Alums: Five famous Michigan alums, in honor of my future one.

August 22: University of Michigan Studying: Uncle Peter: The series concludes with a quick tribute to my prior connection to Michigan.

August 23-24: University of Michigan Studying: Kyle’s Plans: And a special weekend follow-up on three of the many things I’m excited about during Kyle’s time at Michigan!

August 25: Alien Nation: Roswell: For the 30th anniversary of Fox’s Alien Autopsy, a series on our fascination with aliens kicks off with the longstanding & problematic sides to one of our most enduring conspiracy theories.

August 26: Alien Nation: E.T. and Aliens: The series continues with friendly & hostile extraterrestrials, and the real bad guys in each case.

August 27: Alien Nation: Close Encounters and Contact: Two superficially similar films that feature distinct portrayals of both aliens & America, as the series probes on.

August 28: Alien Nation: Alien Autopsy: On the 30th anniversary of its first airing, two cultural contexts for a historic hoax.

August 29: Alien Nation: Recent Revelations: The series concludes with how we can make sense of the dramatic rise of “UFO” sightings in recent years.

Fall semester previews start Monday,

Ben

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