We’re back with a year-end episode of History Factory Plugged In. This week, host Jason Dressel chats with Sara Eagin, History Factory’s senior curator—and creator of the popular Sara’s Friday Email—about some of the most impactful stories of 2020, as well as some holiday potpourri. To learn more about the topics discussed in the podcast, find links and show notes below, and sign up for future Friday Emails here.
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Show Notes:
COVID-19 Corporate Memory Project Links
COVID-19 Corporate Memory Project Site
COVID-19 Corporate Memory Project Timeline
Outbreak and Early Pandemic
How Historians Will Look Back at 2020
Oral Histories of the Day Everything Changed
Product Shortages: Toilet Paper and Pelotons
Companies Pledging to Avoid Job Cuts
M&Ms Donates Candy to Medical Workers
New Balance Converts to Making Masks (plus BONUS Podcast Episode with COO of New Balance)
Starbucks Donates to Food Banks
Changes in Behaviors and Consumer Adaptations
Reinventing Beauty Marketing and E-comm
Documenting the Recovery
The RV Industry Surprises Everyone
Hershey Beats Forecasts with Halloween Playbook
The Will They/Won’t They Question for Movie Theaters
Airbnb Rents 1 Million Properties in One Day
Holiday Links from Sara’s Friday Email
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Why Charles Dickens Wrote “A Christmas Carol”
History of “Charlie Brown Christmas”
The World’s First Christmas Card Goes to Auction (Plus its Scandalous History)
PNC’s 12 Days of Christmas Price Index