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The episode explores America's 250th anniversary and discusses what artifacts should be included in a future time capsule.

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode we discussed America celebrating its 250th anniversary, we're taking a look inside the nation's official time capsule and exploring the stories, symbols, and artifacts chosen to represent our era. Then we turn the question to the future: If people 250 years from now were creating a new time capsule, what should they include from today's world? Our Links: Retrospect

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