Are You in That Basket?

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Charles Mann: I can tell it's like a feeling. When I'm writing, I'm looking for something that would make my dad go, I didn't know that. He had this basket in the corner of the room where he'd throw things at his mother when she was cooking and so forth. And if you purchase the book there, you'll be supporting not just this show, but your local bookstore as well. That's factuallypod.com slash books.

This week Adam welcomes an author whose book blew his mind more than perhaps any other. Americans are typically taught that prior to the arrival of European settlers, indigenous communities were sparsely populated, lacked technology, and did little to shape the natural landscape. But as this week’s guest Charles C. Mann’s 1491 tells Adam, the most recent research reveals that the American indigenous civilizations were sophisticated, dynamic, and massively populated. Purchase his books 1491 and 1493 at http://factuallypod.com/books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.