• Cooling Off is a Hot Topic

  • Jul 7 2022
  • Length: 31 mins
  • Podcast

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Cooling Off is a Hot Topic

  • Summary

  • Until the 1920s, public pools were all over this country, racially integrated and a popular summer activity for all. So what changed? Historian Jeff Wiltse, author of Contested Waters: A Social History of Swimming Pools in America, joins Virginia to recount the history of public pools in the 20th century — and share the pleasures of swimming together, as the world grows hotter

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