Johnny Smith

Johnny Smith

@johnnysmith135.bsky.social

United States Historian, Professor, Author. Next book: THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE: JOE LOUIS’S BATTLE FOR FREEDOM DURING WORLD WAR II (written with Randy Roberts)

184 Followers 257 Following 55 Posts Joined Feb 2025
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This is fantastic! Congratulations!

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'Everybody Loses' chronicles the rise of America's sports betting boom NPR's A Martinez speaks with journalist and author Danny Funt about his new book, "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling."

Incredible feeling to be listening to @npr.org while driving my son to daycare and hear my interview with @amartinezla.bsky.social about "EVERYBODY LOSES: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling," out tomorrow!

Here's a link if you're interested:

www.npr.org/2026/01/19/n...

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1 month ago

Congratulations!

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Folks, “Moses and the Doctor” has finally arrived.

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I want to talk about a dystopian world we are entering - where every moment, event, and crisis just become commodities.

Life stops being something we live, but something we sell and trade. It will breed both corruption & emptiness.

1/ A 🧵on why our politics can't ignore this.

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2 months ago

Those were good times, my friend!! Thank you for all the encouragement!

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2 months ago

Thank you!!

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Public Picks 2025 - Public Books What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us?

Our 2025 Editors’ Picks are here! Lit in Translation & Sports co-editor @becquer.bsky.social recommends Luis Martín-Santos's "Time of Silence" (trans. Peter Bush) & @johnnysmith135.bsky.social & Randy Roberts's "The Fight of His Life."

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6 months ago

Exactly right.

The book was released because Democrats on the House Oversight Committee kept up the pressure on Jim Comer and forced a subpoena.

Even in the minority, congressional Democrats can still make an impact.

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6 months ago

Sweet cover! Congratulations!!

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You deserve a break on Sundays that doesn’t break the bank.

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a man is playing a game of frog dog at a carnival Alt: a man playing Whac-A-Mole

Live footage of historians these days

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6 months ago

It seems to me one of the best arguments to the court is that if this is truly a national emergency, the president’s own party controls Congress but has done nothing to address it with legislation, so how can it possibly be an emergency?

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6 months ago
A dedication page to a book. The page says "To my family. Please don't read this."

my bluesky

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6 months ago

That’s awesome!

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Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

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Peyton Manning Gives Alma Mater More Than $4 Million To Honor Mentors Peyton Manning has given over $4 million to his alma mater, the University of Tennessee, to establish endowed chairs in honor of two of his academic mentors.

Peyton Manning for the academic win. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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6 months ago

Johnny Five is Alive!

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6 months ago

This is the headline I show my students when we talk about Alabama adopting its current state constitution in 1901. I teach in Alabama

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6 months ago

I teach M/W this semester if you’re wanna stop by sometime

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6 months ago

I love that! Thank you for sharing. I hope you’re doing well!

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6 months ago

@paulputz.bsky.social I think your course made this list!

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6 months ago

The History of Sports in America course I took at Georgia Tech with @johnnysmith135.bsky.social is so foundational to my work now, even I'm in the environmental journalism space.

These odd courses are where students are really pushed beyond their comfort zones intellectually without them knowing it

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6 months ago

Alex! What an incredible compliment! Thank you. I always appreciate hearing from students. I’m curious: Is there something specific about the course that helped you most or something that has stayed with you?

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“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.”

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1 year ago
A passage from 'The Coming of the Third Reich' A passage from 'The Coming of the Third Reich'

I like this concise explanation for how Germany fell into line behind the Nazis, written by a journalist in 1939 and quoted in Richard J. Evans's 'The Coming of the Third Reich' (2003). (2/6)

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I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

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7 months ago

I’ll say it again: Love the cover.

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