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Thaddeus Russell is a professor of history and writer whose book\xa0A Renegade History of the United States\xa0presents a striking counter-narrative to popular interpretations of the American experience. In this conversation, he tells me about a\xa0childhood spent surrounded by\xa0the Berkeley political world of the 1960s and 70s, and traces\xa0his\xa0unique path through the\xa0often rigid culture\xa0of academia.