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This year, the Department of Defense began renaming military bases that honor the Confederacy. On this week\\u2019s On the Media, a former general explains why the reckoning with the myth of the \\u201clost cause\\u201d is overdue. Plus, hear how Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine has been hundreds of years in the making.

1.\\xa0Ty Seidule\\xa0[@Ty_Seidule], the Vice Chair of the National Commission on Base Renaming, on the military\'s efforts to reckon with the "Lost Cause."\\xa0Listen.\\xa0

2. Alexis Akwagyiram\\xa0[@alexisak], Managing Editor of Semafor Africa and former Reuters bureau chief in Nigeria, on the potential widespread impact of the coup in Niger.\\xa0Listen.\\xa0

3. Mikhail Zygar [@zygaro], investigative journalist and founder of the independent Russian TV channel Rain, on debunking some of Russia\'s most powerful myths about itself.\\xa0Listen.

Music:The Last Bird - Zoe KeatingTomorrow Never Knows\\xa0 - Quartetto D\\u2019Archi Dell\\u2019orchestra Sinfonia di Milano Giuseppi VerdiWinter Sun - Gerry O\\u2019BeirneAli Farka Toucche\\xa0 - Jenny ScheinmanAirborne Toxic Event\\xa0 - Danny ElfmanLieutenenent Kije\\xa0 - Sergei ProkofievLieutenenent Kije\\xa0 - Sergei Prokofiev