Episodes

  • FEED DROP: Booknotes+ Erik Larson, "The Demon of Unrest"

    FEED DROP: Booknotes+ Erik Larson, "The Demon of Unrest"
    Nov 23 2024
    In the first week of publication of Erik Larson's latest book, "The Demon of Unrest," sales put it at the very top of the bestseller list. It's about the start of the Civil War, with a focus on the five months between Abraham Lincoln's election and the day of the first shot fired on Fort Sumter, which is off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. That was April 12, 1861. In his introduction, Erik Larson writes: "I invite you now to step into the past, to that time of fear and dissension…I suspect your sense of dread will be all the more pronounced in light of today's political discord…" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • FEED DROP: Booknotes+: Howard Blum, "Night of the Assassins"

    FEED DROP: Booknotes+: Howard Blum, "Night of the Assassins"
    Nov 16 2024
    In 1943, in the middle of World War II, the Allied leaders FDR, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin were planning to meet secretly in Tehran. The Nazis wanted to kill them. In his book "Night of the Assassins," author Howard Blum tells the story of "Operation Long Jump," the code name for the Nazi plan to assassinate the Allied leaders. In telling this story, author Blum says: "I wanted to write a suspenseful character-driven story of men, heroes, and villains caught up in a tense, desperate time, who needed to find courage and cunning to do their duty for their countries and to fulfill their own sense of honor." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression
    Nov 10 2024
    Indiana University history professor Carolina Ortega discussed the 1929 Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and the impact that the economic crash had on various populations, including Mexican- Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Road to the 1787 Constitutional Convention

    Road to the 1787 Constitutional Convention
    Nov 3 2024
    University of Dallas history professor William Atto discussed the decade leading to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the key compromises that led to the ratification of the United States Constitution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Ryan White & the AIDS Epidemic

    Ryan White & the AIDS Epidemic
    Oct 27 2024
    Florida State University history professor Paul Renfro discussed the life and death of Indiana teenager Ryan White, who emerged as one of the faces of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • America's National Pastime

    America's National Pastime
    Oct 20 2024
    Boston College communications professor Michael Serazio discussed how baseball connects Americans to their past and culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Southeast American Indians During the 18th Century

    Southeast American Indians During the 18th Century
    Oct 13 2024
    University of North Carolina at Pembroke history professor Jamie Myers discussed Southeast Native American tribes during the 18th century and the impacts of colonialism, the American Revolution, and the emergence of the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Schools of Thought on the Vietnam War

    Schools of Thought on the Vietnam War
    Oct 6 2024
    Hillsdale College history professor Mark Moyar discusses competing interpretations of the Vietnam War when it comes to questions about the necessity of the conflict and whether it was winnable for the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins