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#204: Hampton Sides - "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook"
From the publisher: "On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half…
#203: Cathryn Prince - "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman"
From the publisher: "From her start as one of the youngest activists in US history, Pauline Newman helped shape the International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) into a dominant force in…
#202: Stephen Knott - "Conspirator in Chief: The Long Tradition of Conspiracy Theories in the American Presidency"
From the publisher:"Esteemed presidential historian Stephen F. Knott takes readers on a sobering tour of the lowlights in the American presidency, showing how presidents from Thomas Jefferson to…
#201: Amy Littlefield - "Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights"
From the publisher: "They are going to kill people, investigative reporter for The Nation Amy Littlefield knew, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. After a decade covering abortion, she…
#200: 200th episode celebration with Kate Carpenter of "Drafting the Past"
We are celebrating our 200th episode with Kate Carpenter, the host of the podcast, "Drafting the Past," which focuses on the art of writing history. Make sure you check out her show!On this…
#199: Megan Kate Nelson - "The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier"
From the publisher: "From award-winning historian Megan Kate Nelson, an epic account of the creation of the American West in the 19th century, shattering the traditional frontier myth that has…
#198: Andrew Porwancher - "American Maccabee - Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews"
From the publisher: "A scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely ally of the waves of impoverished Jewish newcomers who crowded the docks at Ellis Island. Yet from his…
#197: Gloria Browne-Marshall - "A Protest History of the United States"
From the publisher: "Exploring 500 years of protest and resistance in US history—and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic worldIn this timely new…
#196: Heather Ann Thompson - "Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage"
From the publisher: "In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that would…
#195: Andrew Burstein - "Being Thomas Jefferson: "An Intimate History"
From the publisher: "The deepest dive yet into the heart and soul, secret affairs, unexplored alliances, and bitter feuds of a generally worshipped, intermittently reviled American icon.Perhaps no…
#194: Richard Bell - "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World"
It's almost the 250th anniversary of America's founding. Not only did the Revolution define the fate of the continent, Dr. Richard Bell argues it was a harbinger for the rest of the world. On this…
#193: Vaughn Joy - "Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy"
From the publisher: Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an…
#192: Charles Ferguson - "Presidential Seclusion: The Power of Camp David"
From the publisher: "The Presidential Retreat Camp David is shrouded in mystery, and rightfully so. The hidden retreat atop the Catoctin Mountains is the one place the President, First Family, and…
#191: Matthew Davis - "A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mt. Rushmore"
From the publisher:"A comprehensive narrative history of Mt. Rushmore, written in light of recent political controversies, and a timely retrospective for the monument's 100th anniversary in…
#190: David Baron - "The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America"
From the publisher:“There Is Life on the Planet Mars” ―New York Times, December 9, 1906This New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed we had discovered…
#189: Joseph J. Ellis - "The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding"
From the publisher:An astounding look at how America’s founders—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Adams—regarded the issue of slavery as they drafted the Declaration of Independence and the…
#188: Julia Azari - "Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History"
From the publisher: "When Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, becoming the nation’s first Black president, the stage was set for Donald Trump’s eventual rise to power. Backlash Presidents shows…
#187: Howard Husock - "The Projects: A New History of Public Housing"
From the publisher: As the US struggles to provide affordable housing, millions of Americans live in deteriorating public housing projects, enduring the mistakes of past housing policy. In The…
#186: Seth Wickersham - "American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback"
From the publisher: The quarterback: the American equivalent of royalty, long glamorized, mythologized, and worshipped. Still, long before the Super Bowl trophies, massive contracts, brand deals, and…
#185: Claudia Rowe - "Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care"
From the publisher: "A compelling exploration of the broken American foster care system, told through the stories of six former foster youth. This powerful narrative nonfiction book delves into the…
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