History Author Show

History Author Show

History Author Show

Episodes 585
Avg. Duration 53m
Activity Sporadic
Since Aug 2015
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
57%
Hosting
www.spreaker.com

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About This Podcast

We've all been transported into the past by a special book, place or person. On the History Author Show, host Dean Karayanis and a team of correspondents bring you the people who build the time machines.

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Recent Episodes

Irene Levy Baker — Cheers to McGillin’s: Philly’s Oldest Tavern

Mar 16, 2026 44m

March 15, 2026 – We welcome a treasure from the City of Brotherly Love, Irene Levy Baker, back into the Wayback Machine. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, she’s here to discuss “Cheers to…

Jim Logan – Of Saints and Rivers

Feb 12, 2026 41m

Feb 13, 2026 – We welcome award-winning author Jim Logan — a fourth-generation Oklahoman — aboard our time machine to discuss his debut novel, “Of Saints and Rivers.” The author, at 81, is as…

Bill Bleyer — The Roosevelts in New York City

Dec 01, 2025 43m

   November 30, 2025 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and lifetime Long Islander, Bill Bleyer, joins us in the time machine to walk the streets of Gotham past with his book, “The Roosevelts in…

Paul Kahan – Philadelphia: A Narrative History

Jul 04, 2025 51m

July 4, 2025 - With the 249th birthday of America on July 4, 2025, and the 250th anniversary of Independence Day looming in 2025, the nation’s eyes are cast back to the place where America was born.…

Thomas Hauser — My Mother and Me: A Memoir

May 11, 2024 43m

   May 11, 2024 - What happens when a celebrated author — Mohammed Ali’s official biographer, no less — turns his talents to putting his mother's century-long life down on paper? In this episode,…

Rob Hilliard — In Freedom's Shadow

Apr 01, 2024 1h

April 1, 2024 - Where would an enslaved man who escaped the South find the courage to return to the Confederacy as a Union Spy? In this episode, we meet such a man thanks to Robert Hilliard, author…

Brent Butt – Huge: A Novel

Oct 11, 2023 58m

 October 11, 2023 - In this episode, our time machine welcomes aboard Brent Butt, who those of you in the Great White North know as the creator and star of the sitcom "Corner Gas," so beloved by…

S.C. Gwynne – His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine

Sep 04, 2023 1h 2m

September 4, 2023 - How did airship R101 — embodying the British Empire’s global ambitions — die in fireball of dreams, romance, and hubris and turn to ashes in the pages of history? S.C. Gwynne…

Jenni L. Walsh – The Call of the Wrens

Jul 31, 2023 39m

July 30, 2023 - What did service in the World Wars mean to women who found new opportunities to enter the workforce and join the fight as never before? We’ll go on a fictional ride with one of those…

Jerry Izenberg — Baseball, Nazis & Nedick’s Hot Dogs: Growing up Jewish in the 1930s in Newark

Jun 18, 2023 1h 3m

June 17, 2023 - Reading about history is one thing, but what happens when a legendary sportswriter looks back nearly a century to recall his upbringing in Newark, New Jersey, during the trying…

Lindsay Berra – “It Ain’t Over,” the Yogi Berra Movie

May 11, 2023 24m

May 11, 2023 - Who was the greatest major league baseball catcher of all time? If the name Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra doesn’t spring to mind, have I got the movie for you. It’s the story of a kid…

Lindsay M. Chervinsky – Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture

May 01, 2023 49m

May 1, 2023 - When a president of the United States dies, what does how we memorialize his life and service say about the republic? Our time machine welcomes back Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky to give…

Stephen F. Knott – Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy

Mar 21, 2023 53m

   March 21, 2023 - How did a man who worked at the JFK Presidential Library grapple with the 35th president’s legacy over his own lifetime to deliver portrait of the real man behind the myths of…

Mike Purdy – Presidential Friendships: How They Changed History

Jan 25, 2023 57m

January 23, 2023 – How did the relationships of two pairs of U.S. presidents — Theodore Roosevelt with William Howard Taft and Franklin Delano Roosevelt with freshman Congressman Lyndon Baines…

Natasha Lance Rogoff – Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Dec 19, 2022 48m

December 19, 2022 – How did Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, and the rest of the Sesame Street expand their neighborhood to Moscow after the collapse of the USSR? In this episode, we meet the woman who…

Mike Guardia – Hal Moore: A Soldier Once…And Always

Nov 21, 2022 55m

November 21, 2022 – If you could ride along in a Humvee with one of the most admired American combat leaders of the last half century, what would you hope to learn?In this episode, our time machine…

The Legend of Lizzie Borden – History Author ShowTime Review (featuring Cara Robertson)

Oct 24, 2022 28m

October 24, 2022 - Something special this week for the season of pumpkins, ghosts, and Candy Corn: A YouTube feature on what Hollywood gets right and wrong about yesterday called History Author…

Judith F. Brenner – The Moments Between Dreams: A Novel

Oct 10, 2022 46m

October 10, 2022 - What if historical fiction could give someone the courage that saves their life? In this episode, Judith F. Brenner shares her debut novel The Moments Between Dreams, which has the…

David Pietrusza – Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal

Sep 26, 2022 50m

September 26, 2022 - How did Franklin Delano Roosevelt win reelection with 46 of the 48 states in 1936, despite America being in the throes of the Great Depression? In this episode, legendary…

Anna J. Walner – Saltwater and Driftwood: A Historical Novel

Sep 03, 2022 49m

September 3, 2022 - On the morning of September 8th, 1900, disaster struck the vibrant, prosperous island of Galveston, Texas, tearing out its heart. In this episode, our time machine travels back to…

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