AskHistorians Podcast Episode 253: Dinosaurs in the Gilded Age
Steelcan909 and Dr. Lukas Rieppel discuss the role of paleontology in the late 19th century. How the discipline evolved and how the robber b...
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A podcast by history nerds for history nerds (and everyone else too). The AskHistorians Podcast features members of Reddit's AskHistorians community, as well as published academics, and expe...
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20 of 280 episodesAskHistorians Podcast Episode 252: Robert E.C. Davis and the US Army Heliograph Networks
u/EdHistory101 talks to Robert E.C. Davis about his book on the US Army Heliograph Networks in the American South. (38 minutes)
AskHistorian Podcast Episode 251: American Medieval
Prof. Matthew Gabriele hosts the American Medieval podcast. /u/Steelcan909 talks to him about his work as a podcaster, the importance of the...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 250: Emily Winderman and the rhetoric of back alley abortion
This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with Emily Winderman about her book, Back-Alley Abortion: A Rhetorical History. The conversation covers spec...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 249: Egyptology Today with the History of Egypt Podcast
u/Steelcan909 and Dominic Perry, the host of the History of Egypt Podcast, discuss the history of Egyptology, stories from ancient Egypt, th...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 248: Truman and The Bomb with Alex Wellerstein
u/Steelcan909 and u/restricteddata, better known as Alex Wellerstein, discuss the relationship of President Harry Truman and the atomic bomb...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 247: Masculinity in Norse literature and society
This time u/Steelcan909 is joined by u/Liljendal for a discussion on the literature of the Norse people, sagas, histories, and more. We look...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 246: The Nursing Clio Collective
This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with members of the Nursing Clio Collective and editors of the book, The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of S...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 245: Heiresses with Dr. Miranda Kaufmann
This week, Dr. Miranda Kaufmann chats with Mimicofmodes about British heiresses of Caribbean fortunes, and the enslaved people that underwen...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 244: The Ancient Americas
Hello and welcome back! On this episode, Steelcan909 and the host of the Ancient Americas YouTube Channel discuss the challenges of doing hi...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 243 Doing Hellenistic History, with the Hellenistic Age Podcast
Hello and welcome back! On this episode, Steelcan909 and the host of the Hellenistic Age Podcast discuss the challenges of doing history on...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 242: The history of Medieval London Part 2, with the Story of London podcast
Welcome to part 2 of the earlier discussion between Saul of the Story of Lonon podcast, and Steelcan909. In this episode we continue our ear...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 241: Medieval London with The Story of London Podcast
Steelcan909 and /u/thefeckamIdoing discuss the late Antique and early Medieval origins of the city of London. Starting with the city of Lond...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 240: Translating the Crusades with Dr. James Curry
Hello all! Welcome to another episode between Steelcan909 and Dr. James Curry who joins us once again to talk about his recent work on a tra...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 240: Personhood with Mary Zeigler
This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with Mary Ziegler about her book, [Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction](https://yalebooks.yale.e...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 239: Australia's New Guard with HaloFreak1171
Steelcan909 and Halofreak1171 pick up their previous discussion of Australian history. This time they focus on the sudden rise and equally r...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 238: The Rum Rebellion with HaloFreak1171
This time we have a flaired user, u/HaloFreak1171, talking about Australian History with u/Steelcan909. This is part one of a two part conve...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 237: Judy Hart, founder of the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY
A slightly different episode this week! u/EdHistory101 talks with Judy Hart about her book, A National Park for Women's Rights: The Campaign...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 236: Matthew Ehrlich and The Krebiozen Hoax
EdHistory101 talks with Matthew Ehrlich about his book The Krebiozen Hoax: How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine . 45 minute...
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 235: The History of the Study of Slavery with Scott Spillman
EdHistory101 talks with historian Scott Spillman about his book on the history of the study of slavery as an academic discipline. 50 mins