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  • Scott Ellsworth on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a Country Divided, and the People Overlooked in Civil War History
    Jul 15 2025

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    Let's look a different way! Scott Ellsworth joins me to talk his book Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America.

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    38 m
  • Amy Helen Bell Talks the Murders of the London Blitz and Stan Haynes Talks Roosevelt to Roosevelt
    Jul 8 2025

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    Let's have two! In our first ever double episode, Amy Bell joins me to talk Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London. Then Stan Haynes joins me to talk Roosevelt to Roosevelt: Presidential Nominating Conventions from 1904 to 1944.

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    56 m
  • Nathalia Holt Tells the Story of the Roosevelt Brothers' Search for the Elusive Giant Panda
    Jul 1 2025

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    Let's find a panda! Nathalia Holt joins me to discuss her book The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda.

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    30 m
  • Eleanor Barraclough Talks the Viking Age and the Lives of Everyday Norsemen and Norsewomen
    Jun 24 2025

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    Let's pillage (but also more than that)! Eleanor Barraclough joins me to talk her book Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age.

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  • Nicholas Jubber Returns to Talk the Greatest Monsters of History Including Vampires, Rougarou, Dragons, and Even Godzilla
    Jun 17 2025

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    Let's go monster hunting! Nicholas Jubber Returns to talk his book Monsterland: A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination.

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    42 m
  • Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Fraser Talks Ted Bundy, the Rise of Serial Killers, Pacific Northwest Life, and the Lead Crime Hypothesis
    Jun 10 2025

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    Let's talk the age of serial killers! Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser joins me to talk her book Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers.

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    37 m
  • Helen Carr Talks English Kings, Their Favorites, and the Upheaval of the 14th Century
    Jun 3 2025

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    Let's pick a favorite! Helen Carr joins me to talk her book Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century.

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    39 m
  • Alexander Rose Returns to Talk the Battle of the Atlantic and the Heist of a German U-Boat
    May 27 2025

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    Let's go sub hunting! Alexander Rose returns to talk his book Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist!

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    43 m