History After Hours

Recorded at Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, days before the great Eclipse of 2024, within the Path of Totality. We fielded questions from a wide range of topics, including: philanthropy and human rights, Emily Dickenson's love life, and water vs fuel, all the way to "beating up" the Beatles. Thank you to all who listen and participate, we appreciate your co...

Recorded March 7, 2024, a show with dark themes and challenging questions. The variety of topics we discussed ranged from teacher pet peeves, Cancel Culture, the future of IVF, Gun Rights, to the 2024 elections. Thank you to you all for your continued support.

This episode launches with strong questions from the student audience: from the current border crisis, thoughts on full-year school schedules, and "What is Life?", to the war between Israel & Hamas. Thanks to Kollective Coffee + Tea for providing the venue for our show, and thank you to all of our listeners for your continued support.

Pumphrey, Franklin, Diedrich, and Jolly sit down to wrap up the semester and to reflect as we prepare to say goodbye to 2023. Top news stories, including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Da Trump, ChatGPT, and how NOT to ruin Christmas. Thanks for a tremendous year and best wishes for all of 2024. See you soon.

Recorded live at Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We welcomed Lewis Jolly, a fellow history teacher at Lakeside High School. Student questions ranged from favorite holidays all the way to deep political questions and current events like the Israeli / Hamas War. Thank you to everyone who joined us and to all of our listeners, here at home and abroad.

Recorded at Kollective Coffee + Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, this special episode is our last one featuring long-time friend and colleague, Jeremy Nixon. Students were out in full force to help bid farewell to Mr. Nixon. Thank you to all of our listeners, we appreciate your support.

Our latest show was recorded in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Kollective Coffee + Tea, in beautiful downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We greatly appreciate the wide range of questions from our students: everything from political, personal, serious and somber, to questions that were downright silly. Thank you to all of our participants and to all of our listeners.

Great season opener, live from Kollective Coffee in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We had a packed house, tremendously cool vibes, and a wide variety of topics. Welcome back, we hope you enjoy the show.

In this episode we wrap up another school year and another podcast season. Time to reflect and assess on where we've been, and to look ahead to whatever comes next. Thanks to all of our listeners and participants for a great season.

In this episode, we interview Mr. David Malcom Rose, a local artist, author, Vietnam Veteran, YouTuber, collector, and parent to past and present Lakeside students. Our conversation topics centered on his experiences during the United States' Cold War era: 1950s, 60s, & 70s, Baby Boomers, politics, culture, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, music trends and much more. Thanks to a...

In the episode, we interviewed Bethany Paxton, a research scientist working with UAMS (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) in Little Rock, studying DNA and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology. Topics included her initial interest in scientific research, our responses to the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as her ongoing research through UAMS and how this work may someday lead to better healt...

Recorded April 6, 2023 at Kollective Coffee and Tea in beautiful Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. In this episode, fellow teacher, Emily Diedrich, joins us to answer a variety of questions from local area students. The live shows are filled with cutting-edge questions alongside those of a less-serious nature. It is always a great atmosphere at the coffee house and we thoroughly enjoy taking the sho...

This is a special edition episode featuring commentary from some of our student travelers (James, Liam, and Elli) who reflect on our recent overseas trip to Paris, Normandy, and London. Additionally, we feature a conversation with our tour director, Alec Lemaire, who was our expert guide during our ten-day Spring Break adventure. Alec was our tour guide but he also became our colleague and trusted...

Recorded on March 2, 2023, we are back at Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. We answered a wide range of interesting questions from our student audience. Thanks to everyone who came out in the stormy weather to participate, especially to our guest host and fellow teacher, Emily Diedrich. We appreciate all of our students and every one of our listeners from around the coun...

We're back with our first episode of the 2023. Recorded January 12 with large student audience at Kollective Coffee & Tea in downtown Hot Springs. We had a great time answering a wide range of questions. Some were serious and some were off-beat and kooky, but either way, we love the participation. Thank you for listening. Happy New Year!!

Recorded December 1, 2022, in front of a large student audience at Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. This episode features a wide-range of intriguing questions, including holiday traditions, island survival scenarios, the best teaching advice we ever received, and our thoughts on the current trends in education. To all of our listeners, thank you for your continuous supp...

Recorded November 17, 2022. In this episode we took questions from students online, then covered multiple topics including our progress this school year, as-well-as discussing political, social, and economic issues. We ended with some nostalgic thoughts on the Thanksgiving holiday.  Thank you for your continued support.

For this episode, we returned to Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas to record another interactive show with our students and guests. There was great energy, with many interesting questions from our audience. Thank you all for your continued support.

We're back with a brand new season. All new episodes centered on truth and veracity. For this first round, we are proud that the COVID-related restrictions have been lifted so we were able to rejoin our friends at Kollective Coffee and Tea in Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas. This episode was recorded in front of a student audience, with many of them asking questions to the panel. To all of our list...

Recorded April 27, 2022, this episode's main focal point is Russia's continuing war in Ukraine and the global responses. We also rake through some U.S. politics and delve into Elon Musk's Twitter conquest. To all our listeners, thank you for your support.

Special Edition European Podcast. We recorded this session with a small group of students during our recent trip overseas to Italy and Greece. At the time of recording we were in Florence, having just toured through Rome. Thanks to the students who participated and to all of our listeners for your continued support.

This episode deals almost exclusively with Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. We talk objectively about the history of interaction between the two countries, as well as Russia's strategies and the possible ending scenarios. As always, we thank all of our followers and we welcome our new listeners.

We're back with our first episode of 2022. Current events, global politics, and family histories are the main topics. We hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening and for your continued support.

Greetings, seasoned listeners (and newbies) to our 2021 end-of-the-semester holiday episode. Recorded on December 2, 2021  As the semester comes to a close, we discuss how politics have changed over the course of the past year.  We talk about odd or interesting things we have studied or wish we could teach; we wrap up the podcast sharing about the holidays and some of our own Christmas m...

In our newest episode we pontificate, ruminate, and reminisce over multiple topics including the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and our favorite childhood memories. Thanks to all of our listeners.