Gerry Prokopowicz

Civil War Talk Radio

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Since October 2004, host Gerry Prokopowicz (East Carolina University history professor) has held weekly in-depth conversations about Civil War history with various historians, authors, curators, artists and other people whose work is of interest to students of the Civil War era. Guests have included James McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Gary Gallagher, Caroline Janney, Peter Carmichael, Carol Reardon, and many others. Although the show is named "talk radio," it has little in common with traditional talk radio, in that the guests do most of the talking, on subjects of their choosing. There's n...

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Gerry Prokopowicz

Episodes

Civil War Talk Radio - April 27, 2012 (Earl Hess: The Civil War in the West) 27.04.2012 53:34

The prolific Earl Hess, The Civil War in the West .

Civil War Talk Radio - April 20, 2012 (Mark E. Neely, Jr.: Lincoln and the Constitution) 20.04.2012 53:59

Mark E. Neely, Jr., Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation: Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War .

Civil War Talk Radio - March 30, 2012 (Donald Stoker: The Grand Design) 30.03.2012 52:04

Donald Stoker, The Grand Design: Strategy and the U.S. Civil War .

Civil War Talk Radio - March 23, 2012 (Andre Fleche: The Revolution of 1861) 23.03.2012 52:41

Andre Fleche, The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict .

Civil War Talk Radio - March 16, 2012 (Leonard Lanier: The Last Confederate General) 16.03.2012 54:24

Leonard Lanier, assistant curator at The Museum of the Albemarle, in Elizabeth City, NC, discusses Confederate Major-General Bryan Grimes, the last Major-General appointed in the Army of Northern Virginia.

Civil War Talk Radio - March 2, 2012 (Adam Arenson: The Great Heart of the Republic) 02.03.2012 51:24

Adam Arenson, The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War .

Civil War Talk Radio - February 24, 2012 (Jason Phillips: Diehard Rebels) 24.02.2012 51:45

Jason Phillips, Diehard Rebels: The Confederate Culture of Invincibility .

Civil War Talk Radio - February 17, 2012 (Jack Dempsey: Michigan's Civil War Sacrifice) 17.02.2012 49:25

Jack Dempsey, Michigan and the Civil War: A Great and Bloody Sacrifice

Civil War Talk Radio - February 10, 2012 (Don McCue: Lincoln's California Shrine) 10.02.2012 53:25

Don McCue, Curator at the Lincoln Shrine in Redlands, CA

Civil War Talk Radio - January 27, 2012 (Andrea Foroughi: A Minnesota Couple's Civil War Letters) 27.01.2012 40:57

Andrea Foroughi, Go If You Think It Your Duty: A Minnesota Couple's Civil War Letters .

Civil War Talk Radio - January 13, 2012 (Dwight Pitcaithley: Hail to the Chief) 13.01.2012 53:04

Dwight Pitcaithley, Former Chief Historian, National Park Service.

Civil War Talk Radio - December 9, 2011 (Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh: West Pointers and the Civil War) 09.12.2011 54:05

Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh, West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace .

Civil War Talk Radio - December 2, 2011 (Jimmy Price: Battle of New Market Heights) 02.12.2011 53:46

James S. Price, The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword .

Civil War Talk Radio - November 18, 2011 (Tom D. Crouch: A Civil War Air Force?) 18.11.2011 53:36

Tom D. Crouch, Senior Curator, Division of Aeronautics, at the Smithsonian Institute National Air & Space Museum and author of Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of Balloons and Airships .

Civil War Talk Radio - November 4, 2011 (Robert Kirby: Superintendent at Gettysburg National Military Park) 04.11.2011 51:50

Robert Kirby, National Park Service Superintendent at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Civil War Talk Radio - October 21, 2011 (Joseph Glatthaar: General Lee's Army By The Numbers) 21.10.2011 52:55

Joseph Glatthaar, General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse.

Civil War Talk Radio - October 7, 2011 (Robert Wynstra: The Rashness of Alfred Iverson) 07.10.2011 51:37

Robert Wynstra, The Rashness of That Hour: Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Confederate Brigadier General Alfred Iverson .

Civil War Talk Radio - September 30, 2011 (Anne Marshall: Creating a Confederate Kentucky) 30.09.2011 53:04

Anne Marshall, Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State

Civil War Talk Radio - September 9, 2011 (Wallace Hettle: Inventing Stonewall Jackson) 09.09.2011 51:48

Wallace Hettle, Inventing Stonewall Jackson: A Civil War Hero in History and Memory .

Civil War Talk Radio - September 2, 2011 (Timothy Sedore: Virginia's Confederate Monuments) 02.09.2011 52:11

Timothy Sedore, An Illustrated Guide to Virginia's Confederate Monuments .

Civil War Talk Radio - June 17, 2011 (James Marten: Lives of the Veterans) 17.06.2011 52:31

James Marten, Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America .

Civil War Talk Radio - June 10, 2011 (Robert Hunt: The Good Men Who Won the War) 10.06.2011 54:15

Robert Hunt, The Good Men Who Won the War: Army of the Cumberland Veterans and Emancipation Memory .

Civil War Talk Radio - June 3, 2011 (Gregory J. W. Urwin: 20th Century Civil War Recruiter) 03.06.2011 54:27

Gregory J. W. Urwin, Custer Victorious The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer , discusses Custer's Civil War career as well as his own experience of raising a company of volunteers to portray Union soldiers for the movie "Glory."

Civil War Talk Radio - May 20, 2011 (Daniel W. Crofts: Solving the Mystery of "A Public Man") 20.05.2011 53:48

Daniel W. Crofts, A Secession Crisis Enigma: William Henry Hurlbert and 'The Diary of a Public Man'

Civil War Talk Radio - May 13, 2011 (Joshua Howard: Counting the Civil War Dead) 13.05.2011 48:44

Josh Howard, Research Historian for the Office of Archives and History, part of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, discusses his project of counting the North Carolinians who died in the Civil War. The research will be used to provide statistics for an upcoming "North Carolina Civil War Atlas."