The AskHistorians Podcast

Prof. Matthew Gabriele hosts the American Medieval podcast.  /u/Steelcan909 talks to him about his work as a podcaster, the importance of the Medieval world to contemporary America, pop culture, and more!  58min.

This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with Emily Winderman about her book,  Back-Alley Abortion: A Rhetorical History. The conversation covers specifics around rhetoric and rhetorical histories including the role of the canon, working in the archives while pregnant, how discussion of abortion has shifted over time, and how abortion is not unique when it comes to American rhetoric but does hold a particu...

u/Steelcan909 and Dominic Perry, the host of the History of Egypt Podcast, discuss the history of Egyptology, stories from ancient Egypt, the situation of the field today, and why Hollywood can't seem to make any stories about Egypt that don't involve Cleopatra.  78min

u/Steelcan909 and u/restricteddata, better known as Alex Wellerstein, discuss the relationship of President Harry Truman and the atomic bombs.  Dr. Wellerstein charts Truman's first encounters with nuclear technology, through the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and finally up to the Korean War.  Was Truman as anti-nuclear as is often portrayed?  Was MacArthur as gung-ho for the bomb?  Find out...

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 at these texts to see what they can tell us in the modern day about Norse culture and attitudes towards masculinity.  65min.

This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with members of the Nursing Clio Collective and editors of the book, The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice . (Use code RUP30 at checkout for 30%).  The conversation covers the history of the Nursing Clio collective, the dynamics of such a project as members moved in and out of academia, and how the book came together. They also talk ab...

This week, Dr. Miranda Kaufmann chats with Mimicofmodes about British heiresses of Caribbean fortunes, and the enslaved people that underwent untold suffering to support their lifestyles. (47 min.) Find Dr. Kaufmann on BlueSky as @drmirandakaufmann or on her website . Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean Discussion post on AskHistorians

Hello and welcome back!  On this episode, Steelcan909 and the host of the Ancient Americas YouTube Channel discuss the challenges of doing history on poorly recorded times in history, the influence of modern media on perceptions of the time period, and the challenges of doing broad Pre-Columbian History.  57min.

Hello and welcome back!  On this episode, Steelcan909 and the host of the Hellenistic Age Podcast discuss the challenges of doing history on poorly recorded times in history, the influence of Hollywood on perceptions of the time period, and what historical records we wish were still around.  67min. Please check out the Hellenistic Age Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

Welcome to part 2 of the earlier discussion between Saul of the Story of Lonon podcast, and Steelcan909.  In this episode we continue our earlier discussion of Medieval London from the Norman Conquest through to the War of the Roses!  1hr.

Steelcan909 and /u/thefeckamIdoing discuss the late Antique and early Medieval origins of the city of London.  Starting with the city of Londominium in Roman Britian through to the eve of the Norman conquest, we discuss the growth of Ludunwic, state formation in Medieval England, Vikings, and more! 59min

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 translation of crusading narratives.  In this episode we discuss the First Crusade, the various narrative accounts that are made afterwards, and the surprisingly long legs that many of these accounts developed.  51min.

This week, u/EdHistory101 talks with Mary Ziegler about her book, [Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction](https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273045/personhood/). The conversation covers Ziegler's role as the first historian looking at the intersection of law and abortion, some of the history of personhood, what it's like to do an AMA from the other side of the keyboard and more! (38...

Steelcan909 and Halofreak1171 pick up their previous discussion of Australian history.  This time they focus on the sudden rise and equally rapid fall of Australia's interwar fascist movement, the New Guard. 54min.

This time we have a flaired user, u/HaloFreak1171, talking about Australian History with u/Steelcan909.  This is part one of a two part conversation, about the start of Australian colonization, the later career of one Willliam Bligh, and the outbreak of a military coup in Sydney! 48min.   Be sure to check out their podcast, A History of Australia,  here!

A slightly different episode this week! u/EdHistory101 talks with Judy Hart about her book, A National Park for Women's Rights: The Campaign That Made It Happen . Judy not only made history as the lead advocate for the park, she helped ensure women's history would be immortalized. The conversation covers the shift from thinking about National Parks as being about places to a way to memorialize sto...

EdHistory101 talks with Matthew Ehrlich about his book The Krebiozen Hoax: How a Mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine . 45 minutes. Episode discussion on Reddit . 

EdHistory101 talks with historian Scott Spillman about his book on the history of the study of slavery as an academic discipline. 50 mins

Steelcan909 and warneagle discuss the unique nature of Soviet prisoners of war during the Second World War.  The differences between Soviet and Western prisoners, soviet political commissars, and the intersection of the Soviet experience of the war with the Holocaust are discussed. 49min

Steelcan909 discusses the roll of podcasts, alt-acadmia, and the surprising complexity behind historical podcasting shows with Jeannete Patrick of R2 Studios. 43min.

Steelcan909 talks with Dr. Justin Sledge of the YouTube channel  Esoterica about his experiences in public historical outreach, YouTube, and his own methodology. 56 min.

EdHistory101 talks with Susan Brewer about her book,  The Best Land : Four Hundred Years of Love and Betrayal on Oneida Territory. 

EdHistory101 and Kathryn Gehred talk about her podcast about women's letters, women's history, and her work as a documentary editor. 

Steelcan909 and Max Miller of Tasting History discuss youtube, history outside of academia, research troubles, and battling historical myths.  58min.

We have a slightly different format for this podcast episode!  A little while ago we floated the idea to our flaired users of a podcast episode where various answers were read out by the answerers themselves.  This lets our flaired users highlight some of their answers that they think were particularly spectacular, and gives their answers another chance to reacha new audience!  On our first episod...