The Rogue Historian

I am super stoked to have my old friend Rob on the show to discuss his new book, which of course you can get right HERE ! Enjoy, and please let me know what you think :)

Today I get to talk about my adopted hometown of Los Angeles!! And since I love to talk about the history of LA that rests beneath the surface...often just out of sight...who better to have on than Etan Rosenbloom, the greater of my favorite Insta account, EtanDoesLA and the host of a first-rate website on LA's over 600+ landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places, Etan Does LA . We...

United States involvement in World War II is a complicated story, but incomplete unless we discuss black Americans and their contributions to the war effort. Matt and I get to it, discussing everything from support roles to civil right initiatives to the Double V campaign. This is good stuff...all from his recent book - Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Ho...

Brad has written 19 books on the Civil War, and we talk about a bunch of them...and his work on Gettysburg especially - like why people fixate on that battle as the turning point of the war. Hmmmm. And of course, we discuss maps. There's some surprises here so make sure to listen closely :) Oh - and if you want his super awesome map book, then click HERE .

In this episode, I welcome author and screenwriter Don Alexander and we discuss his novel: Shackles of a Freeman: the Untold Story of Lewis Sheridan Leary. Leary was the son of a free black man in Antebellum North Carolina who finds his way into the ranks of John Brown and is involved in raid on Harper's Ferry. This is a gripping historical fiction and Don helps us understand the complexities...

Dr. Adam Mendelsohn, professor of history at the University of Cape Town and the director of the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, joins me to discuss his latest book: Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War: The Union Army What a fascinating conversation indeed! We talk about the Jewish experience in the military and also about Jews in the United States during the mid-19th century more broadly. You can...

Steve and I discuss one of my favorite topics: Civil War veterans. And as a psychiatrist, he brings a unique perspective to the conversation - and offers compelling evidence about their postwar attitudes concerning the war itself and why they fought it in the first place. You can get his book, One More War to Fight: Union Veterans' Battle for Equality through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the...

My lovely wife, Coni and I have a quick chat about the RELAUNCH of the Rogue Historian Podcast , the phrase "throughout history," Grover Cleveland, and of course how saunas affect one's skin. Support this podcast! Grab The Rogue Historian merch HERE Read my latest book, Mastering the Past Check out all the rest at KeithHarrisHistory.com

I loved speaking with Brian Taylor about his new book: Fighting for Citizenship - he really challenged my thinking about black northerners and their service in the Civil War. Hope you enjoy... it's the last show of 2020!! 

Elizabeth Rynecki is the great-granddaughter of Polish Jewish artist Moshe Rynecki. She and I discussed her incredible documentary film, Chasing Portraits - about the search for Moshe's artwork lost during World War II. 

A fascinating conversation about syphilis and heath tourism in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Elliott is the author of In Search of Sexual Health: Diagnosing and Treating Syphilis in Hot Springs Arkansas, 1890-1940 . 

Jan and I discuss her edited volume: The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1861-1865 . The diary offers the unique perspective of a young man bedridden during the war. 

Holly and I discuss his forthcoming book, The Families' Civil War ...all about Philly, black soldiers in the USCT, and their extended families at home. 

Greetings! Adrian and I discuss his new book, Colossal Ambitions: Confederate Planning for a Post-Civil War World ...and how the Rebs saw themselves in a global context (it's really interesting, y'all...)

One of my favorite spots on the battlefield - which doesn't get the love it deserves. Codie takes us on a virtual "tour" of sorts and contextualizes Seminary Ridge in the context of the Battle of Gettysburg and the war

We wrap up our discussion on the so-called "dark turn" and even respond to some pretty harsh criticism. 

I sit down with three Rogue Historian veterans to discuss the so-called "Dark Turn" and how we might use it to rethink how we understand Civil War soldiering. 

I speak with the editor of the new Cambridge Civil War anthology about the process and about the discipline. 

Daniel Gullotta is Ph. D. candidate at Stanford University and the host of the Age of Jackson podcast - he and I discuss podcasting, the public, and Antebellum politics (with a little of the election of 2020 mixed in). Enjoy! 

Eric and I discuss the Civil War (eventual) state of West Virginia, the the tensions, and the Constitutional hurdles of creating the 5th border state. Check out his new BOOK on the subject - Seceding from Secession: War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia .  

Lindsay and I discuss her new book, The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution ..I really enjoyed this book and I think you will too - have a listen! .

Alison and I continue our conversation about the Powell family - and especially on the enslaved people connected to them. 

Alison and I discuss the extraordinary lives of the Powell family of Virginia and those to whom they were connected in the years leading up to and during the American Civil War. 

Noah and I pick up where we left off in part I and discuss why Noah thinks the Second Amendment no longer makes sense...which btw, is the opening line in his new book, Armed Citizens: The Road from Ancient Rome to the Second Amendment . 

This is a conversation that anyone who has an interest in the Second Amendment should hear...Noah and I discuss his latest book, Armed Citizens: the Road to the Second Amendment . IN part one we discuss context and meaning behind the amendment...good stuff!