History Nerds United
Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with award winning authors, the rantings of a history nerd, and various other things. Enjoy!
Episodes
183 episodes
Elizabeth I, James I, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty With Tracy Borman
Let's succeed! Tracy Borman joins me to talk The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit, and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty.Buy The Stolen CrownCheck out Trac...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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38:29
Teddy Roosevelt with Bret Baier
Let's act like a bull moose! Bret Baier joins me to talk his book To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower.Buy To Rescue the American Spirit
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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23:55
The Exoneration Fight of Leo Schofield With Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King
Let's get him out! Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King joins me to talk his book Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida.Buy Bone Valley
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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40:20
The Zorg, The Slave Ship That Ignited Abolition with Siddharth Kara
Let's start a movement! Siddharth Kara joins me to discuss The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery.Buy The Zorg
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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41:29
The Trial of Al Qaeda Terrorist Spin Ghul with Jake Tapper
Let's bring him to justice! Jake Tapper joins me to discuss his book Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War.Buy Race Against Terror
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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40:48
The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with John Bacon
Let's remember the Mighty Fitz! John Bacon joins me to talk The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Buy The Gales of NovemberCh...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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40:43
Deadwood with Peter Cozzens
Let's strike gold! Peter Cozzens discusses his book Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West.Buy DeadwoodCheck out Peter's website
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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32:49
The Special Counsel Cases of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Biden, and Trump with Elie Honig
Let's get legal! CNN's Elie Honig talks his book When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump. Buy When You Come at the King
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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51:09
1999 with Ross Benes
Let's revisit the 90s! Author Ross Benes joins me to talk 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times.Buy 1999Check out ...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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33:42
"Pirate" Captain William Kidd with Samuel Marquis
Let's hang'em from the yardarm! Samuel Marquis joins me to talk his book Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal.Buy Captain KiddCheck out...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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39:01
The World War II Women of the Italian Resistance with Suzanne Cope
Let's tell the Germans arrivederci! Suzanne Cope joins me to talk Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.Buy Women of War
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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40:25
Catholic Saints and Canonization with Kate Sidley
Let's get canonized! Kate Sidley joins me to discuss her book How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church's Biggest Names.Buy How to Be a Saint...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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30:44
Saint Thomas More with Joanne Paul
Let's make our own utopia! Joanne Paul joins me to talk her book Thomas More: A Life. Buy Thomas More: A LifeCheck out Joanne's website
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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50:25
Scott Anderson on the Iranian Revolution
Let's predict a revolution! Scott Anderson joins me to discuss his book King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation.Buy King of Kings
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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52:51
Argentina's Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Who Fought to Find Their Lost Grandchildren with Haley Cohen Gilliland
Let's find family! Haley Cohen Gilliland joins me to talk A Flower Traveled in My Blood: The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children.Buy A Flower Trav...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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48:48
Amelia Earhart and Her Husband George Putnam with Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Let's take to the skies! Laurie Gwen Shapiro joins me to talk The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon. Buy The Aviator and the Showman...
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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54:54
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the People Overlooked in Civil War History with Scott Ellsworth
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.Buy Midnight on the Po...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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37:45
The Murders of the London Blitz with Amy Helen Bell and Roosevelt to Roosevelt with Stan Haynes
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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Season 4
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Episode 27
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56:10
The Roosevelt Brothers' Search for the Elusive Giant Panda with Nathalia Holt
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. Buy The Beast in the Clouds<...
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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29:35
The Viking Age and the Lives of Everyday Norsemen with Eleanor Barraclough
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. Buy Embers of the Hands
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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1:00:03
The Greatest Monsters of History Including Vampires, Rougarou, Dragons, and Even Godzilla with Nick Jubber
Let's go monster hunting! Nicholas Jubber Returns to talk his book Monsterland: A Journey Around the World's Dark Imagination.Buy MonsterlandCheck out Nic...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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42:06
Ted Bundy, the Rise of Serial Killers, Pacific Northwest Life, and the Lead Crime Hypothesis with Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Fraser
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. Buy Murderland
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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36:44
English Kings, Their Favorites, and the Upheaval of the 14th Century with Helen Carr
Let's pick a favorite! Helen Carr joins me to talk her book Sceptred Isle: A New History of the Fourteenth Century.Buy Sceptred IsleCheck out Helen's webs...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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38:52
The Battle of the Atlantic and the Heist of a German U-Boat with Alexander Rose
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!Buy Phantom Fleet
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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43:01
Midway Island and the World War II Battle That Changed the Pacific Theater with Martin Dugard
Let's turn the tide! Martin Dugard returns to talk his new book Taking Midway: Naval Warfare, Secret Codes, and the Battle that Turned the Tide of World War II. Buy Taking Midway
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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32:55