Reckoning with Jason Herbert
Historian and outdoorsman Dr. Jason Herbert has questions about the world. And it's time to reckon with them.
Podcasting since 2022 • 212 episodes
Reckoning with Jason Herbert
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Episode 169: Is Pompeii the best bad movie/good history ever made?
2014's Pompeii is all over the place. Designed to be a Roman apocalypse story with a star making turn by Game of Thrones' Kit Harrington, Pompeii fizzled at the box office. But strangely, it's a phenomenal film to talk about the Roman ...
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Episode 168: How Colorado Springs became the epicenter of evangelical capitalism with Will Schultz
How did a small town south of Denver emerge as the center of evangelical capitalism after World War II? Historian Dr. William Schultz explains how evangelicals' faith intertwined with a specific interpretation of Americanism, especially during ...
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Episode 167: Ken Burns' The American Revolution (Historians' Commentary)
It's a special podcast here at Reckoning. Early American historians Dr. Liz Covart, Dr. Michael Hattem, and Dr. Craig Bruce Smith joined me to live stream Ken Burns' new series The American Revolution and answer questions from people around the...
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Episode 166: Apollo 13 with Jeffrey Kluger
Houston, we have a podcast. Today, Apollo 13 author Jeffrey Kluger drops in to talk about the Apollo missions, what really made it on the film, and his new book, Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story.About our guest:
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Episode 165: How the United States failed Puerto Rico with Ed Morales
Puerto Rico is the oldest colony in the world, something that must change, says Ed Morales. Today Ed drops in to talk about the history of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican diaspora, and how colonialism has hurt the island over the last 500 years.<...
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