The Tennessee History Nerd
A long-form, research-driven podcast exploring the people, places, and stories that shaped Tennessee history—one county, one legend, one narrative at a time.
The Tennessee History Nerd
Latest Episodes
TTHN Ep 5a - The Talking Leaves - Bonus Material: Interview with Charlie Rhodarmer
Director, Sequoyah Birthplace Museum In this companion interview to Episode 5, The Talking Leaves, we go beyond the narrative and into the details with Charlie Rhodarmer, director of the Sequoyah Birthplace Mus...
TTHN Ep 13 - Driving Across Tennessee: Anderson County Edition
Anderson County has reinvented itself again and again.Founded in 1801 and named for U.S. Senator Joseph Anderson, the county began as part of Tennessee's frontier landscape of ridges, valleys, rivers, and scattered settlements. Over the ...
TTHN Ep 7a - The Iron Men (Addendum) - Bonus Material: Interview with Norman Jetmundsen
We're making this interview, which previously required a Patreon subscription to be able to access, available to the general public now--no subscription required.For Ep 7 - The Iron Men, I had the opportunity to sit down with Norman Jetm...
TTHN Ep 12 - A Pearl of a Story
Freshwater pearls may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think about Tennessee history…but for decades, Tennessee rivers were at the center of one of the most unusual industries in America.Long before cultured pearls b...
