The Transcendentalists and Their World with Robert A. Gross
"The Transcendentalists and Their World offers a fresh view of the thinkers whose outsize impact on philosophy and literature would spread from tiny Concord to all corners of the earth. Ralph Waldo Em...
3 Mar 202240min
Following Nellie Bly with Rosemary J. Brown
Today I speak with Rosemary J. Brown about her new book Following Nellie Bly: Her Record-Breaking Race Around the World. "Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and lite...
10 Feb 202245min
In Search of a Kingdom with Laurence Bergreen
Today, I speak with Laurence Bergreen about his book In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. "Before he was secretly dispatched by Queen Eliz...
21 Jan 202239min
A word from Kevin about what happened to the podcast
21 Jan 20226min
Come Fly the World with Julia Cooke
My guest today is Julia Cooke who joins me to discuss her new book Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan-Am. "Required to have a college education, speak two languages, and posses...
4 Mar 202137min
Lincoln’s Mentors with Michael Gerhardt
Today, I speak with Michael Gerhardt about his book Lincoln's Mentors. In national polling among presidential historians (as well as among the general public), Abraham Lincoln consistently ranks in t...
10 Feb 202137min
Chicago’s Great Fire with Carl Smith
You have likely heard the story before: "Mrs. O'Leary's cow knocked over a lantern and started the Great Chicago Fire." While the Great Fire was a real disaster that occurred in October, 1871, we reme...
3 Feb 202140min
On Her Own Ground with A’Lelia Bundles
Today I speak with A'Lelia Bundles about her book On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker In 1867, Sarah Breedlove was the first in her family to be born into freedom after the signi...
12 Jan 202145min
