Saint Thomas More with Joanne Paul
Send us Fan Mail Let's make our own utopia! Joanne Paul joins me to talk her book Thomas More: A Life. Buy Thomas More: A Life Check out Joanne's website Support the show
12 Aug 202550min
The Iranian Revolution with Scott Anderson
Send us Fan Mail 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...
5 Aug 202552min
Argentina's Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo Who Fought to Find Their Lost Grandchildren with Haley Cohen Gilliland
Send us Fan Mail 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 Childr...
29 Jul 202548min
Amelia Earhart and Her Husband George Putnam with Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Send us Fan Mail 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...
22 Jul 202554min
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the People Overlooked in Civil War History with Scott Ellsworth
Send us Fan Mail 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. B...
15 Jul 202537min
The Murders of the London Blitz with Amy Helen Bell and Roosevelt to Roosevelt with Stan Haynes
Send us Fan Mail 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 Rooseve...
8 Jul 202556min
The Roosevelt Brothers' Search for the Elusive Giant Panda with Nathalia Holt
Send us Fan Mail 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 Cl...
1 Jul 202529min
The Viking Age and the Lives of Everyday Norsemen with Eleanor Barraclough
Send us Fan Mail 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 Check out Elea...
24 Jun 20251h
