AskHistorians Minisode - Uprisings in 19th Century China with EnclavedMicrostate
Tyler Alderson talks with u/EnclavedMicrostate about an answer he wrote on the European influence (or lack thereof) on the Taiping Rebellion. Rather than looking at the Opium Wars as a root cause, he ...
8 Apr 202137min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 172 - The Hitler Diaries with PH Jones and Johannes Breit
In this episode, P.H. Jones and Johannes Breit discuss one of the largest publishing hoaxes of the 20th century: The Hitler Diaries. When German journalist Gerd Heidemann entered a world of Nazis, old...
2 Apr 20211h 12min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 171 - The Education Trap with Cristina Groeger
Tyler Alderson talks with with Cristina Groeger, whose new book The Education Trap: Schools and the Remaking of Inequality in Boston explores how education has been used to both alleviate and exacerba...
18 Mar 202155min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 170 - Fugitive Freedom in Colonial Mexico with Bill Taylor
Tyler Alderson talks will Bill Taylor, author of the new book Fugitive Freedom: The Improbable Lives of Two Impostors in Late Colonial Mexico. Taylor pieces together the lives of two men who impersona...
4 Mar 20211h 14min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 169 - Gaelic Work Songs with Meg Hyland
In this episode, Seb Lewin (u/aquatermain) discusses Meg Hyland's (u/Kelpie_Cat) research into work songs sung by itinerant herring gutters from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries. Topics include the ...
18 Feb 20211h 2min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 168 - Mandatory Palestine with Naama Cohen
In this episode, Naama Cohen joins us to discuss the British mandate in Palestine from 1922 to 1932, when memoirist and children's author Douglas Duff served as a policeman there. How did British serv...
4 Feb 202136min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 167 - Textbook Censorship in Texas with /u/Kugelfang52
In this episode, /u/Kugelfang52 joins us to discuss the topic of censorship in Texas history textbooks before and after the Second World War. How were decisions made about what or what not to include?...
22 Jan 20211h 6min
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 166 - Vikings and Popular Culture
In this episode, four members of the AskHistorians panel discuss Vikings, their popular culture portrayals and how the legend of the looting, pillaging bearded norsemen is far from an accurate portray...
9 Jan 20211h 7min
