The GOP and Civil War Memory (with Tim Galsworthy)
During and in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement, through the Civil War centennial, the Republican Party drew on America’s memories of the war in order to reorganize and reinvent itself. Tim Galswo...
10 Feb 55min
Civil War Memories in a Polarized America (with Jen Murray and John Kinder)
Today’s political polarization has had an impact on how weremember the Civil War—and how we remember the Civil War impacts how we view today’s politics. In this episode of the Emerging Civil War Podca...
3 Feb 57min
Three Things—with Kevin Donovan and Evan Portman
The Emerging Civil War Podcast kicks off a new feature, “Three Things,” in which a pair of our historians each share three things they’ve learned over the last year that surprised them. This week, Kev...
27 Jan 1h 1min
Grant & Rawlins (with Curt Fields & Melissa Winn)
As Emerging Civil War prepares to examine "Partnerships & Rivalries" at our 2026 Symposium, we take a look at one of the most important relationships to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Curt Fields an...
20 Jan 1h 12min
Remembering John Adams (with Marianne Holdzkom)
The Emerging Civil War Podcast steps back in history to the Revolutionary Era for a discussion with Dr. Marianne Holdzkom about Founding Father John Adams. How do we remember a man who often worried h...
13 Jan 58min
Impressment (with Neil Chatelain)
Imagine being rounded up on land or captured at sea and then being forced to work on an enemy ship. The practice was called "impressment," and as Neil Chatelain explains, navies during the Civil War—N...
6 Jan 52min
War in the Trans-Mississippi, 1861 (with Devon Sommerville)
All bets were off and the rules of war were still being written in 1861 in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the Civil War. In this episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast, ECW contributor Devon Somm...
30 Dec 20251h 2min
Civil War Christmas (with Kris White)
Merry "Kris"-mas from Emerging Civil War! ECW's Chief Historian Kris White decks the halls with a discussion about Christmastime during the Civil War.This episode of the Emerging Civil War Podcast is ...
23 Dec 20251h 11min
