New York City Place Names and How They Got Them Like Major Deegan, Outerbridge, and Hutchinson with Rebecca Bratspies
Send us Fan Mail Let's figure out who we are cursing in traffic! Rebecca Bratspies joins me to talk her book Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York's Place Names. It's not jus...
4 Feb 202532min
Airships in the Arctic, Roald Amundsen, and a Rescue at the Top of the World with Buddy Levy
Send us Fan Mail Let's go north! Buddy Levy is back to talk his new book Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue. Enough said. Come listen! Buy Realm of Ice and S...
28 Jan 202533min
Burma, The Wa State, and the DEA vs. the CIA with Patrick Winn
Send us Fan Mail Let's investigate a drug empire! Journalist Patrick Winn joins me to discuss Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA. It's as wild as you expect. Come lis...
21 Jan 202539min
The Wars of Russian History, Putin's Historical Inaccuracy, and the Charm of The Great with Mark Galeotti
Send us Fan Mail Let's jump into the forge! Mark Galeotti returns to talk his newest book, Forged In War: A Military History of Russia From Its Beginnings to Today. We talk wars, Putin, and how much w...
14 Jan 202539min
The Return of American Revolution Hero the Marquis de Lafayette with Elizabeth Reese
Send us Fan Mail Let's welcome back the Marquis! Elizabeth Reese joins me to discuss her book Marquis de Lafayette Returns: A Tour of America's National Capital Region. I finally found someone to nerd...
17 Dec 202434min
Raised By A Serial Killer, Edward Wayne Edwards, with April Balascio
Send us Fan Mail Let's make the call! April Balascio joins me to talk her book Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father. Enough said. Come listen! Buy Raised by a Serial Kille...
10 Dec 202442min
The True Crime Story of Barbara "Bloody Babs" Graham and the OJ Simpson Trial with Marcia Clark
Send us Fan Mail Let's go to court! Marcia Clark joins me to talk her book Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham. Yes, a little about OJ, too. Come listen!...
3 Dec 202440min
The FBI's War Against American Gangsters Like John Dillinger, Babyface Nelson, and Bonnie and Clyde with John Oller
Send us Fan Mail Let's join the war on crime! John Oller joins the podcast to talk his book Gangster Hunters: How Hoover G-men Vanquished America's Deadliest Public Enemies! Come listen! Buy Gangster...
26 Nov 202430min
