AskHistorians Podcast 133 -- We Have Met The Enemy and They Are U.S. -- The Militia and the War of 1812
Today we are joined by a flaired member of the AskHistorians community, /u/PartyMoses! Better known to his friends and family as Adam Franti, who got his MA at Eastern Michigan University. We will be ...
29 Mars 20191h 7min
AskHistorians Podcast 132 - The Missouri Compromise of 1820: A tale of slavery, politics and foreshadowing with /u/freedmenspatrol
Today on the AskHistorians podcast, we're joined by ante-bellum slavery expert, moderator and contributor extroardinaire Pat (or Freedmenspatrol), to discuss the Missouri Compromise of 1820. In this e...
22 Mars 20191h 36min
AskHistorians Aloud -- Sports Corsets - The Why, Where, and Who
Today on AskHistorians Aloud we have a fantastic answer by /u/mimicofmodes, fka /u/chocolatepot, who answers In the late 19th century, what was a "sports corset"?
8 Mars 20195min
AskHistorians Podcast 131 - A Scholar and A Pundit: A discussion of the work of Victor Davis Hanson w/Dr. Roel Konijnendijk
Today we're talking with Dr. Roel Konijnendijk about the career of Victor Davis Hanson. Hanson began as a scholar of Ancient Greek warfare but in recent decades he has transformed himself into a pundi...
5 Mars 20191h 16min
AskHistorians Aloud: Who was the Black Hand? Who was the Mafia?
/u/mikedash, also known literally as Mike Dash, author of a number of books, answers the question In the Godfather part II, the mafia emerged only after a proto-organized crime group, the Black Hand, ...
22 Feb 201910min
AskHistorians Podcast 130 -- The Taiping Rebellion
Today we are joined by /u/EnclavedMicrostate, who is a flaired user on AskHistorians on the Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion. Together with guest host Bernardito, we talk about a conflict with man...
15 Feb 201951min
AskHistorians Podcast 129 -- AskHistorians Asking Historians Again At the American Historical Association
Today, we are releasing part two of our two-part series of interviews of historians at the American Historical Association this year. On this episode we have an interview with G Patrick O'Brien (@hi...
1 Feb 201959min
AskHistorians Aloud -- Manichaeism and its Discontents
Today, the always-fantastic lcnielsen combines a number of his previous answers on Manichaeism to give us a fantastic overview of what it is and what it entails! See his answers on the topic here: Man...
30 Jan 201912min
