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History Nerds United

History Nerds United

Author: Brendan Dowd

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Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with award winning authors, the rantings of a history nerd, and various other things. Enjoy!

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Send us a text Let's get a close up! Scott Eyman joins me to talk Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face. Buy Joan Crawford Check out Scott's website Support the show
Send us a text Let's launch! Jeffrey Kluger joins me to talk Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story. Buy Gemini Support the show
Send us a text Let's get him out! Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King joins me to talk his book Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida. Buy Bone Valley Check out Gilbert's website Support the show
Send us a text Let's start a movement! Siddharth Kara joins me to discuss The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery. Buy The Zorg Support the show
Send us a text Let's bring him to justice! Jake Tapper joins me to discuss his book Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War. Buy Race Against Terror Support the show
Send us a text Let's remember the Mighty Fitz! John Bacon joins me to talk The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Buy The Gales of November Check out John's website Support the show
Send us a text Let's strike gold! Peter Cozzens discusses his book Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West. Buy Deadwood Check out Peter's website Support the show
Send us a text Let's get legal! CNN's Elie Honig talks his book When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump. Buy When You Come at the King Support the show
1999 with Ross Benes

1999 with Ross Benes

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Send us a text Let's revisit the 90s! Author Ross Benes joins me to talk 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. Buy 1999 Check out Ross' website Support the show
Send us a text Let's hang'em from the yardarm! Samuel Marquis joins me to talk his book Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal. Buy Captain Kidd Check out Samuel's website Support the show
Send us a text Let's tell the Germans arrivederci! Suzanne Cope joins me to talk Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis. Buy Women of War Check out Suzanne's website Support the show
Send us a text Let's get canonized! Kate Sidley joins me to discuss her book How to Be a Saint: An Extremely Weird and Mildly Sacrilegious History of The Catholic Church's Biggest Names. Buy How to Be a Saint Check out Kate's website Support the show
Send us a text 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
Send us a text 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 Kings Support the show
Send us a text 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 Children. Buy A Flower Traveled in My Blood Check out Haley's website Support the show
Send us a text 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 and the Showman Check out Laurie's website Support the show
Send us a text 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. Buy Midnight on the Potomac Support the show
Send us a text 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 Roosevelt: Presidential Nominating Conventions from 1904 to 1944. Buy Under Cover of Darkness Check out Amy's website Buy Roosevelt to Roosevelt Check out Stan's website Support the show
Send us a text 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 Clouds Check out Nathalia's Website Support the show
Send us a text 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 Eleanor's website Support the show
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