Thomas Smallwood and His Amazing Exploits Helping Slaves Escape With Pulitzer Prize Winner Scott Shane
Send us Fan Mail Let's take a trip on the Underground Railroad! Pulitzer Prize winner Scott Shane joins me to discuss his new book, Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's ...
20 Sep 202342min
Journalism With Former AP Bureau Chief for Mexico and Central America Katherine Corcoran
Send us Fan Mail Let's take on fake news! Former AP Bureau Chief for Mexico and Central America Katherine Corcoran joins me to discuss what makes for good journalism and how to spot the bad kind. Kath...
13 Sep 20231h 5min
Her Father's Defence of Two Canadian Murderers and How It Affected Her Family With Amy Bell
Send us Fan Mail Let's head up north! Author Amy Bell joins the podcast to talk her book Life Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murderers and Lost Himself. We discuss family, Canada, mental health....
6 Sep 202339min
New York City's History With Chance Kelly
Send us Fan Mail Let's buy an island! Actor and Podcaster Chance Kelly joins me to discuss his podcast, Island, on the origins of Manhattan. We discuss Hollywood, New York accents, and why history is ...
30 Aug 202334min
The Search for Three Missing Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail With Andrea Lankford
Send us Fan Mail Let's hit the trail! Former Park Ranger and author Andrea Lankford joins us to talk her book, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific ...
23 Aug 202334min
The Intertwined Lives of Catherine de Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary Queen of Scots With Leah Redmond Chang
Send us Fan Mail Let's get young again! Author Leah Redmond Chang joins us to talk her new book, Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power. We discuss one of the baddest, or maybe j...
16 Aug 202357min
The American Servicewomen of World War II With Lena Andrews
Send us Fan Mail Let's join up! CIA Military Analyst and author Lena Andrews joins the podcast to talk her book Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II. We t...
9 Aug 202334min
The Deep Ocean and the Oceangate Disaster With Susan Casey
Send us Fan Mail Let's go to the bottom! Author Susan Casey joins me to talk her new book, The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean from Doubleday Books. We talk about the weird things you ...
2 Aug 202342min
