History

Ancient History

Ancient History

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Interviews with scholars of ancient history about their new books.

Katherine Krauss, "Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 6, 2026

Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia

Katherine Krauss
Hosted by Michael Motia
Olivier Hein, "Mother of the World: The Remarkable History of Turkmenistan" (Hurst, 2026)

July 2, 2026

Mother of the World

Olivier Hein
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Arguing History

Arguing History

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Scholarly discussions of controversial historical topics.

Biography & Memoir

Biography & Memoir

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Interviews with biographers and memoirists about their new books.

Sarah Kaminsky, "The Forger of Paris" (Doppelhouse Press, 2025)

July 15, 2026

The Forger of Paris

Sarah Kaminsky
Hosted by Ilana Maymind
Gayle F. Wald, "This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 15, 2026

This Is Rhythm

Gayle F. Wald
Hosted by Kristen Turner
Diplomatic History

Diplomatic History

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Interviews with scholars of diplomatic history about their new books.

Renisa Mawani, "Across Oceans of Law: The Komagata Maru and Jurisdiction in the Time of Empire" (Duke UP, 2018)

July 17, 2026

Across Oceans of Law

Renisa Mawani
Hosted by Helen Dewar
Rory Cormac, "Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 17, 2026

Fakers

Rory Cormac
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Early Modern History

Early Modern History

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Interviews with scholars of early modern history about their new books.

Bradford A. Bouley, "The Barberini Butchers: Meat, Murder, and Warfare in Early Modern Italy" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

July 18, 2026

The Barberini Butchers

Bradford A. Bouley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Peter C. Mancall, "Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000–1680" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Contested Continent

Peter C. Mancall
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Economic and Business History

Economic and Business History

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Interviews with scholars of economic and business history about their new books.

Laura B. McGrath, "Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction" (Princeton UP, 2026)

July 18, 2026

Middlemen

Laura B. McGrath
Hosted by Karishma Koshal
Bradford A. Bouley, "The Barberini Butchers: Meat, Murder, and Warfare in Early Modern Italy" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

July 18, 2026

The Barberini Butchers

Bradford A. Bouley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
General History

General History

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Interviews with historians about their new books.

Robert G Parkinson, "Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier" (Norton, 2024)

July 13, 2026

Heart of American Darkness

Robert G Parkinson
Hosted by Edward Blum
Rod Phillips, "Cats: A History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

July 13, 2026

Cats

Rod Phillips
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Intellectual History

Intellectual History

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Interviews with intellectual historians about their new books.

Susanne Paola Antonetta,  "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today" (Catapult, 2025)

July 17, 2026

The Devil's Castle

Susanne Paola Antonetta
Hosted by Elizabeth Cronin
Are Capitalism and Democracy Fundamentally Incompatible? A Conversation with Mordecai Kurz

July 15, 2026

Private Power and Democracy's Decline

Mordecai Kurz
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

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Interviews with authors of books about Late Antiquity. Sponsored by Ancient Jew Review.

Katherine Krauss, "Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 6, 2026

Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia

Katherine Krauss
Hosted by Michael Motia
Laura Borghetti and Thomas Arentzen, "Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

June 22, 2026

Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds

Laura Borghetti and Thomas Arentzen
Hosted by Michael Motia
Medieval History

Medieval History

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Interviews with scholars of medieval history about their new books.

Kit Chapman, "The Age of Alchemy: How Early Innovators Shaped Modern Chemistry" (Profile Books, 2026)

July 9, 2026

The Age of Alchemy

Kit Chapman
Hosted by Gregory McNiff
Roberta J. Magnusson, "Urban Infrastructure in Medieval England: Sustainability and Resilience" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

July 8, 2026

Urban Infrastructure in Medieval England

Roberta J. Magnusson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Military History

Military History

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Interviews with scholars of military history about their new books.

Gretchen Heefner, "Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 18, 2026

Sand, Snow, and Stardust

Gretchen Heefner
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Chad S. A. Gibbs "Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance" (U Wisconsin Press, 2026)

July 16, 2026

Survival at Treblinka

Chad S. A. Gibbs
Hosted by Paul Lerner
Revolutionary America

Revolutionary America

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Revolutionary America features conversations with authors of new scholarship on the transformative era spanning the 1750s through the 1820s across the Americas. Featuring interviews that explore political upheaval, social change, and the many meanings of “revolution” in this period, the channel highlights work on independence movements, constitutional formations, imperial crises, and the lived experiences of diverse peoples navigating a rapidly changing world. Co-directed by Edward Blum and Amy Weitzman, and produced in collaboration with the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR), Revolutionary America brings cutting-edge historical research to scholars, students, and the interested public.

Robert G Parkinson, "Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier" (Norton, 2024)

July 13, 2026

Heart of American Darkness

Robert G Parkinson
Hosted by Edward Blum
Lauren Duval, "The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence" (UNC Press, 2025)

July 6, 2026

The Home Front

Lauren Duval
Hosted by Carolyn Eastman
Women's History

Women's History

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Interviews with scholars of women's history about their new books.

Nora L. Rubel, "Recipes for the Melting Pot: The Lives of the Settlement Cook Book" (Columbia UP, 2026)

July 15, 2026

Recipes for the Melting Pot

Nora L. Rubel
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Gayle F. Wald, "This Is Rhythm: Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

July 15, 2026

This Is Rhythm

Gayle F. Wald
Hosted by Kristen Turner