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African American Studies October 18, 2021

The Colored Conventions Movement

Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century

P. Gabrielle Foreman and Jim Casey

Hosted by Adam McNeil
P. Gabrielle Foreman and Jim Casey's edited volume The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century (UNC Press, 2021) is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement …

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American West October 14, 2021

Imperial Metropolis

Los Angeles, Mexico, and the Borderlands of American Empire, 1865–1941

Jessica M. Kim

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Between 1865 and 1900, the population of Los Angeles grew from around 5,000 people to over 100,000. With population growth that explosive came the opportunity for vast riches to be …
LGBTQ+ Studies October 4, 2021

Cruising for Conspirators

How a New Orleans DA Prosecuted the Kennedy Assassination As a Sex Crime

Alecia P. Long

Hosted by Morris Ardoin
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison's decision to arrest Clay Shaw on March 1, 1967, set off a chain of events that culminated in the only prosecution undertaken in the …
General History August 31, 2021

Madhouse

Psychiatry and Politics in Cuban History

Jennifer L. Lambe

Hosted by Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente
"On the outskirts of Havana lies Mazorra, an asylum known to--and at times feared by--ordinary Cubans for over a century. Since its founding in 1857, the island's first psychiatric hospital …
Environmental Studies August 25, 2021

Red Coats and Wild Birds

How Military Ornithologists and Migrant Birds Shaped Empire

Kirsten A. Greer

Hosted by Matthew Brown
Remapping empire, nature, and scientific enquiry beyond the simple binary exchange between periphery and metropole, Dr. Kirsten Greer demonstrates how ornithology, the study of birds, became entwined with tours of …
African American Studies August 20, 2021

Rice

A Savor the South Cookbook

Michael Twitty

Hosted by N'Kosi Oates
Rice is a central ingredient to Southern foodways, and it is one of the most versatile grains served around the world. It could be prepared as a side dish, an …
General History August 18, 2021

Cuban Memory Wars

Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile

Michael J. Bustamante

Hosted by Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente
I had the pleasure of interviewing my mentor, Dr. Michael J. Bustamante on his first monograph, Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile which was published in March 2021 as part …
General History August 6, 2021

Celia Sánchez Manduley

The Life and Legacy of a Cuban Revolutionary

Tiffany A. Sippial

Hosted by Rozzmery Palenzuela Vicente
I sat down with Dr. Tiffany Sippial to talk about her latest book, Celia Sanchez Manduley: The Life and Legacy of a Cuban Revolutionary (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) …
Latin American Studies August 3, 2021

Dancing with the Revolution

Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba

Elizabeth B. Schwall

Hosted by Rachel Newman
In Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba (UNC Press, 2021), Elizabeth B. Schwall aligns culture and politics by focusing on an art form that became a darling of …
General History July 30, 2021

Writing Kit Carson

Fallen Heroes in a Changing West

Susan Lee Johnson

Hosted by Jennifer Davis Cline
Jennifer Holland (Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma) speaks with Susan Johnson (Harry Reid Endowed Chair, History of the Intermountain West, University of Las Vegas-Nevada) about Johnson’s recent book, Writing Kit Carson …
American West July 21, 2021

West of Slavery

The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire

Kevin Waite

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
The geography of American slavery was continental, argues Dr. Kevin Waite, an assistant professor at Durham University, in West of Slavery: The Southern Dream of a Transcontinental Empire (UNC Press, 2021). Rather …
General History June 30, 2021

The First Reconstruction

Black Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War

Van Gosse

Hosted by Jessica Georges
It may be difficult to imagine that a consequential black electoral politics evolved in the United States before the Civil War, for as of 1860, the overwhelming majority of African …
General History June 14, 2021

Religion and the American Revolution

An Imperial History

Katherine Carté

Hosted by Lane Davis
For most of the eighteenth century, British protestantism was driven neither by the primacy of denominations nor by fundamental discord between them. Instead, it thrived as part of a complex …
Sociology June 9, 2021

Tainted Tap

Flint's Journey from Crisis to Recovery

Katrinell M. Davis

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work June 3, 2021

Porn Work

Sex, Labor, and Late Capitalism

Heather Berg

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Every porn scene is a record of people at work. But on-camera labor is only the beginning of the story. Porn Work takes readers behind the scenes to explore what …
Latino Studies May 24, 2021

The Shadow of El Centro

A History of Migrant Incarceration and Solidarity

Jessica Ordaz

Hosted by David-James Gonzales
Bounded by desert and mountains, El Centro, California, is isolated and difficult to reach. However, its location close to the border between San Diego and Yuma, Arizona, has made it …
Performing Arts May 21, 2021

Staging Indigeneity

Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History

Katrina Phillips

Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
As tourists increasingly moved across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a surprising number of communities looked to capitalize on the histories of Native American …
African American Studies May 21, 2021

Jamaica Ladies

Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire

Christine Walker

Hosted by Jerrad Pacatte
Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire (Omohundro Institute/University of North Carolina Press, 2020) is the first systematic study of the free and freed women of …
General History May 19, 2021

Vaudeville and the Making of Modern Entertainment, 1890–1925

David Monod

Hosted by Sam Backer
Vaudeville is one of the most famous styles of theater in American history, a font of showbiz legend and the training ground for a generation of stars. It’s also one …
Political Science May 10, 2021

Unceasing Militant

The Life of Mary Church Terrell

Alison M. Parker

Hosted by Susan Liebell
Dr. Alison M. Parker’s new book Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) explores the life of civil rights activist and feminist, Mary …