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About Mark Klobas
I'm a history instructor at Scottsdale Community College in Scottsdale, Arizona. I earned my BA in History from the University of Arizona, and my MA and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.NBN Episodes hosted by Mark:
November 15, 2024
Raised to Obey
How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state's desire to control its citizens. Nearly e…
November 8, 2024
Martin Van Buren
Despite serving as the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren gets little consideration for his impact on American history. In his new b…
November 1, 2024
Gobsmacked!
The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America--from French fries to Awesome, man!--are destroying the English language. Bu…
October 22, 2024
Frederick Barbarossa
For all of his importance as a medieval ruler, there are surprisingly few biographies in English of the German emperor Frederick Barbarossa (c. 1122-1…
October 15, 2024
The Tech Coup
Over the past decades, under the cover of "innovation," technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power …
October 14, 2024
Tecumseh's War
The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawet…
October 2, 2024
The Migrant's Jail
Today, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detains an average of 37,000 migrants each night. To do so, they rely on, and pay for, the use of …
September 16, 2024
Capital
Karl Marx (1818-1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Th…
September 5, 2024
Polarized by Degrees
Over the past several decades, American society has experienced fundamental changes - from shifting relations between social groups and evolving langu…
September 1, 2024
The Book of Yerba Mate
Brewed from the dried leaves and tender shoots of an evergreen tree native to South America, yerba mate gives its drinkers the jolt of liquid efferves…
August 31, 2024
Citizen Cowboy
Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People (Cambridge UP, 2024) is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures.…
August 27, 2024
King Chŏngjo
Though traditionally regarded as a monarch who failed to arrest the gradual decline of his kingdom, the Korean king Chŏngjo has benefited in recent de…
August 15, 2024
Class Dismissed
Elite colleges are boasting unprecedented numbers with respect to diversity, with some schools admitting their first majority-minority classes. But wh…
August 4, 2024
Going to Church in Medieval England
For people in medieval England, the parish church was an integral part of their community. In Going to Church in Medieval England (Yale University Pre…
August 1, 2024
Charm
Politics is a site of performance, and contemporary politicians often perform the role of a regular person--perhaps someone we would like to have a be…
July 28, 2024
Bring Judgment Day
Known worldwide as Lead Belly, Huddie Ledbetter (1889-1949) is an American icon whose influence on modern music was tremendous - as was, according to …
July 15, 2024
Reading Herzl in Beirut
How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO's relationship to Zionism and Israel In September 1982, the Israeli milita…
July 15, 2024
A Fistful of Shells
All too often, the history of early modern Africa is told from the perspective of outsiders. In his book A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Ris…
July 1, 2024
Privileging Place
In recent decades, Americans have purchased second homes at unprecedented rates. In Privileging Place: How Second Homeowners Transform Communities and…
June 15, 2024
The Last Human Job
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and labor-saving technologies like self-checkouts and automated factories, the future of work ha…
June 2, 2024
How to Be Queer
The idea of sexual fluidity may seem new, but it is at least as old as the ancient Greeks, who wrote about queer experiences with remarkable frankness…
May 15, 2024
Breaking the Mold
The whole world has a stake in India's future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population--now the…
May 5, 2024
Promise and Peril of Credit
In 1647, the French author Étienne Cleirac asserted in his book Les us, et coustumes de la mer that the credit instruments known as bills of exchange …
May 1, 2024
Natural Magic
Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for p…