Reckoning with Jason Herbert

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Historian and outdoorsman Dr. Jason Herbert has questions about the world. And it's time to reckon with them.

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Die Hard with Annette Gordon-Reed and Craig Bruce Smith

We all know Die Hard is a Christmas movie, but is it a history movie? This week we're talking to two of the most prominent historians of the Early American Republic to get to the bottom of the debates. You're gonna love where this goes. Annette Gordon-Reed is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard. Gordon-Reed won sixteen book prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2009 and the National Book Award in 2008, for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton, 20...

Dec 21, 2022•55 min•Ep. 4

Up in the Air with Brett Rushforth

When I was a graduate student studying slavery in the Americas, there were a host of books you had to read. Among them was and is this dude, Brett Rushforth. Brett has since become a friend of mine and what you'll find when listening is that this guy is not only one of the smartest people working the field, he's a giving human being and I'm so flattered that he chose to sit down and talk about one of our mutual favorite films: Up in the Air. This episode is gonna surprise you when you see where ...

Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 3

Chef with Emily Contois and Zenia Kish

This episode is for all of you who can't stop taking pictures of your food. I'm joined by Emily Contois (@emilycontois) and Zenia Kish (@zeniakish) to talk about Jon Favreau's Chef . This is an awesome episode and you're gonna love it. About our guests: Dr. Emily Contois is a scholar and teacher of media, food, health, and identity. Her book, Diners, Dudes & Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media & Culture (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) demonstrates how the food, m...

Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 2

Black Panther and Wakanda Forever with Walter Greason

So here it is. The very first Historians At The Movies Podcast. If you're new to #HATM, we're (allegedly) the longest running watch party on the internet. Every week for over four and a half years, scholars and lovers of movies and history have joined together every Sunday night to watch and livetweet a movie together. It's been an amazing experience and one that has built a community around the globe. This podcast is the next evolutionary step in Historians At The Movies. Each week we'll bring ...

Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 1

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