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History Author Show

History Author Show

264 Episodes • By Dean Karayanis • historyauthor.com/episodes/...
A special book, person or place has the power to transport us into the past, to times and moments long before we were born. You may reach the last page of a biography and mourn a person who died a century ago, or meet a fictional character so vivid, you become lifelong friends. The History Author Sh ...more
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Thomas Hauser — My Mother and Me: A Memoir
   May 11, 2024 – What happens when a ... more
May 11 2024 43m
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Rob Hilliard — In Freedom’s Shadow
   April 1, 2024 – Where would an ensla... more
Apr 1 2024 1h
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Brent Butt – Huge: A Novel
 October 11, 2023 – In this episode, our ... more
Oct 11 2023 58m
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S.C. Gwynne – His Majesty’s Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World’s Largest Flying Machine
   September 4, 2023 – How did airship ... more
Sep 4 2023 1h 2m
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Jenni L. Walsh – The Call of the Wrens
   July 30, 2023 – What did service in ... more
Jul 31 2023 39m
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Jerry Izenberg — Baseball, Nazis & Nedick’s Hot Dogs: Growing up Jewish in the 1930s in Newark
June 17, 2023 – Reading about history is one t... more
Jun 18 2023 1h 3m
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Lindsay Berra – “It Ain’t Over,” the Yogi Berra Movie
   May 11, 2023 – Who was the greatest ... more
May 11 2023 24m
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky – Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture
   May 1, 2023 – When a president of t... more
May 1 2023 49m
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Stephen F. Knott – Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy
   March 21, 2023 – How did a man who... more
Mar 21 2023 53m
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Mike Purdy – Presidential Friendships: How They Changed History
    January 23, 2023 – How did the rela... more
Jan 23 2023 57m
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Natasha Lance Rogoff – Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
   December 19, 2022 – How did Kermit ... more
Dec 19 2022 48m
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Mike Guardia – Hal Moore: A Soldier Once…And Always
   November 21, 2022 – If you could rid... more
Nov 21 2022 55m
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden – History Author ShowTime Review (featuring Cara Robertson)
  October 24, 2022 – Something special ... more
Oct 24 2022 28m
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Judith F. Brenner – The Moments Between Dreams: A Novel
  October 10, 2022 – What if historical... more
Oct 10 2022 46m
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David Pietrusza – Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal
   September 26, 2022 – How did Frankli... more
Sep 26 2022 50m
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Anna J. Walner – Saltwater and Driftwood: A Historical Novel
   September 3, 2022 – On the morning o... more
Sep 3 2022 49m
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Jeffrey Frank – The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of An Ordinary Man
   August 22, 2022 - What if you were a Midwester... more
Aug 22 2022 47m
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Ray E. Boomhower – Richard Tregaskis: Reporting under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam
   August 8, 2022 - In the late summer of 1942, t... more
Aug 8 2022 56m
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Todd D. Snyder – Beatboxing: How Hip-Hop Changed the Fight Game
   July 25, 2022 - How did the worlds of hip-hop ... more
Jul 24 2022 1h 1m
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S.W. O’Connell: The Patriot Spy – Book One of the Yankee Doodle Spy Series
   July 2, 2022 - Who were the citizen spies who ... more
Jul 2 2022 1h 3m
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James D. R. Philips — Two Revolutions and the Constitution: How the English and American Revolutions Produced the A...
   June 27, 2022 - How did revolutions in the two... more
Jun 27 2022 1h 5m
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Yogi Berra Museum & Bob Feller Act of Valor Foundation – Sacrifice & Courage, A Tribute to D-Day
   June 13, 2022 - Before he won ten World Serie... more
Jun 13 2022 17m
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Jeff Gottesfeld – Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
   May 31, 2021 - The United States of America go... more
May 30 2022 49m
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Candice Millard – River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
   May 16, 2022 - Today, mapping the source of th... more
May 16 2022 51m
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Sheila Myers – The Truth of Who You Are (a Novel)
   May 2, 2022 - Imagine you're struggling to fee... more
May 2 2022 54m
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