History Nerds United
Brendan Dowd
Let's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with award winning authors, the rantings of a history nerd, and various other things. Enjoy!
Episodes
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Mar 18, 2025 • 35min
China and its People with NPR Correspondent Emily Feng
Send us a textLet's bloom! NPR Correspondent Emily Feng joins me to talk her book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China. I learned a lot and hope you do, too. Come listen!Buy Let Only Red Flowers BloomCheck out Emily's WebsiteSupport the show
Mar 11, 2025 • 34min
San Francisco's Turbulent History and an Unbelievable Gilded-Age Murder with Gary Krist
Send us a textLet's go digging! Author Gary Krist joins me to talk his book Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco. Come listen!Buy Trespassers at the Golden GateSupport the show
Mar 4, 2025 • 33min
The History of Ancient Rome with Gareth Harney
Send us a textToss a coin to your nerd! Author Gareth Harney joins me to talk his book A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins. Come listen!Buy A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins Check out Gareth's websiteSupport the show
Feb 25, 2025 • 44min
Rebel Empresses Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France with Nancy Goldstone
Send us a textLet's rebel! Author Nancy Goldstone joins me to talk her new book The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe. Come listen!Buy The Rebel EmpressesCheck out Nancy's websiteSupport the show
Feb 18, 2025 • 36min
The First Airshow in American History with Richard Goodrich
Send us a textLet's take to the skies! Richard Goodrich returns to talk L.A. Birdmen: West Coast Aviators and the First Airshow in America. Come listen!Buy L.A. BirdmenSupport the show
Feb 11, 2025 • 44min
Japan, Writing Biographies, Personal Loss, Family, and How the Little Things are What You Remember with Pulitzer Prize Winner Megan Mashall
Send us a textLet's talk about everything! Pulitzer Prize Winner Megan Marshall joins me to talk her new book After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart. So good. Come listen!Buy After LivesCheck out Megan's websiteSupport the show
Feb 4, 2025 • 32min
New York City Place Names and How They Got Them Like Major Deegan, Outerbridge, and Hutchinson with Rebecca Bratspies
Send us a textLet's figure out who we are cursing in traffic! Rebecca Bratspies joins me to talk her book Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York's Place Names. It's not just for city folk. Come listen!Buy Naming GothamSupport the show
Jan 28, 2025 • 33min
Airships in the Arctic, Roald Amundsen, and a Rescue at the Top of the World with Buddy Levy
Send us a textLet's go north! Buddy Levy is back to talk his new book Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue. Enough said. Come listen!Buy Realm of Ice and SkyCheck out Buddy's websiteSupport the show
Jan 21, 2025 • 40min
Burma, The Wa State, and the DEA vs. the CIA with Patrick Winn
Send us a textLet's investigate a drug empire! Journalist Patrick Winn joins me to discuss Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA. It's as wild as you expect. Come listen!Buy NarcotopiaCheck out Patrick's websiteSupport the show
Jan 14, 2025 • 39min
The Wars of Russian History, Putin's Historical Inaccuracy, and the Charm of The Great with Mark Galeotti
Send us a textLet's jump into the forge! Mark Galeotti returns to talk his newest book, Forged In War: A Military History of Russia From Its Beginnings to Today. We talk wars, Putin, and how much we both enjoyed the Hulu series The Great! Come listen!Buy Forged in WarRead his blog and Listen to his podcast In Moscow's ShadowSupport the show
