Ranked #1
Jane Singer – Lincoln’s Secret Spy
Jane Singer – Lincoln’s Secret Spy
August 24, 2015 - "What is worse? A confederate con man claiming he was Lincoln's spy throughout the Civil War, or the U... Read more
24 Aug 2015
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41mins
Ranked #2
Gerald Posner – God’s Bankers
Gerald Posner – God’s Bankers
September 24, 2015 - This is a special, Pope-in-America edition of the History Author Show. Pope Francis began his visit... Read more
24 Sep 2015
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46mins
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Kermit Roosevelt – Allegiance
Kermit Roosevelt – Allegiance
November 16, 2015 - Today, we travel back 75 years to a dark period of the Second World War. But the battlefield where l... Read more
16 Nov 2015
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39mins
Ranked #4
David Pietrusza – TR’s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy
David Pietrusza – TR’s Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy
October 8, 2018 - Our time machine travels back to America's experience in the Great War through the eyes of former pres... Read more
8 Oct 2018
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #5
Adam Higginbotham – Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham – Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster
May 6, 2019 - Our time machine travels back to the nuclear nightmare at the Soviet Union's V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Stat... Read more
6 May 2019
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55mins
Ranked #6
Daniel L. Mallock – Agony and Eloquence
Daniel L. Mallock – Agony and Eloquence
April 25, 2016 - In this episode, we'll step through the Guardian of Forever and meet two founding fathers who were best... Read more
25 Apr 2016
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58mins
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Greg Flemming – At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton
Greg Flemming – At the Point of a Cutlass: The Pirate Capture, Bold Escape, and Lonely Exile of Philip Ashton
May 8, 2017 - This week, our time machine hoists the Jolly Roger, that notorious black flag with a skull and crossbones ... Read more
8 May 2017
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35mins
Ranked #8
Gene Barr – A Civil War Captain and His Lady: Love, Courtship, and Combat from Fort Donelson through the Vicksburg Campaign
Gene Barr – A Civil War Captain and His Lady: Love, Courtship, and Combat from Fort Donelson through the Vicksburg Campaign
May 15, 2017 - This week, for our 100th interview, our time machine visits some of the most heated fighting -- political... Read more
15 May 2017
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45mins
Ranked #9
Tim Brady – His Father’s Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt, Jr.
Tim Brady – His Father’s Son: The Life of General Ted Roosevelt, Jr.
June 5, 2017 - This day after this episode airs is June 6th, the anniversary of the D-Day landings in 1944. This week, o... Read more
5 Jun 2017
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48mins
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David Pietrusza – 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
David Pietrusza – 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
Featured in The New York Sun - Biden’s Tumble at Air Force Ceremony Stands Out in Long List of History’s Presidential Pr... Read more
10 Feb 2020
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #11
Louis Picone – The President Is Dead!
Louis Picone – The President Is Dead!
July 17, 2017 - This week, the old-time machine leads a funeral procession, starting at George Washington's crypt at Mou... Read more
17 Jul 2017
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57mins
Ranked #12
M. Evelina Galang – Lolas’ House: Filipino Women Living with War
M. Evelina Galang – Lolas’ House: Filipino Women Living with War
March 12, 2018 - Our time machine travels back to the Philippines during the Japanese occupation the Second World War. O... Read more
12 Mar 2018
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56mins
Ranked #13
Michael J. Tougias – So Close to Home
Michael J. Tougias – So Close to Home
May 2, 2016 - In this episode, our time machine touches down during the months after Pearl Harbor, as Hitler's U-boats b... Read more
2 May 2016
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37mins
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John R. Bohrer – The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK
John R. Bohrer – The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK
June 12, 2017 - This week, we'll visit the turbulent 1960s after President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Once there, ... Read more
12 Jun 2017
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48mins
Ranked #15
Paul Kahan – The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
Paul Kahan – The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
Jun 17, 2019 - We welcome a familiar passenger back our time machine. It's Dr. Paul Kahan, who we last chatted with abou... Read more
17 Jun 2019
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #16
Stephen Davis – All the Fighting They Want
Stephen Davis – All the Fighting They Want
December 11, 2017 - This week, our time machine travels back to the American Civil War in All the Fighting They Want: Th... Read more
11 Dec 2017
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56mins
Ranked #17
Kim MacQuarrie – Life and Death in the Andes
Kim MacQuarrie – Life and Death in the Andes
January 18, 2016 - This week, we're flying our time machine across the Equator and into South America's turbulent past, ... Read more
18 Jan 2016
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37mins