This week’s guest on The Historians Podcast is Rob Swigart, author of the historical novel Mixed Harvest: Stories of the Human Past. Swigart describes how a prehistoric nomadic population in Europe transitioned to more permanent settlements. [Read more…] about When Europeans Settled Down (Podcast)
Secrets, Poison Gas and Chemotherapy (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Jennet Conant discusses her book The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer. Also heard is film maker Nick Spark who lobbied for U.S. government recognition of medical doctor Stewart Alexander whose work chronicling the Bari disaster in southern Italy was the impetus to developing chemotherapy. [Read more…] about Secrets, Poison Gas and Chemotherapy (Podcast)
The CBS Eye and Other Television Tales (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, retired network executive George Schweitzer discusses the history of the CBS Eye and the story of his long career promoting CBS television shows.
Now part of the conglomerate ViacomCBS, CBS used to be known as the Columbia Broadcasting System. [Read more…] about The CBS Eye and Other Television Tales (Podcast)
Schenectady During The Second World War (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, City Historian Christopher Leonard discusses Schenectady during the Second World War, plus he takes a look at Schenectady and the Erie Canal. [Read more…] about Schenectady During The Second World War (Podcast)
Schoharie Crossing on the Erie Canal (Podcast)
In this episode of The Historians Podcast, David Brooks of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter has Erie Canal lore to share. He also tells of unrealized plans to make a canal out of the Sacandaga River. [Read more…] about Schoharie Crossing on the Erie Canal (Podcast)
Historians Podcast 2020 Highlights
This week on The Historians Podcast, highlights from 2020 episodes – Caryl Hopson on her book Murder and Mayhem in Herkimer County, Peter Ward discusses the history of personal cleanliness, Kathryn Smith details the life of heiress and spy Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Matthew Costello on George Washington’s changing reputation and Christie Sausa looks at Lake Placid’s winter sports history. [Read more…] about Historians Podcast 2020 Highlights
Henry Kissinger: A Political Biography (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Vanderbilt University professor Thomas Schwartz discusses his book Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography (Hill and Wang, 2020). Learn about Kissinger’s early life and the successes and failures in the years Kissinger played a major role in American foreign policy. [Read more…] about Henry Kissinger: A Political Biography (Podcast)
The Church Graveyard in Fish House (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Joanne Blaauboer discusses her research at the old Presbyterian Church graveyard in the hamlet of Fish House on Great Sacandaga Lake.
For example, Church deacon Abraham Beecher is buried there – the cousin of famous author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Blaauboer is Town of Northampton Deputy historian. [Read more…] about The Church Graveyard in Fish House (Podcast)
Space History With Smithsonian’s Head Space Historian
This week on The Historians Podcast, Margaret Weitekamp is the guest. Weitekamp chairs the space history department at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and is the author of Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America’s First Women in Space Program. [Read more…] about Space History With Smithsonian’s Head Space Historian
Forgotten Mohawk Valley Stories (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Dan Weaver discusses his latest book containing 60 of his local history columns, most of which first appeared in the Amsterdam Recorder — Between the Cracks: Forgotten Stories of Amsterdam, N.Y. and the Mohawk Valley (2020). [Read more…] about Forgotten Mohawk Valley Stories (Podcast)