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Hi everyone, Welcome back to Historical Snapshots Conversations. Our guest today is Alexis Coe, and our discussion is about George Washington. There are many conversations we can have about him, but our focus today is on
Hi everyone, Welcome back to Historical Snapshots Conversations. Today I’m joined by Katja Hoyer for a discussion about East Germany, from its rise after World War II in 1949 to its collapse with the fall of the Berlin W
Hi everyone, Our guest today is Kerry Chaput, and our conversation is about the Filles du Roi (“The King’s Daughters”), a program initiated by the French Crown that sent approximately 800 women to the colony of New Franc
Hi everyone, Our guest today is Sally Bedell Smith. This is Sally’s second time on the podcast. In our first conversation, we talked about King George VI and Elizabeth, and how their marriage saved the monarchy. Today, w
Hi everyone, Our guest today is Christopher Harding and our Conversation is about the Meiji Restoration, which transformed Japan in the late 19th century. A little about Christopher: He’s a cultural historian & broadcast
Hi everyone, Welcome back to Historical Snapshots Conversations. Our guest today is Philippa Lacey Brewell. Philippa is a history writer, presenter and owner and founder of British History Tours, a company for those who
Hi everyone, Our conversation today is with Yardena Schwartz, author of Ghosts of a Holy War. The book tells the story of the 1929 massacre in Mandatory Palestine and its aftershocks which continue to reverberate today.
Hi everyone, Our guest today is Sally Bedell Smith, author of George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved a Monarchy. The book is the definitive biography of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s mother and father, based fo
Hi everyone, Today's Conversation episode will focus on a current affairs issue. We'll discuss the changes around U.S. tariffs with Alex Yancher, the Co-Founder and CEO of Passport, an end-to-end international solutions
Hi everyone, Our guest today is historian Dr. Claire Hubbard-Hall, author of Secret Servants of the Crown: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence. The book shares the remarkable and important story of the many vital
Hi everyone, Our guest today is Oren Kessler, author of the book Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict, which won the 2024 Sami Rohr Prize and the Wall Street Journal named one of the
Hi everyone, Welcome to the debut episode of the Historical Snapshots Conversations podcast. Our first guest is Sasha Vasilyuk, journalist and author of the new novel Your Presence Is Mandatory, a historical fiction stor
Today, the word "salary" conjures images of modern work and paychecks. Yet, how did the word come to be? To trace its history is to walk the corridors of time back to a Rome defined by legions, colosseums, and a vital su
Many remember Julie London for her acting. Particularly for playing Nurse Dixie McCall in the TV series Emergency!. The role earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1974. But Julie was also a music star, a jazz sin
Summary: The life story of Edith Cowan, Australia’s first female parliamentarian, who shattered barriers and championed women’s rights and equality. -- On a bright day in 1921, history was made in West Perth, Australia.
We've had a theme recently of writing about women who dressed as men simply to do what women at the time weren't allowed to. Today, we add Jeanne Baret to that list. She became the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
"If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I'll do it myself." - Josephine Cochrane The plate was delicate, a soft white with blue floral edges, and so thin it seemed the sun could shine through it if you
There is a fundamental teaching in Judaism called Tikkun Olam. It means repairing the world. For Julius Rosenwald, this idea was a way of life. Julius had become quite wealthy in his adult years, likely one of the riches
"During the thousands of years that man has walked upright on this earth, he has looked up with admiration at the beauties of the heavens around him. For less than four centuries of this vast time he has had the advantag
Summary: A snapshot biography of Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer and unsung hero, who overcame adversity to reach the North Pole in 1909. -- Matthew Henson was one of the world's great explorers, achieving one of the mos
Katja Hoyer
Visiting Research Fellow · Kings College London
1 appearance on this show
Kerry Chaput
Women's Historical Fiction Author
1 appearance on this show
Yardena Schwartz
author of Ghosts of a Holy War
1 appearance on this show
Oren Kessler
author of Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict · Royal Historical Society, UK
1 appearance on this show
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