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Hosted by Dean Karayanis · history · EN-US
We’ve all been transported into the past by a special book, place or person. On the History Author Show, host Dean Karayanis and a team of correspondents bring you the people who build the time machines.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe’ve all been transported into the past by a special book, place or person. On the History Author Show, host Dean Karayanis and a team of correspondents bring you the people who build the time machines.
History Author Show is hosted by Dean Karayanis. The show has published 268 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Irene Levy Baker, Cheers to McGillin’s: Philly’s Oldest Tavern" (16 March 2026, 45 minutes), "Jim Logan – Of Saints and Rivers" (12 February 2026, 42 minutes), and "Bill Bleyer, The Roosevelts in New York City" (1 December 2025, 43 minutes).
History Author Show publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 268 episodes.
Booking probability for History Author Show is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. History Author Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. History Author Show's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for History Author Show are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. History Author Show has a history audience and around 2,700 subscribers on YouTube.
Dean Karayanis hosts History Author Show, a history podcast with 268 episodes published.
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History Author Show
  March 15, 2026 – We welcome a treasure from the City of Brotherly Love, Irene Levy Baker, back into the Wayback Machine. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, she’s here to discuss “Cheers to McGillin’s...
History Author Show
  Feb 13, 2026 – We welcome award-winning author Jim Logan — a fourth-generation Oklahoman — aboard our time machine to discuss his debut novel, “Of Saints and Rivers.” The author, at 81, is as inspiring as...
History Author Show
  The New York Sun Review: ‘The Roosevelts in New York City’ Is an Exhilarating Climb in a Towering Family Tree – Dean Karayanis November 30, 2025 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and lifelong Long...
History Author Show
  July 4, 2025 – With the 249th birthday of America on July 4, 2025, and the 250th anniversary of Independence Day looming in 2025, the nation’s eyes are cast back to the place where America was born. Paul...
History Author Show
  May 11, 2024 – What happens when a celebrated author — Muhammad Ali’s official biographer, no less — turns his talents to putting his mother’s century-long life down on paper? In this episode, our...
History Author Show
  April 1, 2024 – Where would an enslaved man who escaped the South find the courage to return to the Confederacy as a Union Spy? In this episode, we meet such a man thanks to Robert Hilliard, author of “ In...
History Author Show
  October 11, 2023 – In this episode, our time machine welcomes aboard Brent Butt, who those of you in the Great White North know as the creator and star of the sitcom “Corner Gas,” so beloved by...
History Author Show
  September 4, 2023 – How did airship R101 — embodying the British Empire’s global ambitions — die in fireball of dreams, romance, and hubris and turn to ashes in the pages of history? S.C. Gwynne brings us...
History Author Show
  July 30, 2023 – What did service in the World Wars mean to women who found new opportunities to enter the workforce and join the fight as never before? We’ll go on a fictional ride with one of those service...
History Author Show
  The New York Sun – ‘Baseball, Nazis & Nedick’s Hot Dogs’ Is a Story of Fathers, Sons, and a Lost America – Dean Karayanis June 17, 2023 – Reading about history is one thing, but what happens...
History Author Show
  The New York Sun – ‘It Ain’t Over’ Documents Yogi Berra’s Amazing American Life – Dean Karayanis May 11, 2023 – Who was the greatest Major League Baseball catcher of all time? If the name...
History Author Show
  The New York Sun – ‘Mourning the Presidents’ Considers How the Republic Eulogizes its Leaders – Dean Karayanis May 1, 2023 – When a president of the United States dies, what does how we...
History Author Show
  The New York Sun – Stephen F. Knott – Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy – Dean Karayanis March 21, 2023 – How did a man who worked at the JFK Presidential Library grapple with the 35th...
History Author Show
  January 23, 2023 – How did the relationships of two pairs of U.S. presidents — Theodore Roosevelt with William Howard Taft and Franklin Delano Roosevelt with freshman Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson —...
History Author Show
  The New York Sun – ‘Muppets in Moscow’ Recounts How Sesame Street Reached Red Square – Dean Karayanis December 19, 2022 – How did Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, and the rest of the Sesame Street...
History Author Show
  November 21, 2022 – If you could ride along in a Humvee with one of the most admired American combat leaders of the last half century, what would you hope to learn? In this episode, our time machine...
History Author Show
  October 24, 2022 – Something special this week for the season of pumpkins, ghosts, and Candy Corn: A YouTube feature on what Hollywood gets right and wrong about yesterday called History Author Showtime...
History Author Show
  October 10, 2022 – What if historical fiction could give someone the courage that saves their life? In this episode, Judith F. Brenner shares her debut novel The Moments Between Dreams , which has the power...
History Author Show
  Featured in The New York Sun – Biden’s Tumble at Air Force Ceremony Stands Out in Long List of History’s Presidential Pratfalls – Dean Karayanis September 26, 2022 – How did Franklin Delano...
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  September 3, 2022 – On the morning of September 8th, 1900, disaster struck the vibrant, prosperous island of Galveston, Texas, tearing out its heart. In this episode, our time machine travels back to the...
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