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Hosted by Brendan Dowd · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 231 episodes
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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!
Brendan Dowd hosts History Nerds United, a history show with 231 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Let's catch a super terrorist! Joby Warrick joins me to talk The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist. Buy Carlos the Jackal Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's survive! Loubna Mrie joins me to talk Defiance: A Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria. Buy Defiance Check out Loubna's website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail He's back! James M. Scott joins me to talk Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War. Buy Empire of Ashes Check out James' website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Another month, another list of books I don’t want you to miss just because they didn’t get to come on the pod! How to Rule the World by Theo Baker – or as I like to call it, how to make college more diff
Send us Fan Mail Let's not say it! Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor joins me to talk Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me. Buy Something We Said Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's set him free! Pamela Colloff joins me to talk Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast. Buy Catch the Devil Check out Pamela's website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's get lit! Jonathan Vigliotti joins me to talk Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A. Buy Torched Check out Jonathan's website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's compromise! Lawrence Goldstone joins me to talk Imperfect Union: How Errors of Omission Threaten Constitutional Democracy. Buy Imperfect Union Check Out Lawrence's Website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's celebrate 250! The legendary Rick Atkinson joins me to talk The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780. Buy The Fate of the Day Check out Rick's website Sup
Send us Fan Mail Let's go down to the river! True Crime King Gregg Olsen joins me to talk By the River's Edge: A True Story of Identity and Serial Murder. Buy By The River's Edge Check out Gregg's website Support the sho
Send us Fan Mail Let's make some money! Megan Gorman joins me to talk All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money. Buy All the Presidents' Money Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's set sail! David Reynolds joins me to talk Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America. Buy Two Ships Check out David's website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's crash! Liaquat Ahamed joins me to talk 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World. Buy 1873 Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Stalin's Apostles by Antonia Senior Hammer of the Gods by Don Hollway The Fallen by Louise Brangan American Men by Jordan Ritter Conn Margaret Beaufort by Lauren Johnson One of Us by Asne Seierstad Suppo
Send us Fan Mail Let's survive! Thomas Asbridge joins me to talk The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic. Buy The Black Death (the book, not the disease) Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's strike oil! Douglas Brunt joins me to talk The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel: Romanovs, Revolutionaries, and the Forgotten Titan Who Fueled the World. Buy The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel Check out
Send us Fan Mail Let's go for a run! Martin Dugard returns to talk The Long Run: Steve Prefontaine, Frank Shorter, Joan Benoit, Grete Waitz, and the Decade That Made the Marathon Cool. Buy The Long Run Check out Martin's
Send us Fan Mail Let's Greek it up! Adrian Goldsworthy joins me to talk Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece. Buy Athens and Sparta Check out Adrian's website Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's revolt! Anand Gopal joins me to talk Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution. Buy Days of Love and Rage Support the show
Send us Fan Mail Let's go north! Peter Stark joins me to talk The Lost Cities of El Norte: Coronado's Quest, the Unconquered West, and the Birth of American Indian Resistance – A Narrative History of Exploration, Conques
Douglas Brunt
Author of THE LOST EMPIRE OF EMANUEL NOBEL
1 appearance on this show
Martin Dugard
New York Times bestselling author · New York Times bestselling author
1 appearance on this show
Adrian Goldsworthy
1 appearance on this show
Anand Gopal
1 appearance on this show
Peter Stark
VP/Head of Print AV Squad, Founder of B
1 appearance on this show
Breeze Barrington
Dr · research institution
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Isgur
ABC News legal analyst, co-host of Advisory Opinions podcast, editor of SCOTUSblog, author of The Last Branch Standing · ABC
1 appearance on this show
Antony Beevor
author of Stalingrad
1 appearance on this show
Patrick Radden Keefe
author and New Yorker staff writer · The New York Times
1 appearance on this show
Brooke Newman
author of The Crown’s Silence · Virginia Commonwealth University
1 appearance on this show
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