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Welcome to “Public Historians at Work,” a podcast series from the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, Texas. Our vision at CPH is to ignite an understanding of our diverse pasts by collaborating with and training historically minded students, practitioners, and the public through community-driven programming and scholarship. In this podcast series, we speak with academics, writers, artists, and community members about what it means to do history and humanities work for and with the public. Check us out at www.uh.edu/CLASS/cph or find us on social media @UHCPHistory. Executive Producer: Dr. Kristina Neumann (kmneuma2@central.uh.edu)

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What is Public Historians at Work about?

Welcome to “Public Historians at Work,” a podcast series from the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, Texas. Our vision at CPH is to ignite an understanding of our diverse pasts by collaborating with and training historically minded students, practitioners, and the public through community-driven programming and scholarship.

What has Public Historians at Work covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Stories from the Third Ward: Desegregating Houston, One Campus at a Time" (20 September 2026, 34 minutes), "Stories from the Third Ward: Champions Beyond the Ring" (6 August 2026, 13 minutes), and "Stories from the Third Ward: The Living Legacy of Wesley A.M.E. Church" (18 July 2026, 22 minutes).

How often does Public Historians at Work publish?

Public Historians at Work publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 41 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Public Historians at Work?

Booking probability for Public Historians at Work is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Public Historians at Work requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Public Historians at Work's contact route on record: verified email.

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The strongest fits for Public Historians at Work are Universities & Colleges. Public Historians at Work has a history audience.

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Public Historians at Work is a history podcast with 41 episodes published.

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    Stories from the Third Ward: Desegregating Houston, One Campus at a Time

    Sep 20, 202634 min

    Send us Fan Mail The historic Black neighborhood of Houston’s Third Ward is home to two universities: the University of Houston (UH) and - right across Scott Street - Texas Southern University (TSU). The histories of...

  • Public Historians at Work

    Stories from the Third Ward: Champions Beyond the Ring

    Aug 6, 202613 min

    Send us Fan Mail Step inside the Progressive Amateur Boxing Association, where the walls carry decades of history, pride, resilience, and community. In this special episode, graduate student Gabriel Griffin sits down...

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    Stories from the Third Ward: The Living Legacy of Wesley A.M.E. Church

    Jul 18, 202622 min

    Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, University of Houston graduate student Marquel Sennet takes us to church at the historic Wesley A.M.E. Church - a cornerstone of faith, community, and activism in Houston's...

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    Stories from the Third Ward: The Turkey Day Classic

    Mar 25, 202615 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this special episode, UH graduate students Valeria Gonzalez, Asher Gonzalez-Ortiz, and Amelia White tell the story of the Turkey Day Classic, an annual Houston football game between Third...

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    Staging History: Nicole Burton and Rikki Howie Lacewell

    Jul 18, 202557 minS0

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Part of doing public history is exploring the ways in which moments of the past are disseminated and interpreted outside academia. In this special episode, playwright Nicole Burton and director...

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  • Episode #13

    Stories from the Third Ward: A Pastor, a Teacher, and an Ex-Pharmacist Walk into a Funeral Home

    Jun 7, 202511 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this special episode, Miranda Ruzinsky and Katie Truax – UH graduate students in public history – highlight the tradition of community support in Third Ward demonstrated through the...

  • Episode #12

    Stories from the Third Ward: War and the Third Ward

    Mar 23, 202517 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>All over the United States, communities and individuals banded together to support the country during the Second World War. Houston’s Third Ward was no different in this respect. In this...

  • Episode #11

    Bridging Generations with Collective Biography: Sharing Stories from 1977

    Mar 19, 202544 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 1977, thousands of women gathered in Houston, Texas, for the first and only federally funded National Women’s Conference (NWC) in U.S. History. Their purpose was to set and deliver an agenda...

  • Episode #10

    Building Belonging in the Archive: USLDH

    Oct 30, 202443 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The power of an archive to elevate an underrepresented community cannot be overstated. Since the early 1990s, Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program ("Recovery") under Arte...

  • Episode #9

    Discovering Power in the Past: The Algorithms and Power Systems Architecture Project

    Aug 31, 202452 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>A historian and two engineers walk into a conference….</b></p><p>Rather than the start to a joke, this is a core component of the project, "Algorithms and Power Systems Architecture: Using...

  • Episode #8

    Curating Visibility: Latino cARTographies

    Jun 15, 202451 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Latino cARTographies is an interactive digital archive and exhibition reimagining Houston through an inclusive vision of Latino art, artists, and community. This project was developed out of...

  • Episode #7

    Reaching New Audiences thru Data Science and UX: SYRIOS

    Apr 13, 202456 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In an increasingly digitized world, public historians have new opportunities to reach wider audiences than ever before. However, translating our work online for and with public audiences...

  • Episode #6

    Immigrant Stories: Salomon Imiak

    Mar 2, 202416 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Over the course of the 20th century, Houston evolved into a global city as immigrants from across the world came to call the city home. In this special supplement, undergraduate students from...

  • Episode #5

    Immigrant Stories: Sara Esquenazi

    Jan 29, 202413 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Over the course of the 20th century, Houston evolved into a global city as immigrants from across the world came to call the city home. In this special supplement, undergraduate students from...

  • Episode #4

    Immigrant Stories: Kuperman and Hebraica Houston

    Jan 28, 202415 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Over the course of the 20th century, Houston evolved into a global city as immigrants from across the world came to call the city home. In this special supplement, undergraduate students from...

  • Episode #3

    Recovering Hidden Histories: The Sephardic Latinx Oral History Project

    Jan 28, 202449 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In Spring 2022, Dr. Mark Goldberg (Associate Professor of History, University of Houston) decided to try something new with his undergraduate history course. As a way of enriching his students’...

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    Finding Radical Hope: 100 Years of Stories

    Jan 8, 202417 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In the practice of public history, how the wider community receives a project is just as important as the intentions behind its creation. As work done for and with public audiences, the...

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    Celebrating a University: 100 Years of Stories

    Jan 7, 202445 minS3

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 2027, the University of Houston in Texas will celebrate its centennial anniversary. In honor of that upcoming milestone, the Center for Public History (CPH) partnered with UH Libraries and...

  • Episode #7

    Accessing Disability History: Cathy Kudlick and Fran Osborne

    Jan 13, 202356 minS2

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In 1977, over 100 people with disabilities and their allies occupied a federal building in San Francisco for almost a month. Part of the national 504 Sit-In, this remarkable protest sought to...

  • Episode #6

    Transmitting Infectious Historians: Lee Mordechai and Merle Eisenberg

    Jan 2, 202351 minS2

    <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>What do millennia-old plagues have to do with the current COVID-19 pandemic?</b> In this episode (recorded on May 11, 2022), Dr. Kristina Neumann sits down with Drs. Merle Eisenberg...

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