Untold Histories of the Atlantic World

Tianna Mobley is a Ph.D. candidate in History & Early Modern Studies at Yale University and a Fellow at Humanity in Action. "Untold Histories of the Atlantic World" explores topics such as slavery, colonialism, and Indigenous rights throughout the Atlantic world encompassing Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This podcast invites academic scholars, literary scholars, and activists as guests.

Untold Histories of the Atlantic World is a history podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Untold Histories of the Atlantic World, a history show with 42 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Mato Grosso: Confraternities, Quilombos & Community Engagement Today

  Aug 12, 202642 minS4

  In this episode, Nina Borba joins me to discuss the history of the everyday lives of enslaved Africans in the Central West of Brazil. Nina is a Ph.D. candidate in History, with a specialization in Latin America, at Stanford University, where she also completed her master's degree. Nina’s research focuses on the African diaspora in the hinterlands of Brazil, particularly on the formation of communities and families by enslaved people in Mato Grosso during the 18th and 19th centuries. As a historian, Nina is dedicated to sharing Brazil's racial history as living, accessible knowledge connected to the Brazilian population.

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  Episode #42

  Africanfuturity & The Spectral Resonance of the Biafran Gambit

  Jul 14, 202640 minS3

  In this episode, Chichi Ayalogu joins me in discussing the history of the Biafran secessionists’ gambit to sustain the independence movement during the Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970. This episode aims to examine this topic within the context of the Atlantic World. Chichi is a PhD Candidate in the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University. Her research on diasporic witnessing lies at the intersections of memory studies, visual culture, and diasporic studies, foregrounding scholarship on creative economies and subject position. Her writing has been published in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing , the Nordic Journal of African Studies , and ASAP/review . In addition to her full-time research, she wears multiple hats as an emerging arts curator, a college instructor teaching general education courses, and, most importantly, a mother and partner.

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  Episode #41

  Leprosy, Immigration, & Public Health in US Empire

  Jun 3, 202641 minS3

  In this episode, we will be discussing the history of race, migration, and public health through the lens of leprosy during the late 19th- and early 20th-century in the United States. This episode aims to examine this topic within the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me is Jackie Wu. Jackie is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Yale University, where she coordinates the Asian American Studies Working Group. Before coming to Yale, Jackie received her BA in Social and Political History as well as a BS in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.

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  Episode #40

  Black Pericles: Haitian Worldmaking in the 19th Century

  May 6, 202630 minS3

  In this episode, Sébastien Byron joins me in conversation about the history of Haiti’s early diplomacy with Spanish America in the 19th-century Atlantic. Sébastien is currently a PhD student in Latin American and Caribbean History at Yale University. He previously earned an MPhil in World History from the University of Cambridge. His undergraduate dissertation examined the Haitian Indemnity of 1825 and the wider trans-Atlantic relationship between Haiti and Latin America. Sébastien was an undergraduate Mellon Mays Fellow at CUNY, Queens. His research centers on Haitian diplomacy, state-making in Latin America, and under-discussed narratives that reconceptualize our understanding of the region.

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  Episode #39

  Slavery & Piracy in the Atlantic World

  Apr 8, 202648 minS3

  In today’s episode, we will be discussing the history of slavery and piracy. Joining me is Claire Steele. She is an independent historian. Claire earned her PhD from Georgetown University in 2025. She researches the intersecting histories of slavery and piracy across the early modern Atlantic World. Claire has taught classes on both piracy and on material culture in the Atlantic World, the latter of which was awarded Georgetown’s Graduate Student Teaching Award in the Humanities. Claire’s commitment to public history can be seen through her work with the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, DC History Center, On These Grounds, and Nobles County Historical Society.

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