Download 38ab2106-0b90-4e71-bc6b-6bbdfac96ddb.mp3 This episode’s guest and I share a last name (no relation, though), but that’s not the only thing we have in common. We both grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where our history education left out most of the violence by
In this episode, Kate is joined by Karin Wulf, the director and librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, to discuss her new book, Lineage, and her research and writing process.
A roundup of new history books published for the week of November 18, 2025.
Listen to an interview with Jessica Lepler about her book Canal Dreamers, her writing process, the founding of a second book writers workshop at SHEAR, and more.
[Update April 2026: Hey there! We have a brand new email specifically for podcast pitches. Reach me at pitches (at) draftingthepast (dot) com.] I love hearing from potential authors who want to be interviewed by me (and I'm still a little surprised and flattered that anyone does!). Like
Every week, intriguing new history books are published–far more than we have space to feature on Drafting the Past! To help you keep up with some of the latest releases in historical non-fiction, below are some of the books coming out this week that caught my eye. If
Download 07e56be2-483d-456b-b7cb-5a06e0382f70.mp3 I’ve talked to many historians who have interviewed sources in order to write their histories over more than 70 episodes of Drafting the Past, but I don’t think any has spent quite as much time getting to know their subject in
Every week, intriguing new history books are published--far more than we have space to feature on Drafting the Past! To help you keep up with some of the latest releases in historical non-fiction, below are some of the books coming out this week that caught my eye. If
Download ed48b984-d5ee-425f-bb06-c2277b4aa8b8.mp3 Historians never quite know what kind of discoveries will enable them to write a history. For today’s guest, the list of things that contributed to his most recent book included a long-shot grant proposal, an elementary school fundraiser, and the rise
Download d6ab0cb2-f93d-435d-b455-f18e4da1e852.mp3 Even though Dr. Joanne Paul had wanted to be a writer for a long time, she had lost sight of that identity and had to find her way back to it. But now, she has embraced creativity and imagination as a historian, and