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Episode 53: Andrew Kahrl Embraces Relevance

Episode 53: Andrew Kahrl Embraces Relevance

Download 4df09739-385b-4e6e-8eaf-22d07b2954e9.mp3 In this episode, I was delighted to be joined by Dr. Andrew Kahrl. Andrew is a professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. His third book was published by the University of Chicago Press earlier this year, titled

Episode 52: Helen Betya Rubinstein Coaches Historian-Writers

Episode 52: Helen Betya Rubinstein Coaches Historian-Writers

Download b94e2154-4ab8-422e-844e-230b5e4b6a59.mp3 Welcome back to Drafting the Past, a podcast about the craft of writing history. In this episode, host Kate Carpenter welcomes someone a little bit different to the podcast: writer and writing coach Helen Betya Rubinstein. Helen is neither a historian nor a

Episode 51: Lindsay Chervinsky Loves That Writing Is Work

Episode 51: Lindsay Chervinsky Loves That Writing Is Work

Download d9b4b7bc-ec3d-442c-a3ea-85383a3164cc.mp3 In this episode, Kate Carpenter interviews Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, a historian of the presidency, political culture, and the government, and the executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library. Her first book, which came out in 2020, was The Cabinet: George Washington and

Episode 50: Clara Bingham Lets Her Sources Speak For Themselves

Episode 50: Clara Bingham Lets Her Sources Speak For Themselves

Download 41d64e27-e81c-4f6a-b35c-39321daafca0.mp3 If you’ve been listening for a while, you know that oral histories have come up pretty frequently on the show, and that I also work with oral histories in my own current research project. So I was delighted when the opportunity came

Episode 49: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, and Lee Mordechai Survive Writing a Book Together

Episode 49: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, and Lee Mordechai Survive Writing a Book Together

Download aa060614-a731-49e6-9e26-aceb723e70af.mp3 In this episode Kate interviewed not one, but three authors: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, and Lee Mordechai. Together, Robert, Merle, and Lee are the co-authors of a new book, Diseased Cinema: Plagues, Pandemics, and Zombies in American Movies. Robert Alpert is a

Episode 48: Neil J. Young Gives Us Characters

Episode 48: Neil J. Young Gives Us Characters

Download e941f60e-6f18-4fc5-9c58-4b0c25b594a0.mp3 In this episode, host Kate Carpenter is joined by historian, writer, and podcaster Dr. Neil J. Young. Neil has been a prolific writer in venues like The Atlantic, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and many more, a contributing columnist to the HuffPost and

Episode 47: Kathleen Sheppard Learns to Use the Novelist's Tools

Episode 47: Kathleen Sheppard Learns to Use the Novelist's Tools

Download 73bc0b01-44bc-424e-90ce-fad68feddb40.mp3 I’m delighted to introduce you to my guest today, historian of science Dr. Kathleen Sheppard. Kate is a professor at Missouri S & T University, and the author of three books, as well as the editor of two books of correspondence. Kate

Episode 46: Tore Olsson Writes for the Gamers (and All of Us)

Episode 46: Tore Olsson Writes for the Gamers (and All of Us)

Download ea6d83cc-3b8a-4f35-b332-b8dd483678bb.mp3 My guest in this episode is Dr. Tore Olsson, associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Olsson’s first book, Agrarian Crossings: Reformers and the Remaking of the US and Mexican Countryside, is an award-winning scholarly book. But his

Episode 45: Jason Heppler Wants Tools That Fit His Questions

Episode 45: Jason Heppler Wants Tools That Fit His Questions

Download 6e29814b-c30f-41b1-b8fc-22d944d17190.mp3 For this episode, I interviewed historian and web developer Dr. Jason Heppler. I’ve been following Jason’s work and career path for some time now, and I was so excited to talk with him about his new book, Silicon Valley and the

Episode 44: Kellie Carter Jackson Puts Black People at the Center

Episode 44: Kellie Carter Jackson Puts Black People at the Center

Download 829117ea-5f18-4acd-acfd-279b4a46414d.mp3 In this episode, host Kate Carpenter speaks with the brilliant and delightful Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson. Dr. Carter Jackson is a professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, and a prolific speaker and writer, with essays everywhere from The New York Times to

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