Craig Fehrman Wanted to Write an Epic Page-Turner
Episode 99 of the Drafting the Past podcast
Matthew Delmont Works on Pacing and Character
Episode 90 of the Drafting the Past podcast
Episode 74: Mary Frances Phillips Works From a Place of Play
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
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 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 43: Margaret O'Mara Starts with the People
Download f84757da-431c-4bbe-a740-5e645f3a407f.mp3 For this episode Kate Carpenter interviews Dr. Margaret O’Mara. Margaret is a professor of modern American history at the University of Washington, and the author of multiple books, including Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search for the Next Silicon
Episode 32: Samantha Muka Finds Joy in the Work
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Episode 31: Katrina Phillips Starts with the Fragments
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Episode 30: Lauren Lassabe Shepherd Shamelessly Reaches Out
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Episode 27: Carly Goodman Tells Us What Happened
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