Hi Folks,

Today’s guest is Robert Merry, veteran, journalist, historian, and author of five books.

Robert is a man of many talents, an Army veteran, a former publishing executive, and a historian, but the bulk of his career has been covering American politics as a reporter and a journalist since the Nixon administration. He is here with me today to talk about his latest book Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War.

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Hi Folks,

Today’s guest was Jeffrey Rosen, historian, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, host of the brand-new podcast “The Blessings of Liberty”, and author of The Pursuit of Happiness.

For those of you who may not be aware, Jeffrey was the second-ever guest on my podcast, and he returned today to talk about his book, The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America.

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Hi Folks,

My guest today was Adam Hochschild, journalist, writer, historian, author of 11 books, and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Adam and I spoke about his newest book, American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis. His book tells the story of a forgotten, dark chapter in American history between World War I and the Roaring Twenties. It’s a sobering story of where we have been and a reminder of our duty to uphold the values we hold dear.

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Hi Folks,

My guest today was Eric Jay Dolin, a graduate of Brown, Yale, and MIT, and an award-winning author of 17 books, including his latest The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail.

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Hi Folks,

My guest for today’s episode is Adam Cohen, lawyer, journalist, writer, and author of five books on law and history. He has taught at Yale Law School, served on the New York Times editorial board, and written for the Washington Post, LA Times, and the Atlantic, among others

His latest book is The Captain’s Dinner, a shipwreck, an act of cannibalism, and a murder trial that changed legal history forever, which is a story of the 1884 sinking of the yacht Mignonette, the killing and cannibalization of its cabin boy, and the landmark legal case the changed British history.

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Hi Folks,

On today’s podcast, my guest today was Peter Stark, adventurer, writer, and historian. I brought him on to talk about his book Astoria: Astor and Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire.

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Hi Folks,

On today’s episode, my guest is James Traub, writer, journalist, and author of John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, which in my estimation, is the best single-volume biography of our 6th president in existence.

Mr. Traub is here with me today to talk about the book, and I feel it only appropriate that on the 250th year anniversary of our nation, we give John Quincy Adams the tremendous credit he deserves, not only as the possibly the greatest diplomat in U.S. history, but also as one of the most incredible minds of his generation.

I’m happy to announce that my podcast is now available on Apple Podcast as well as Spotify. If you enjoy this episode, please share with a friend.

Hi Folks,

My guest today was Kai Bird, columnist, biographer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a book he co-wrote with Martin J. Sherwin.

In this episode, we explore Oppenheimer’s brilliant achievements and his humiliating defeat, his formidable intellect and his inexcusable foolishness.

My podcast is also now available on Spotify. If you enjoy the episode, please share either the Substack link or the Spotify link with the history lovers in your life.

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In this latest episode of my podcast, Pulitzer Prize winner Professor McDougall joins me to discuss his new book, The Mighty Continent, a brilliant analysis of modern European history, from the 1500s to the present.

If you enjoy this episode, please like/comment and share the link with the history lovers in your life.

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In today’s episode, I am joined by David S. Brown, historian, professor of history at Elizabethtown College, and author of several books, including his brand-new biography of Teddy Roosevelt called In the Arena: Teddy Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution.

In this interview, we’ll explore not only how Teddy’s beliefs shaped the modern presidency—but also how his muscular foreign policy was responsible for the 20th century being dubbed the American century.

If you enjoy the episode, please like / comment and share the episode link with all the history lovers in your lives.

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