History Nerds United

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History Nerds United episodes

April 01, 2025 Life in Video Games with Mike Drucker
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Let's boot up! Comedian and Writer (Full Frontal/The Tonight Show) Mike Drucker joins me to talk his book Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games.
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39 min
March 28, 2025 Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and the Deadliest Accident in American Professional Sports with Eric Vickrey
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Let's play ball! On this special baseball opening weekend episode, Eric Vickrey joins me to talk his book Season of Shattered Dreams: Postwar Baseball, the Spokane Indians, and a Tragic Bus Crash That Changed Everything. Come listen!
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23 min
March 25, 2025 World War II Nazi POWs in America with William Geroux
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Let's make an exchange! Author William Geroux joins me to discuss his book The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America. Come listen!
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36 min
March 18, 2025 China and its People with NPR Correspondent Emily Feng
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Let's bloom! NPR Correspondent Emily Feng joins me to talk her book Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China. I learned a lot and hope you do, too. Come listen!
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36 min
March 11, 2025 San Francisco's Turbulent History and an Unbelievable Gilded-Age Murder with Gary Krist
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Let's go digging! Author Gary Krist joins me to talk his book Trespassers at the Golden Gate: A True Account of Love, Murder, and Madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco. Come listen!
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35 min
March 04, 2025 The History of Ancient Rome with Gareth Harney
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Toss a coin to your nerd! Author Gareth Harney joins me to talk his book A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins. Come listen!
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33 min
February 25, 2025 Rebel Empresses Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France with Nancy Goldstone
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Let's rebel! Author Nancy Goldstone joins me to talk her new book The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe. Come listen!
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44 min
February 18, 2025 The First Airshow in American History with Richard Goodrich
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Let's take to the skies! Richard Goodrich returns to talk L.A. Birdmen: West Coast Aviators and the First Airshow in America. Come listen!
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36 min
February 11, 2025 Japan, Writing Biographies, Personal Loss, Family, and How the Little Things are What You Remember with Pulitzer Prize Winner Megan Mashall
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Let's talk about everything! Pulitzer Prize Winner Megan Marshall joins me to talk her new book After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart. So good. Come listen!
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44 min
February 04, 2025 New York City Place Names and How They Got Them Like Major Deegan, Outerbridge, and Hutchinson with Rebecca Bratspies
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Let's figure out who we are cursing in traffic! Rebecca Bratspies joins me to talk her book Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York's Place Names. It's not just for city folk. Come listen!
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33 min