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History Nerds United episodes

February 07, 2024 The Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis With Maria Smilios
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Let's find a cure! Author Maria Smilios joins the podcast to talk her book The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. Come listen!

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32 min
January 31, 2024 The Casablanca Conference of World War II With James Conroy
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Let's cast aspersions! Author James Conroy joins the podcast to talk his book The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War. Come listen about how some of the most powerful men in history could complain about each other like teenagers.

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37 min
January 24, 2024 The Rise of Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky With Time Magazine Correspondent Simon Shuster
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Let's cut through the propaganda! Time Magazine Correspondent Simon Shuster joins the podcast to talk his book The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky.

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47 min
January 17, 2024 The Music of the 90s With The Ringer's Rob Harvilla
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Let's get nostalgic! The Ringer's Rob Harvilla joins the podcast to discuss his book and podcast 60 Songs That Explain the 90s. Need I say more? Come listen!

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40 min
January 10, 2024 The Polly Klaas Kidnapping With Kim Cross
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Let's investigate! Author Kim Cross joins the podcast to talk her book In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child. Come listen!

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43 min
December 21, 2023 John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood's Rediscovery of the Maya With William Carlsen
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Welcome to the jungle! Author William Carlsen joins the podcast to talk his book Jungle of Stone: The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya. It's a lot of fun. Come listen!

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42 min
December 19, 2023 How George Washington Kept the Army Together During the American Revolution With Seanegan Sculley
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Let's stand at attention! U.S. Army Colonel (and professor at my alma mater) Seanegan Sculley joins the podcast to discuss his book Contest for Liberty: Military Leadership in the Continental Army, 1775-1783. I promise I did not get hazed during this interview. Come listen!

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32 min
December 18, 2023 The Lost Battalion of World War I With Ed Lengel
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Let's dip into the archives! We wanted to give you a present this holiday season so here's the first one. Author Ed Lengel joins us to talk his amazing book, Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War's Lost Battalion. Come listen!

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41 min
December 06, 2023 George Kennan's Epic Journey Through Russia's Siberia With Gregory Wallance
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Let's get cold! Author Gregory Wallance joins the podcast to talk his book Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia. Come listen!

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31 min
November 29, 2023 Life as a Watchmaker and the History of Keeping Time With Rebecca Struthers
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Let's keep time! Watchmaker and author Rebecca Struthers joins the podcast to talk her book Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History. We also talk about watchmaking and jolly old England. Come listen!

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40 min