History Nerds United

By Brendan DowdTrue Crime Arts Books History

History Nerds United episodes

October 28, 2025 Teddy Roosevelt with Bret Baier
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Let's act like a bull moose! Bret Baier joins me to talk his book To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower.
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24 min
October 21, 2025 The Exoneration Fight of Leo Schofield With Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King
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Let's get him out! Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King joins me to talk his book Bone Valley: A True Story of Injustice and Redemption in the Heart of Florida.
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41 min
October 14, 2025 The Zorg, The Slave Ship That Ignited Abolition with Siddharth Kara
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Let's start a movement! Siddharth Kara joins me to discuss The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery.
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42 min
October 07, 2025 The Trial of Al Qaeda Terrorist Spin Ghul with Jake Tapper
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Let's bring him to justice! Jake Tapper joins me to discuss his book Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War.
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41 min
September 30, 2025 The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald with John Bacon
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Let's remember the Mighty Fitz! John Bacon joins me to talk The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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41 min
September 23, 2025 Deadwood with Peter Cozzens
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Let's strike gold! Peter Cozzens discusses his book Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West.
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33 min
September 16, 2025 The Special Counsel Cases of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Biden, and Trump with Elie Honig
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Let's get legal! CNN's Elie Honig talks his book When You Come at the King: Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, from Nixon to Trump.
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52 min
September 07, 2025 1999 with Ross Benes
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Let's revisit the 90s! Author Ross Benes joins me to talk 1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times.
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34 min
September 02, 2025 "Pirate" Captain William Kidd with Samuel Marquis
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Let's hang'em from the yardarm! Samuel Marquis joins me to talk his book Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal.
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40 min
August 26, 2025 The World War II Women of the Italian Resistance with Suzanne Cope
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Let's tell the Germans arrivederci! Suzanne Cope joins me to talk Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers Who Fought the Nazis.
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41 min