D-Day historian and author of Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944 Joseph Balkoski talked about the years of preparation for the invasion of Europe and the fighting that took place on Omaha Beach.

Author Christopher Leahy talked about his new book President without a Party: The Life of John Tyler. Though Tyler is often remembered for his unremarkable presidency, he had long career in politics which included stints as a Virginia legislator, U.S. Congressman, Governor of Virginia, and U.S. Senator. He was involved in many of the seminal legislative battles of the nineteenth century including debates over slavery, the national bank, the protective tariff, and federally-sponsored improvement programs. He also fathered 15 children, including one born when he was 70 years old.

Historians Joan Waugh, Paul Kahan, Chris Mackowski, and Gary Gallagher discuss the history and memory of Reconstruction, Grant's presidency, and Grant's memoirs.

Historians Joan Waugh, Daniel T. Davis, Gary Gallagher, and Chris Mackowski discuss the history and memory of Ulysses S. Grant's military leadership and drinking.

While leading his men in a charge against a heavily fortified Confederate position, Chamberlain was struck in the right hip. The bullet splintered the hip bone, cutting into his bladder and urethra before it lodged just behind the left hip joint. Chamberlain endured many painful surgeries and eventually succumbed to the wound 50 years later. Dr. Matt Farina, a retired pediatric cardiologist and member of the Capital District Civil War Round Table, talked about Chamberlain’s wound and the medical treatment he received.

New York Times best-selling author Chris DeRose talked about the shooting of Phillip Barton Key and the subsequent murder trial of Dan Sickles. His latest book Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America covers those events in a flowing narrative that reads as much like a modern crime drama as it does a historical work.

Civil War Institute Director Peter Carmichael talked about his book "The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies." Carmichael discussed his unique approach in analyzing soldier letters, desertion, pragmatism, and the annual Civil War Institute Summer Conference at Gettysburg College.

Author Joseph Collea talked about his book New York and the Lincoln Specials. In the winter of 1861, President-elect Lincoln traveled across New York State on his way to Washington, D.C., as the secession crisis unfolded. In 1865, Lincoln's body retraced that route before burial in Springfield. Collea covers both journeys including Lincoln's reception in Buffalo, Albany, and New York City in 1861 and the outpouring of support for the deceased president in 1865.

Ronald Kirkwood talked about the central role the Spangler Farm played in the Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War amputations, and the environmental toll the battle took on the Spangler property.

Mark Will-Weber talked about the influence the use of alcohol had on the Civil War and the history of presidential drinking. Was secession fueled by alcohol, did Lincoln drink, did Grant drink too much, was FDR really a beer drinker? Weber talks about this and much more in this podcast recorded at Albany Distilling Company.