Ken Owen, Michael Hattem, and Roy Rogers discuss the Continental Congress, including a number of recent popular histories about it, its popular and academic historiography, and various aspects of its importance. 

Kenneth Owen, Michael Hattem, Roy Rogers, and Tom Cutterham discuss the Constitution of the United States, including recent historiography, its overall significance, and originalism.

Kenneth Owen, Michael Hattem, and Roy Rogers discuss different aspects of religion in early America, including its relationship with the American Revolution as well as historiographical developments and pedagogical practices.

Kenneth Owen, Michael Hattem, Roy Rogers, and Joseph Adelman, of The Junto blog, discuss their approaches and various issues regarding teaching the first half of the U.S. history survey.

Kenneth Owen, Michael D. Hattem, Roy Rogers, and Eric Herschthal, of The Junto blog, discuss recent academic trends in the history of the American Revolution incuding questions regarding periodization, Atlantic and global contexts, the limits of "republicanism," and the value of recovering "lived experience."

Ken Owen, Michael Hattem, and Roy Rogers engage in a wide-ranging discussion on academic historians' relationship with popular history, particularly what lies behind the appeal of the most popular works of history, the role of popular history in the classroom, and how academic historians can reach a broader audience beyond the friendly confines of academia.