If NPR is paying attention...sometimes it's a good idea to ask a historian before you publish. 

Get to know the Confederate Cause from the perspective of a young invalid from Georgia during the Civil War. 

Keri Leigh and I hash out some of her ideas recently featured in the Smithsonian article: "Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary" and also Punk Rock music. Because why not. 

Kevin Levin throws down a challenge...and uses evidence and everything! Look out Neo-Confederates :) 

David McCullough takes a pretty big hit on the Twitter this week. Ouch. 

The American Civil War Museum opens with a bang in Richmond, a historian speaks at length on Reconstruction, and using the passive voice might mean you’re a racist. 

Why does the Battle of Gettysburg loom so large in the American historical consciousness? Find out why it does (and a bunch of other stuff too) as I welcome Matt Callery of the Addressing Gettysburg Podcast to the show! 

This week in History Twitter...Robert E. Lee takes a beating and a historian calls for a new Civil War documentary! 

Alex and I have a great discussion about his books: Six Days in September and The Guns of September...all concerning the 1862 Maryland Campaign during the Civil War...and listen closely :) Some other cool stuff comes up too...