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History Shorts w/ Peter Zablocki
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Daily history podcast hosted by an award-winning historian, author, and history professor.

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The Ken Burns Episode is OUT NOW! HAVE A LISTEN!

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Thank you to NY Times Bestselling author @davidchaffetz.bsky.social for a great conversation! Enjoy!

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September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
TODAY IN CONTEXT BONUS EPISODE: In a world where a comedian's punchline can get him pulled off the air, how secure is your right to speak freely? This episode unravels the explosive history of U.S. free speech!

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September 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Ken Burns Episode is OUT NOW! HAVE A LISTEN!

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#America250 #historymatters
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Join me this Friday (09.12.25) when I speak with the multitalented @moudhy.bsky.social Al-Rashid about her latest book, Between Two Rivers!

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September 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thank you to Ken Burns for sharing his time and insights today—it was an unforgettable conversation!
The American Revolution series airs on @pbs.org on November 16, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear our History Shorts discussion (09‑19‑25)!

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September 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This Friday (08-29-25), I have the privilege of speaking with Paul Andrew Hutton, an American Western, cultural, and military historian, about his latest, The Undiscovered Country.

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August 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tune in (8-22-25) to hear Gregg Zoroya speak about the topic of his newest book, Unremitting - one of the earliest and overshadowed battles of the Iraq War, the 2004 Battle of Ramadi.

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August 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It was an immense pleasure to speak with Katarzyna Person about the Ringelblum Archive, a collection of documents from the WWII Warsaw Ghetto, collected and preserved for posterity by those who lived through the tragedy.

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August 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Brenda Wineapple's masterful chronicle of the Scopes Trial reveals how one courtroom battle exposed the fractures in American democracy!
RELEASE DATE: 08/15/25

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August 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@ztameez.bsky.social brings Charles Sumner to life with cinematic flair and intellectual rigor! Buy the book & listen to the conversation (Sunday, August 10, 2025!).

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August 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I had a great conversation with @beckyaikman.bsky.social about the little-known story of WWII heroism! Release Date: 8/8/25!
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August 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This Friday (8-1), I speak with the fantastic @brittlestar.com
about his Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism. Hear how Stewart arrived at the idea for a small book, with a mighty message.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for allowing me to help out with this noble cause of raising awareness about one of the world's deadliest diseases. It was an immense pleasure to speak with you!

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July 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
July 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thank you to Dr. Berkin for taking the time to speak with me. And as always, thank you to my great editor @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, the amazing @meilansolly.bsky.social

How Women in New Jersey Gained—and Lost—the Right to Vote www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-...
How Women in New Jersey Gained—and Lost—the Right to Vote More Than a Century Before the 19th Amendment Granted Suffrage Nationwide
Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A 1790 law explicitly allowed female suffrage, but this privilege was revoked in...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
June 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
June 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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At last coming to a movie theater near you on November 7 – Nuremberg, adapted from my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
James Vanderbilt’s Thriller ‘Nuremberg,’ Starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, Lands at Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights to James Vanderbilt's thriller "Nuremberg," starring Rami Malek, Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Everything Is Tuberculosis will be #6 on next week's New York Times bestseller list. It's still there after 13 weeks! It's a book about tuberculosis! I am so grateful! Sorry for the exclamation points but this is kinda extraordinary!
June 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In this episode of History Shorts, we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Olivarius, a professor @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, historian, and author of Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom.

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June 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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June 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Revolution Wasn't Won in a Day—But Rick Atkinson's 'The Fate of Day' Shows How It Nearly Wasn't Won at All!
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Peter welcomes one of America's most celebrated historians, Rick Atkinson, to discuss his newest book.
June 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Revolutionary Revelations: Rick Atkinson crownpublishing.bsky.social unpacks the American Revolution on History Shorts!

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America's most celebrated historian, Rick Atkinson, discusses the second in his Revolutionary War trilogy: The Fate of Day.
June 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM