Armchair Historians

Anne Marie Cannon
Armchair Historians

What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=965986

  1. Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 2: Jeff Lipkes

    14/11/2024

    Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 2: Jeff Lipkes

    Send us a textThis is part one of an interview Anne Marie did in 2020. Sadly, shortly after the interview, Jeff Lipkes passed away. This episode is dedicated to him.Jeff Lipkes was born and raised in Los Angeles and educated at U.C. Berkeley and Princeton, completing his Ph.D. in History in 1995. His dissertation was awarded the Joseph Dorfman Prize by the History of Economics Society.Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914 was published by University of Leuven Press in October, 2...

    40 min
  2. Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 1

    08/11/2024

    Last Train Leaving Belgium, Part 1

    Send us a textIt's been a while, fellow Armchair Historians! Welcome back to the show!! This episode is the first in a series. This supplementary podcast to the in-production documentary Last Train Leaving Belgium is the first episode, which introduces the story of Therese, an eight-year-old Belgian child facing the soon-to-be occupation of her country by foreign invaders. Over the next few weeks, we will rebroadcast all the previous episodes of Last Train Leaving Belgium. We welcome you to j...

    20 min
  3. Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman

    21/11/2023

    Charlie Chaplin vs. America, Scott Eyman

    Send us a textHello, fellow Armchair Historians. We're back and ready to bring more amazing histories. In this episode, Anne Marie talks to bestselling author Scott Eyman. Scot is a prolific writer whose muse is the enduring careers of iconic film industry legends. Scott talks about his latest book, Charlie Chaplin Vs. America: When Art, Sex, And Politics Collide.Scott Eyman website: https://scotteyman.com Scott Eyman: https://www.facebook.com/ScottEyman1Scott Eyman Twitter: https://twitter.c...

    43 min
  4. PART 2: Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester

    01/03/2023

    PART 2: Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester

    Send us a textPART 2listen to PART1 here:Ahoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pirates. If you listened to our most recent mini episode, you met David and Marcus in our Let’s get Quizzical segment.Not only do we talk about egalitarian style government on the pirate ship, we also talk about the evolution...

    36 min
  5. John Blanke, The Black Tudors, Mini Episode

    22/02/2023

    John Blanke, The Black Tudors, Mini Episode

    Send us a textIn this mini episode, Anne Marie revisits Black Tudors, by Miranda Kaufmann. Anne Marie purchased the book whilst visiting Mary Rose Museum back in 2017 to research the African presence in Tudor England. One of the central figures, perhaps the most well known black Tudor, John Blanke appears in the historical record as well as Tudor art.Miranda Kaufmann, website: http://www.mirandakaufmann.com Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann: https://amzn.to/3IIBpMJMichael Ohajuru, website...

    10 min
  6. Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester, Part 1

    16/02/2023

    Under the Banner of King Death, Marcus Rediker and David Lester, Part 1

    Send us a textAhoy, mateys! Anne Marie here! In this episode, we share part 1 of Anne Marie's interview with Marcus Rediker and David Lester about their graphic novel, Under the Banner of King Death. Yup, that’s right, we’re going to talk about Pirates. If you listened to our most recent mini episode, you met David and Marcus in our Let’s get Quizzical segment.Not only do we talk about egalitarian style government on the pirate ship, we also talk about the evolution of David and Marcus’s coll...

    27 min
  7. Mini Episode, Henry VIII Party Favors? & Lets get Quizzical

    13/02/2023

    Mini Episode, Henry VIII Party Favors? & Lets get Quizzical

    Send us a textWhen 34-year-old Charlie Clarke was feeling down about losing his beloved dog to cancer, he decided to go metal detecting to take his mind off of his loss. Sometimes good things happen at the worst of times, and that's just what happened to Charlie when he uncovered a never before seen early sixteenth-century artifact.David Lester and Marcus Rediker, authors of Under the Banner of King Death, take on the Pirate Speak "Let's get Quizzical" challenge.Under the Banner of King Death...

    12 min
  8. Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 2

    08/02/2023

    Anna Borzello, Dancing on the Foreshore, Part 2

    Send us a textPart 2 of Anne Marie's interview with Anna Borzello about her years foraging along the foreshore for remnants of the lives of everyday people, breadcrumbs that lead to snapshots of the past, bringing into sharper focus the commonplace, for the times, routines of ordinary people. Anna is a crafty historian, able to spin an engaging narrative around each artifact she finds.In this episode, Anne Marie talks to Anna Borzello. Previously, she worked as the BBC correspondent for...

    31 min
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About

What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=965986

Information

  • Creator
    Anne Marie Cannon
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    97
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Armchair Historians
  • Show Website
    Armchair Historians

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